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Thomas M. Kukes
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Hills was recently
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Michigan Financial
Companies
as director of
Advanced Strategic
Kukes
Planning. Based
in Southfield, Michigan Financial
Companies is a local financial
services firm and a member of
John Hancock Financial Network.
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University in Detroit, has more than
41 years of experience in the insur-
ance and financial services industry.
He is a life member of the Million
Dollar Roundtable, has been a key
speaker at the annual MDRT confer-
ence and served as president of the
Greater Detroit Association of Life
Underwriters from 1990-1991. He
is an active member of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
Wells Fargo Advisors-Farmington
Hills received accolades and appre-
ciation for the office's support of
the Great Lakes Council of the Boy
Scouts of America. Allen Olender,
managing director-Wells Fargo
Advisors-Farmington Hills, is chair-
man-national relationships, National
Jewish Committee on Scouting/BSA.
Richard O'Connell is Wells Fargo
Advisors-Farmington Hills senior vice
president and branch manager.
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Spitz
Weiner
Marcy B. Spitz and Ryan Weiner
have recently established a new
business titled Lien Resolution
Services, LLC. The business special-
izes in healthcare lien resolution for
all Medicare, Medicaid and private
health insurance carriers' liens. Spitz
is located in Southfield while Weiner
is in Chicago. Spitz worked for the
Labor Department in Washington,
D.C., as a pension and healthcare
attorney. Weiner worked for Weiner
& Associates in both Chicago and
Southfield. More information on the
business and the services it offers
can be found at www.lienresolutio-
nusa.com .
Ribiat
Schreier
Butzel Long shareholders Steven
M. Ribiat of West Bloomfield and
Jordan Schreier of Ann Arbor have
been elected to serve a two-year term
on the firm's board of directors. Ribiat
is a vice president and shareholder
based in Butzel Long's Bloomfield
Hills office. He has extensive experi-
ence representing clients in corporate
business litigation, including share-
holder and contractual disputes and
real estate disputes. Schreier is a vice
president and shareholder based in
Butzel Long's Ann Arbor office. He
represents clients primarily in the area
of ERISA, employee benefits and
compensation.
The Detroit law
firm Barris, Sott,
Denn & Driker,
PL.0 is pleased to
announce that one
of its members,
Morley Witus of
Ann Arbor, recently
W it us
published two
articles, one in the January/February
2010 edition of Detroit Lawyer, titled
"The Curious Case of Michigan's
Statute of Limitations for Fraud",
and the other in the March 18, 2010,
issue of the Detroit Legal News, titled
"Will the Michigan Supreme Court
`Overrule the Overrulings?'" Witus
concentrates his practice in com-
mercial litigation. He has extensive
experience in a variety of complex
business disputes, including con-
tract, real estate, probate, securities,
municipal, insurance, legal mal-
practice, intellectual property and
employment cases.
Alan Reinstein of
Farmington Hills was
recently elected ice
president-educa-
tion of the American
Accounting
Association
y- j
[AAA]. With about
Reinstein
9,000 worldwide
members worldwide, the AAA serves
as the international organization of
accounting educators and account-
ing practitioners.