Please join us for this important chapter event featuring the presentation of the 2023 Cook-Friedman civility award, recognition and thank you to the members of our amazing bench, election of chapter officers, live music, and a fun time with friends and colleagues! This is an important chapter event and one you won’t want to miss!
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LARGE Firm Sponsorships (for firms with 15 or more attorneys) / comes with 9 seats to the Annual Dinner): $1236.00
MEDIUM Firm Sponsorships (for firms having between 4 and 14 attorneys) / comes with 6 seats to the Annual Dinner): $824.00
SMALL Firm Sponsorships (for firms with 3 or fewer attorneys) / comes with 3 seats to the Annual Dinner): $412.00
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Spectrum Computer Forensics *
The Miller Law Firm *
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Warner Norcross + Judd *
Julian Abele Cook, Jr. – Bernard A. Friedman
FBA Chapter Civility Award Nominations Sought
Please submit your nominations by May 16, 2023
BE IT RESOLVED the Chapter will establish an annual civility award to recognize a civil practitioner who is an outstanding example of professional excellence and civility. This award will be called the Julian Abele Cook, Jr.- Bernard A. Friedman FBA Civility Award, in recognition of the dedication to civility of two outstanding jurists: former Chief Judge Julian Abele Cook, Jr., who, in 1998, constituted the first Civility Committee in the Eastern District of Michigan and fostered the implementation of the Court’s Civility Principles; and Chief Judge Bernard A. Friedman who formed the Court’s second Civility Committee in 2007, and fostered the implementation of the Eastern District’s “Lawyer’s Commitment of Professional Civility.” The Julian Abele Cook, Jr. – Bernard A. Friedman FBA Civility Award shall be awarded yearly at the Chapter’s Annual Dinner. In selecting an attorney to receive the award, the following criteria shall be utilized:
- The attorney has been significantly engaged in the practice of civil law;
- The attorney demonstrates the highest levels of legal competency and Professionalism;
- The attorney’s conduct is in accordance with the highest standards of professional integrity and personal courtesy as set forth in the Civility Principles of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; [COPY APPEARS BELOW ON THIS PAGE]
- The attorney has demonstrated, while fulfilling the fundamental duty to represent clients vigorously, a mindfulness of the equally important obligation to the administration of justice, which is a truth-seeking process designed to resolve human and societal problems in a rational, peaceful and efficient manner; and
- The attorney is guided by a fundamental sense of dignity, decency, candor and fair play.
NOMINATIONS IF YOU BELIEVE AN INDIVIDUAL IS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION, PLEASE SUBMIT THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND A BRIEF STATEMENT AS TO THE REASONS WHY THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION TO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. PLEASE UTILIZE THE ABOVE CRITERIA & FORWARD YOUR NOMINATION TO THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE COOK-FRIEDMAN CIVILITY AWARD CONSISTS OF A PANEL OF FEDERAL JUDGES INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, PRIOR COOK-FRIEDMAN CIVILITY AWARD WINNERS, AND THE FBA CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT-ELECT. THE MEETING WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE MOST RECENT AWARD WINNER.