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  • Get to Know Mara Kent

    April 02, 2026

    Mara Kent, a partner at Ferguson Widmayer & Clark, PC in Ann Arbor,  is a life-long resident of Ann Arbor. Her practice areas include estate planning, probate and trust administration, advanced wealth planning, elder law, special needs planning, estate planning for surrogacy and assisted reproduction, same-sex parental confirmations, adult and step-parent adoptions, and prenuptial agreements. Kent is a 1993 graduate of the University of Michigan and a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy Law School, where she graduated second in her class. 

  • Michigan’s new Anti-SLAPP?law: A practical guide for business counsel?

    April 02, 2026

    Consider a scenario: a Michigan business owner testifies at a township planning meeting against a proposed development. Weeks later, the developer files a defamation suit. The suit is filed not to win, but to bury the business owner in legal fees and send a message to anyone else thinking about speaking up. Before December 2025, that business owner had no expedited way out. Now they do.

  • Dual artistry: Detroit area lawyer’s creativity spans worlds of fintech and art

    April 02, 2026

    When Grosse Pointe Farms attorney Colin Darke talks about simplifying complexity, he might be referring to financial regulations or to the way his hands move effortlessly across a blank page, sketching two sides of an image at the same time. 

  • Law student eyes career in the personal injury sector

    April 02, 2026

    After earning her bachelor's degree in business from University of Detroit Mercy, followed by an MBA from UDM, Victoria Hanna worked in marketing for a nurse case management company, collaborating closely with personal injury attorneys. 

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