––––––––––––––––––––
Subscribe to the Legal News!
https://legalnews.com/Home/Subscription
Full access to public notices, articles, columns, archives, statistics, calendar and more
Day Pass Only $4.95!
One-County $80/year
Three-County & Full Pass also available
- Posted April 27, 2026
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
State Bar president welcomed
The Incorporated
Society of Irish American Lawyers—along with the Women’s Bar
Association, Oakland County region of the Women Lawyers Association of
Michigan, and the South Asian Bar Association—hosted a gathering
featuring State Bar of Michigan President Lisa Hamameh (center) on
Wednesday, April 8, at Brewery Faisan in Detroit. Hamameh provided the
groups with an update on SBM activities. She is the first Palestinian
American and ninth woman to serve as SBM president. On hand to welcome
Hamameh to the event were (left to right) Sean Taylor, Satyam Talati,
Dennis Cleary, Kristin Fernandez, Navita Beri, Monroe County 1st
District Court Judge Michael Brown, John Larkin, Wayne County 24th
District Court Judge Richard Page, ISIAL President Jennifer Cupples,
James McCann, Elizabeth Erickson, Muhammad Siwani, Abha Fadipe, and
Wayne County 35th District Court Judge Michael Gerou.
headlines Oakland County
- Revered: Five jurists get their due at ceremony
- Nessel releases opioid settlement spending guidance and report
- ABA names 2026 finalists for Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts
- Whitmer signs bipartisan bills expanding educational opportunity, protecting natural resources, and empowering communities
- AG secures $3.25 million settlement with lease-to-own financing company over auto-repair agreements
headlines National
- 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- The Burton Book Review: ‘Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court’
- King Charles’ flyover tribute pauses Supreme Court arguments
- Former judge suspended over Facebook posts seeks relief from SCOTUS
- Trump judicial pick, rated unqualified by the ABA, advances in Senate




