Michigan
Chapter

Certified Fellow American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Elected to State Chapter Board of Managers and Board of Examiners; Secretary, 1999-2000; Treasurer,2000-2001; Vice-President,2001- 2002; President-Elect, 2002-2003; President, 2003-2004; CLE Co-Chair, Michigan Chapter, 1995- present; Sustaining member of the Oakland County Bar Association; Chair of Lawyers Admission Committee (1981); Chair of Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee (1982); Chair of Old-timer Night Holiday Dinner (1984 and 1985); Chair Speakers Bureau (1985). Participant in OCBA Bench/Bar Conference, 2001-2005. Member of Oakland County “COPE” (Co-Parenting Effectively), Coordinating Committee, Trainer/COPE Educator; Co-Founder/Chairperson and Panel Participant in the State and Oakland County "SMILE" (Start Making It Livable For Everyone) Parent Education Program; Recipient "Distinguished Service Award" Oakland County Bar Association, 1994; Recipient "Child Advocate Award" and Award of Appreciation from Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County (1994 and 1995); Recipient of special honor by Joint Legislative Resolution #454 - Michigan Legislature, 9/93; Recipient of 24 "Awards of Appreciation" from the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan from 1986 through 2000; Lifetime Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation; Recipient of 1984 and 1989 Honor Roll - Oakland Livingston Legal Aid Society; Recipient of "Award of Appreciation" Oakland County Circuit Court (1990,1991 and 1999); Life Fellow of the Oakland County Bar Foundation, Sustaining Member of the Oakland County Bar Association