in jews the d here’s to Karen R. Katanick is the art and art history teacher at University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe. She has a piece of art in a national exhi- bition sponsored by the National Art Education Association in Virginia. The exhibit features artworks from association members worldwide and will be on display until Jan. 4, 2019, at the NAEA Virtual Gallery in Alexandria, Va. The law firm of Rotter & Stone P.C. of Franklin announced that Harriet B. Rotter has been named to The Best Lawyers in America for the 26th consecutive year. This recognizes her work in the practice of family law. Rotter was also featured on the cover of the latest issue of Leading Lawyers, which was accompanied by an article extolling her many awards, including Super Lawyers list of the top 50 Women Lawyers in the state of Michigan and one of the top 25 con- sumer lawyers. Heller Klaus Teicher Sallen Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller P.C., is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers has recognized Harvey R. Heller as the 2019 Detroit legal malpractice law-defen- dants’ Lawyer of the Year; Kathleen H. Klaus as the 2019 Detroit professional malpractice law-defendants’ Lawyer of the Year; and Julie Beth Teicher as the 2019 Detroit bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/ insolvency and reorganization law Lawyer of the Year. Steven D. Sallen has been selected for inclusion in Top Attorneys of North America 2018-2019 edition of Who’s Who. Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss recently hired Max Mittleman as an associate. He joined Jaffe’s Real Estate and Privacy & Data Security Groups, where he will concentrate his practice on providing legal services in the areas of commer- cial, industrial, retail and residential real estate to private and institutional developers, builders, management companies, real estate brokers and indi- viduals. Alter Borson Gordon Jaffe Kowalsky Lichterman Maroko Rubenfire Sherbin Sider Siegal Steinberg Sugar Alan Reinstein’s co-authored paper, “Sustainability Reporting in the Auto Industry: The Case of Ford Motor Company,” was presented in Hartford Conn., last month, at the 2018 Northeast Regional Meeting, American Accounting Association; it earned the Best Educational Paper Award. Michelle Rubin of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C. was named to the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Up and Coming Lawyers Class of 2018. The recognition honors 30 lawyers who have spent less than a decade in practice and have achieved accomplishments that set them apart from their peers. Rubin, an associate in Jaffe’s Estate Planning Practice Group, focuses on helping her clients success- fully manage life’s transitions. 28 December 6 • 2018 jn Michael Karson is the new president and CEO of Area Agency on Aging 1-B, which provides direct and indirect services to older and disabled adults, including in-home care, Meals on Wheels (home-delivered meals), wellness classes, Medicare and Medicaid assistance, along with caregiver support. Karson has broad experience in health care delivery. He previously served in exec- utive-level positions at United Health Care and HAP, Center for Senior Independence and Brookdale Senior Living. Sara Smoler, formerly of West Bloomfield, was recently recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 Marketing & Advertising List for 2019. She manages new business development at Ogilvy Advertising Agency in New York. Sara led the agency to secure business from many clients such as Coca-Cola, Nationwide and Kimberly- Clark. She also forged a partnership between Ogilvy and Columbia University’s Start-Up Lab, providing pro-bono marketing consulting to recent graduates’ companies. Weiss Zussman DBusiness magazine has selected several Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C. attorneys as Top Lawyers for 2019. Among them are: Peter Alter, Joshua Borson, Robert Gordon, Ira Jaffe, Mark Kowalsky, Susan Lichterman, Eli Maroko, Mark Rubenfire, Aaron Sherbin, William Sider, Arthur Siegal, David Steinberg, Peter Sugar, Jeffrey Weiss and Richard Zussman. The Board of Commissioners’ Democratic Caucus met to determine leadership posi- tions for the 2019-2020 term, when they will become the Democratic Majority Caucus for the first time since the 1970s. Next year, Commissioner Marcia Gershenson (D-Bloomfield Twp.) will become vice chair- person.