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Jonathan Schwartz, Elisheva "Ellie" Mosko, Rachel Loebl and Andrew Cohen
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Attorneys form new
Jewish Bar Association of Michigan.
Vivian Henoch
Special to the Jewish News
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—Fox Run resident Beverly Schwartz
Discover an active and worry-free lifestyle at Fox Run,
the most popular address for vibrant retirement living in Novi.
Maintenance, repairs and 24-hour security are all handled by
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Detroit. Michigan. Lawyers.
Attorneys. Bar Association.
Hard as it may be to imagine
Jewish Detroit without a Jewish bar
association, that was the case this
past February when good friends and
young Detroit attorneys Rachel Loebl
and Ellie Mosko met for lunch. Over
salads and a quick Google search, the
idea sparked: Why not start a Jewish
Bar Association of Michigan?
Where there's a need, there's a way.
Networking, Mosko and Loebl
reached out to Keith Sirlin, a promi-
nent attorney in the community and
president of a small, but long-estab-
lished division of B'nai B'rith — the
B'nai B'rith Barristers Association.
Sirlin introduced Mosko and Loebl
to Andrew Cohen, a young attorney
eager to build the B'nai B'rith group
into a more robust organization. At the
first planning meeting, Jonathan H.
Schwartz, another young local attorney
who was excited about the prospect
of a Jewish bar association, joined the
effort. Long story short, Cohen, Loebl,
Mosko and Schwartz, along with Sirlin
and other longstanding members of the
bar, gathered forces to create the Jewish
Bar Association of Michigan (JBAM).
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things you love to do. A move to Fox Run is a smart decision
Loebl, Mosko, Cohen and Schwartz
are each full-time attorneys with busy
practices and strong family ties to
Metro Detroit. A graduate of University
Detroit-Mercy, Cohen, 35, specializes
in family law at the Cohen Law Office
and has been in practice for nine years
(and far longer when he recounts
"clerking" for his father, Charles Cohen,
starting at the age of 16).
Another graduate of Detroit-Mercy,
Mosko, 31, is an immigration attorney
with a strong interest in world culture
and a past involvement with American
Jewish World Service. She has been
practicing immigration law for almost
five years and currently is working
with her husband at the law firm of
Ellis Porter PLC.
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JEWISH BAR ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN
Loebl, 30, graduated from DePaul
University College of Law in Chicago in
2011 and is licensed in both Michigan
and Illinois. Loebl returned to her
hometown of Detroit two years ago and
has her own practice, specializing in
criminal law.
Schwartz, 31, attended Wayne State
University Law School where he was
vocal in combating anti-Semitism and
anti-Zionism on campus as an officer
of the Jewish Law Students Association.
He is currently a rising star commercial
and business litigator at the Southfield-
based law firm Seyburn Kahn.
Gathering Forces
From startup to launch in less than six
months, the Jewish Bar Association
of Michigan is now up and run-
ning. Recognized by the State Bar of
Michigan, the new organization has
filed for status as a nonprofit with the
mission "to promote and unify Jewish
and other like-minded attorneys,
judges, law students and paralegals in
Michigan by providing social, educa-
tional and charitable activities"
In July, JBAM named its board of
directors, elected its officers, voted
on its bylaws and set into motion a
community agenda and calendar of
activities, starting with its official
launch party at Local Kitchen & Bar in
Ferndale on Wednesday, Sept. 17 (see
box at end of this story for details).
"We have to applaud Ellie and Rachel
in their effort and persistence to get
our association off the ground:' Cohen
says. "Building an organization from
the ground up is never an easy task.
But we believe there's a pent-up need
for a more active and sustaining orga-
nization of legal professionals than
what we've had in the past:'
Schwartz adds, "We have assembled
a great core group of people. We
look forward to the support and par-
ticipation of Michigan's large Jewish
legal community as the organization
ramps up and begins to carry out its