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- Posted August 19, 2025
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Presidents recognized
The D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, the Wolverine Bar Association, the Association of Black Judges of Michigan (ABJM), and the Black Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (BWLAM) celebrated and thanked their presidents at the 2025 Presidents’ Dinner on Thursday, August 7, at The Conservatory at Book Tower in Detroit. Michigan Supreme Court Justice Noah P. Hood (second from left) was the keynote speaker for the event. Happy to welcome Hood to the festivities were out-going presidents (left to right) Mikai Green, Straker Bar, Greenlaw Virtual Intellectual Property PC; Delicia Taylor Coleman, BWLAM, City of Detroit and Board of Ethics Respectively; Robbie J. Gaines, Wolverine Bar, Gaines Law; and Wayne County 34th District Court Judge Lisa Martin, ABJM.
Ready to start the upcoming year at the event were incoming presidents (left ro right) Dandridge Floyd, Straker Bar, Oakland Schools; Dorothy Dean, BWLAM, Law Offices of Dorothy J. Dean; Assistant U.S. Attorney Jasmine Moore, Wolverine Bar; and Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Tenisha Yancey, ABJM.
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