State Bar of Michigan launches
MiLawyer Podcast
The State Bar of Michigan this month is launching a new podcast focused on helping Michigan attorneys improve their practice and protect their well-being. MiLawyer Podcast talks with top legal experts, innovators, and visionaries every month.
The 30-minute episodes feature top legal experts, innovators, and visionaries along with hosts Molly Ranns, a licensed therapist who serves as director of SBM’s Lawyers & Judges Assistance Program, and Savanna Polimeni, SBM’s practice management counsel.
“MiLawyer Podcast is hyper-focused on serving Michigan attorneys by providing the news, information, and support they need to be their best every day — despite the unique challenges we often face as lawyers,” SBM President Lisa J. Hamameh said. “The number one goal identified in our Strategic Plan is ‘helping attorneys be practice-ready,’ and MiLawyer Podcast is one more way the State Bar of Michigan is here to help attorneys succeed and thrive.”
The first episode, “Real Talk with Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh,” dives into the very real struggles many attorneys face balancing all the demands of life and work. The
chief justice shares her own personal experience and gives insight into the tools she herself uses to stay grounded.
Listen and subscribe to MiLawyer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, YouTube, Castbox, Podcast Addict, Deezer, Podchaser, and Spreaker. Current and past episodes can be found at michbar.org/Podcast.
Women’s Bar hosts Annual Dinner
in Birmingham May 7
The Women’s Bar Association, Oakland Region of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, will host its 2026 Annual Dinner on Thursday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m. at Birmingham Country Club, 1750 Saxon Dr. in Birmingham.
During the evening, the WBA will present several awards:
• Joan Young Judicial Excellence Award—Judge Adrienne Young of the Michigan Court of Appeals with introductory remarks by Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh
• Evelyn Forrest Distinguished Advocates Award—Judge Tanya Grillo of Macomb County Circuit Court
• WBA Member of the Year—Stefania Gismondi of Foster Swift
The 2026-2027 WBA Executive Board will be sworn in by Judge Grillo during the dinner.
Tickets for the dinner are $87 for WBA members, $98 for nonmembers, and $71 for law students.
To order tickets, visit https://women lawyers.org and click on “events.” Anyone interested in sponsoring the event may email Elyse.Culberson@jacksonlewis.com.
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