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New Chief Of Staff
Matthew Schenk is moving up in Wayne County government. The assistant Wayne County executive
has been named the new chief of staff and assistant deputy CEO by Executive Robert Ficano.
Schenk, a 13-year attorney and Wayne State University Law School graduate, replaces Nancy
Mouradian, who retired this year after 26 years of service, and William Wolfson, who is retiring this
year. "It has been rewarding to be part of a team that is focused on getting things done," Schenk said.
"This is an opportunity that I am grateful to be offered and I look forward to being more involved as
we implement County Executive Ficano's aggressive agenda to move our region forward."
In 2003, Schenk joined Wayne County as a principal attorney with Corporation Counsel. He was
responsible for providing legal advice to the county on ordinances, budget matters, resolutions,
contracts, development projects and Freedom of Information Act requests. Previously, he had been a
senior legislative analyst and a legislative assistant in Corporation Counsel with the city of Detroit.
"Matt pays close attention to detail and interacts well with people," Ficano said. "His leadership
Matthew Schenk
skills will enhance our efforts to move forward: to build relationships and to create a strong admin-
istration.
During his time with the city, Schenk played a leadership role in the casino development agreements and bringing the Super
Bowl there. With the county, he was instrumental in several executive initiatives, including development of an expansion and reno-
vation proposal for Cobo Hall Convention Center, development of the Wayne County Land Bank, development of Regional Mass
Transit, the proposed Aerotropolis development plan and construction of the new Chrysler Engine Plant in Trenton.
Schenk and his wife, Jessica, have three children.
- Robert Sklar, editor
Herschel Fink
Classy Courtwork
Herschel Fink, the nationally known First Amendment attorney based in Detroit, is a Leader in the Law as
bestowed by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Selection was based on his distinguished defense of the First Amendment,
including representation of the Detroit Free Press in legal wrangling that yielded perjury and obstruction of jus-
tice charges leveled by Wayne County against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his then chief of staff,
Christine Beatty. Fink is a partner in the Litigation Department of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP. His
newest honor applauds his legal success as well as his qualities of character: integrity, inspiration, leadership, ser-
vice as a role model.
- Robert Sklar, editor
'Murderer' Released
Connie Keel is leaving a California prison this week after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chose to support a parole board decision to
free Keel after she served 30 years in prison for a crime committed by her husband. Former Detroiter Elliot Darvick participated in
a campaign started by a fraternity brother who is a law student at the University of Southern California. Darvick designed a Web
site to pressure Schwarzenegger into a rarely used move to release a prisoner. In 1980, Keel was convicted of being an accessory
to murder while, according to Darvick's Web site, "she stayed in a car paralyzed in fear while her abusive husband and his cousin
made a spur-of-the-moment decision to rob a liquor store and shoot the clerk." Keel became a model prisoner while serving her life
sentence.
- Alan Hitsky, associate editor
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• Make sure there are at least four
inches of space between the back
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• Microwave small meals. Microwaves
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every living creature of all flesh; and
the waters shall no more become a
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