The Meade Lexus Family MEMOS Michigan Institute of Urology P.C. has added to its staff of specialty and subspecialty physicians, the three- member practice, Preferred Urology Consultants P.C. of Southfield. The three-member group includes senior partner Dr. Michael Lutz, Dr. James Relle and Dr. Brian Seifinan. Dr. Richard Zekman has joined the medical staff at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills. He is board certified in internal medicine and a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. Zekman prac- tices at the Oakland Medical Group, 27301 Dequindre Road, Suite 314 in Madison Heights; 28100 Grand River Ave., Suite 314 South in Farmington Hills; and 3577 W. 13 Mile Road, Suite 204 in Royal Oak. Merton J. Segal of Bloomfield Hills, founder and chairman of Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., will retire as an employee of the company effective Sept. 30. Segal, 79, founded Meadowbrook in 1955 as Meadowbrook Insurance Agency. Under his leadership, Meadowbrook has grown from a startup local retail agency into a leading specialty risk management insurance company. He will continue to serve on the board of directors as a non-executive chairman and will also be a consultant to the company effective Oct. 1. Thomas L. Shaevsky of West Bloomfield, a senior attorney at Detroit- based Butzel Long, has been appointed vice chair of the Employee Benefits Shaevsky Committee of the Oakland County Bar Association. Based in Butzel Long's Bloomfield Hills office, Shaevsky practices in the area of employee benefits. He advises profit and nonprofit employers, as well as individuals, on compliance and plan- ning issues pertaining to a wide range of retirement and welfare plan issues. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (taxation section) and the American Bar Association (taxation section). For the second consecutive year, in a poll of other Michigan lawyers, Barry F. LaKritz of Bloomfield Hills has been named as 7. a Michigan Super Lawyer. LaKritz has also recently received a Special Recognition Award LaKritz from his peers on the board of trust- ees of the Michigan School of Professional Psychology, recognizing his 25 years of service as a board member, the last 15 of which were spent as chairman of the board. Susan Walker of Farmington Hills, kidney transplant coordinator at Royal Oak-based Beaumont Hospital, was honored on Sept. 6 at a National Kidney Foundation walk event in Brighton. Local TV news anchor Steve Garagiola presented her with a plaque for her terrific contribution to NKF Michigan's peer mentor program. Also, she's helping coordinate a special kid- ney donor recognition event on Oct. 18 in Berkley. This special event will recognize living donors, recipients and families. Liepshutz Greg M. Liepshutz of Franklin is part of the new man- agement team of the law firm of Levine Benjamin in Southfield. He con- centrates his practice on personal injury and experience han- dling claims in state and federal courts. wishes our valued customers a Happy & Healthy New Year. MEIFICO L-EXUS Your Lexus Lease Headquarters Golden Opportunity Lease Event IS 250 439/m0.*, 26 MPG. HVVY ES 350 $429/mo.. 27 MPG. HWY RX 350 489/ — - mo.* 22 MPG. HWY 100.- Hurry for Best Selection DOWN *48 months /10,000 miles per year, plus state tax, title, license and lease fees. Tier 1 credit. rneitioe Laxus of SCILITH111EL_CI 28300 NORTHWESTERN HWY., SOUTHFIELD, MI (248) 372-7100 I www.lexusofsouthfield.com 1435980 Rosh Hashanah Michael R. Kramer of Bloomfield Hills, partner with Dickinson Wright PLLC, was recently appointed to the Oakland University Board of Control, representing the general public. Barry Seifman, of the law offices of Seifman & Guzall PC in Farmington Hills, was selected for Michigan Super Lawyers for the third year in a row. Michael K. Hauser, CPA, of the Southfield-based law firm of Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller PC, testified before the Michigan House Tax Policy Committee in support of a House bill that would mitigate the Michigan Business Tax effect on commercial foreclosures and similar transactions. 2008 5769 May the New Year bring to all our friends and family health, joy, prosperity and everything good in life. 14"1 01, 11111,01.40. :2r The Schneiders Judi, Joe c Brandon Heather, Brett, Caidey & Zack Arryn, Bryan, Ethan & Avery Molly, Brad, D.J. & Anna Mgr September 25 2008 A91