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March 14 • 2013

usiness & professional >> memos

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Valerie R. Newman,
assistant state
defender, was named
one of Lawyers USA's
Lawyers of the Year.
She won the honor
for her work on the
Lafler v. Cooper
Newman
case, regarding a
defendant receiving poor legal advice
resulting in the rejection of a plea deal
offer. The court battle landed in front
of the Supreme Court of the United
States; Newman won with a 5-4 deci-
sion, with the case hailed as one of the
most important of its time.

Sidney L. Frank has
been named Of
Counsel to Williams,
Williams, Rattner &
Plunkett PC in
Birmingham. He has
a diverse litigation
and business law
practice and has
expertise in issues involving construc-
tion law and surety defense matters as
well as experience in representing cli-
ents in the purchase, sale and financ-
ing of their businesses and providing
succession and estate planning.

David Gad-Harf of
West Bloomfield was
appointed director of
corporate relations
in the office of phi-
lanthropy at Henry
Ford Health System.
He will secure phil-
anthropic support
from the business community, culti-
vate relationships with corporations
and corporate foundations, and identi-
fy opportunities for partnerships
between HFHS and corporations. Gad-
Harf worked at the Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey as chief oper-
ating officer, 2005-2011, and chief
development officer in 2012. He was
executive director of the Detroit Jewish
Community Relations Council 1988-
2005.

Dr. Ronald S.
Taylor of Bloomfield
Hills has been chosen
as one of the Best
Doctors in America
for 2013 by U.S. News
and World Report. Dr.
Taylor is chairman of
Taylor
the Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation Department at
William Beaumont Hospital, a professor
at Oakland University Beaumont
Medical School and serves as medical
adviser on the state board at the
Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Pam Feinberg-
Rivkin, founder/CEO
Feinberg Consulting
Inc. of Michigan,
Florida and Texas,
announced the intro-
duction of their
Community
Steinberg
Relations
Department. As director, Susie
Schram Steinberg will lead the devel-
opment of educational programs for
both professionals and the community
as a whole. Topics will be designed to
address geriatric care coordination,
avoiding re-admission to the hospital,
drug and alcohol issues in both the
young and older adults, and mental
health case management.

For a second year in
a row, Melissa
Spickler was nation-
ally recognized in
Registered Rep's Top

50 Wirehouse
Women for 2013. In
2012, she was named
Sp ickler
by Barron's as one of
America's Top 100
Women Financial Advisers and for the
past four years, she has been recog-
nized by Hour Magazine as a Five-Star
Wealth Manager. She is a 33-year vet-
eran of Merrill Lynch who, with her
team, brings clients a combination of
personalized, yet disciplined wealth
management.

Ronald E. Hodess of
West Bloomfield, a
principal and leader
of the Real Estate
Group for the law
firm Miller Canfield,
has been named one
of Michigan Lawyers
Weekly's "Leaders in
the Law" for 2013. Hodess is a leader
in the real estate field. He is also rec-
ognized by Chambers USA as one of
the country's finest real estate attor-
neys and has been given similar hon-
ors by Best Lawyers, Michigan Super
Lawyers and DBusiness magazine.

Goldring

Kaner

Carri Goldring and David Kaner
recently joined First State Bank
Mortgage Company LLC in a new loca-
tion in Oakland County as senior