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Attoeney Larry Leib Seeking
Farmington District Judgeship

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WEST BLOOMFIELD

5859 W. Maple Road

Oust west of Orchard Lake Rd.)

An elegant retirement community
designed exclusively for mature adults.

Efficiencies, 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments

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Continental breakfast daily
Optional lunch and dinner served daily
Personal laundry services available
Housekeeping and linen
services provided
Daily recreational, cultural, and
social activities
Personal transportation in our van
24-hour in-house staffing
On-site beauty and barber shops
Personal care services available
Small pets welcome
Respite apartments available
Spiritual guidance provided by local synagogues
Computer lab with internet access and classes available

Month-to-month rentals starting at $1,200

248-538-5283
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For more information call:

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Attorney Lawrence J. Leib is a candidate
tice specializing in business, labor,
to fill the vacancy in the 47th District
employment, probate and criminal law.
Court (Farmington-Farmington Hills)
He spends about 75 percent of his trial
created by the retirement of Judge
work at the local or district court level.
Frederick Harris.
Leib received the Pro Bono Award for
Leib, a Farmington Hills resident, is a
Outstanding Representation by the
third-generation lawyer and member of
Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court
the firm of Leib, Leib and Kramer. His
for providing legal services to the indi-
father is attorney Jeffrey M. Leib. His
gent.
grandfathers were Samuel W. Leib, who
Active in service work, Leib is a 32nd
practiced law in Michigan for 55 years,.
degree Mason and Shriner and a mem-
and Judge Joseph S. Linden, who spent
ber of the board of governors of the
almost 30 years as the
Shriners Hospital for
Shiawassee County probate
Children in Chicago. He is
judge. His mother is Bryna
a member of the Detroit
Leib, the director of Temple
Rotary Club Board of
Israel's nursery school and
Directors, the Economic
kindergarten.
Club of Detroit and the
While a student at
advisory board of the
Michigan State University
Detroit Council of World
Leib worked for the
Affairs. He is international
Legislature part time and
vice president of Sigma
spent a summer interning at
Alpha Mu, his college fra-
the Heritage Foundation in
ternity. He has served as an
Washington, D.C., working
adviser to the North
with former U.S. Attorney
American
Federation of
Lawrence Leib
General Ed Meese.
Temple Youth.
"When elected as a district
Leib's campaign is
judge, I will work hard to ensure that
endorsed by Oakland County Executive
the 47th District Court continues to be
L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County
efficient, user-friendly and considerate of Prosecutor David Gorcyca and U.S.
taxpayers' dollars," Leib said. "I will do
Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield
my best to make sure that all who
Hills.
appear before me are treated respectfully,
Leib and his wife, Dori, are expecting
fairly and with dignity.
their first child in June.
"I will also channel the skills I have
Leib is a graduate of the James
acquired to guide the youth of our com-
Madison College at MSU and of the
munity toward the right path and the
University of Detroit School of Law.
right choices when tempted by peers to
"When I think of the 'model jurist,' I
do otherwise. I hope my courtroom will
think of a lawyer with courtroom experi-
be a model example for the protection of ence, people skills, a willingness to be an
the rights of victims and for just
attentive listener and possessed with
accountability for criminal behavior."
good, even temperament. I believe I
Leib practices in both state and federal have all those qualities and, when elect-
courts and has represented clients in the
ed, will justify the confidence of the vot-
state courts of California, Illinois, Ohio
ers," Leib said.
and Pennsylvania. He has a general prac-

JNF, JCC Form Partnership

In an effort to unite Detroit's Jewish
community and support Israel during
this critical time, the Jewish National
Fund and the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit have
joined forces.
Residents will be able to drop off
their full JNF blue boxes at their local
JCC and receive a new one from
JNF's 100th anniversary limited-edi-

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tion collection.
First produced soon after JNF's
establishment in 1901, the blue box
was used by Jews from across the
globe to collect funds to buy the land
that would become the State of Israel.
Drop off blue boxes at the JCC in
West Bloomfield or the JCC in Oak
Park. For information, call Alexandra
Hirschkind, (248) 203-9111.