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- Posted November 25, 2025
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Joining the bar
The Oakland County New Lawyers Admission Ceremony was conducted on Friday, November 7, in the Oakland County Commissioners Auditorium at the Oakland County Courthouse in Pontiac. Attorneys who passed the July bar exam were sworn into the State Bar of Michigan during the ceremony.
Attending the ceremony in support of new attorney Nichole Mitchell (left) was her father Ron Mitchell (right).
Cooley Law School Prof. Martha Moore (right) was happy to sponsor new attorney Rojan Yousif (left) for admission to the bar.
Rebecca Dembinski (right), of Hewson & Van Hellemont PC, gladly sponsored her sister Rachel Schulte (left) at the ceremony.
New attorney Brendan Sullivan (right) was congratulated by Julien Totsky (left).
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