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Lisa Gretchko of
Howard & Howard
Attorneys PLLC was
chosen to be included in
the Super Lawyers
Kass
Witus
Mendel
Five attorneys from Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker PLLC have been named to the 2012
Michigan Super Lawyers list. They are Eugene Driker, William Barris, Robert Kass
Todd Mendel and Morley Witus. Driker was ranked among the Top 10 attorneys and the
Top 100 attorneys. Driker, Mendel, and Witus were recognized for excellence in business
litigation; Barris for excellence in real estate law; and Kass for excellence in estate plan-
ning and probate law.
Sue Marx To Receive
Wayne State Award
Wayne State University's
College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences will hold its
sixth annual Collegian
Awards at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24, at
the A. Paul Schaap
Chemistry Building,
Sue Marx
5101 Cass, Detroit.
This year's recipients include Sue Marx,
the Academy Award-winning documen-
tary film producer, writer and director;
Mark Hackel, Macomb County executive;
and Michael Koziel, co-founder of Athena
Corp.
For information, call 877-WSU-ALUM.
RSVP by Oct. 17 at www.alumni.wayne.
edu/events.
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Saks Fifth Avenue announced the pro-
motion of Ina Levinson, former vice
president and general manager of the Saks
Beachwood store in Cleveland, Ohio, to the
position of VP/GM of the Saks store at the
Somerset Collection in Troy.
Local Technion Society Names
Its First Woman President
Linda Kovan of Novi
has been named chapter
president of the American
Technion Society (ATS)
Detroit. She is the first
female president for the
Detroit Chapter.
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She was also recognized among the top 50
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Levinson began
her retail career with
Saks Fifth Avenue in
Pittsburgh in 1983 as
an assistant department
manager in cosmetics.
Levinson received
a bachelor's of science
Levinson
degree from Robert
Morris College and will
be re-locating to the Detroit area with her
husband, Jeff Levinson, a project manager
in the marketing and advertising field.
"I am so excited for this new adventure
in my career, and can't wait to meet our
customers in Troy and to become part
of the community in Detroit," Levinson
said.
manufacturers rep agency, and has been
selling automotive component parts for
23 years. She is also partner in a new ven-
ture with her two brothers called Peace of
Mind Life Solutions, which provides inclu-
sive concierge services for elderly clients
and their respective families. Previously,
she was founder and partner in Gentle
Transitioning LLC, which she had started
four years ago with three friends.
Kovan is also president of WATS,
Women of ATS, an all-female investment
club that invests only in Israel-based
companies or companies run by Technion
graduates, donating a portion of the profits
back to the Technion.
Kovan loves technology and the fact
that that the Technion helps people of
all origins and creeds. "When I think
of Technion, I think of innovation that
inspires, technology at its best and help-
ing all of mankind," she said.
Tax Attorney Sponsors
Presidential Debates
(JTA) After the controversial first debate
between President Barack Obama and
Gov. Mitt Romney on Oct. 3, some folks
might be wondering about the effective-
ness of the presidential debate system.
But Sheldon S. Cohen is a true believer,
and he's doing his part to keep America's
favorite political blood sport alive by
serving as the only individual among the
seven sponsors of the Commission on
Presidential Debates (the others are cor-
porations and foundations).
There had been 10 sponsors, but
three — Philips Electronics, the YWCA
and BBH advertising — pulled out after
boycott threats from groups that want
the debates to include more than just the
major-party candidates.
Cohen, who broke a glass ceiling for
Jews when President Lyndon Johnson
appointed him tax commissioner in 1964,
is now a leading Washington tax attorney.
After all, who boycotts tax lawyers?