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The Detroit Bar Association Foundation

The Detroit Bar Association Foundation is a recognized 501(c)(3) charitable organization.  Its mission is:

To improve and facilitate the administration of justice in Detroit and throughout the State of Michigan;

  • To facilitate programs that help meet the legal needs of the under-served community in Detroit and to ensure to the fullest extent possible that legal services are available to all members of the public without regard to race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, veteran status or economic circumstances and without regard to any additional characteristic that may, from time to time, be protected from discrimination by law;
  • To provide educational opportunities for the public regarding their legal rights and responsibilities as well as other subjects related to the law and justice system; and
  • To foster and maintain the reputation, honor and integrity of the profession of law.
    Among the programs conducted by the Foundation are the Detroit Legal Services Clinic, and the School Partnership Program (with the Detroit Bar Barristers Section)

Detroit Bar Association Foundation Board of Trustees

Raymond Carey
Gasiorek, Morgan, Greco, McCauley & Kotzian P.C.
Co-Chair

 

James Rosenfeld
Butzel
Co-Chair

Luis Gomez
Ford Motor Co.
Secretary-Treasurer

Eric Abramson
Serling & Abramson, PC

Zenell Brown
State Court Administrative Office

Bill Colovos
Colovos Law Firm

Andrew Creal
Taft

Sarah Cylkowski
Bodman, PLC

Daniel Dulworth
Clark Hill PLC

Zenna Elhasan
Kresge Foundation

Todd Flood
Flood Law PLLC

Donn Fresard
Fresard Arbitration & Mediation

Hon. Patricia Perez Fresard
Third Circuit Court

Ven Johnson
Johnson Law, PLC

Brian McKeen
McKeen & Associates, PC

Bre Mills
JP Morgan Chase

Christopher A. Merritt
Zausmer, P.C.

Robert Murkowski
Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone

Eric Poe
CURE Auto Insurance

Todd Richards
DTE

John Rhoades
Dykema

Hon. Lita Popke
JAMS

John Sier
Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook

Scott Seabolt
Hickey Hauck Bishoff Jeffers & Seabolt

Everardo Tapia
FORVIA

Roger P. Meyers
Bush Seyferth PLLC
Detroit Bar Association President

Stefanie Reagan
Hickey Hauck Bishoff Jeffers & Seabolt
Detroit Bar Association President-Elect

Darius Dynkowski
Butzel
Detroit Bar Association Secretary-Treasurer

Tiffany Ellis
Peiffer, Wolf, Carr, Kane, Conway & Wise
Detroit Bar Association Immediate Past President

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Tracey Cooley
Executive Director
Detroit Bar Association and  Foundation
tcooley@detroitlawyer.org