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Maddin, Hauser, Roth &
Heller P
.C., announced
that Earle I. Erman
received the Federal Bar
Association’
s 2018
Barbara J. Rom Award
for Bankruptcy
Excellence. The award honors individu-
als who have exhibited the highest level
of overall excellence in the practice of
bankruptcy law. Erman is a shareholder
in the firm’
s Creditor Rights,
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice
Group.
Home Builders
Association of
Southeastern Michigan
announced its leadership
team for 2019. One of
the vice presidents is
David Steuer of Steuer
& Associates of Farmington Hills.
Jason Canvasser, of the
Troy office of Clark Hill,
has been promoted to
membership in the firm.
He concentrates on rep-
resenting clients in gen-
eral litigation matters,
including complex commercial cases,
contractual disputes, defense of premise
liability and auto negligence claims,
landlord-tenant matters, and issues
relating to bankruptcy and creditors’
rights.
Sen. Jeremy Moss (D–
Southfield) was selected
to serve as the Assistant
Minority Leader for the
Michigan Senate
Democratic Caucus. He
is from the 11th Senate
District.
Detroit Community
leader Gary Torgow was
the keynote speaker at
Torah Umesorah
Presidents Conference.
The organization, also
known as the National
Society of Hebrew Schools, is the larg-
est association of Orthodox schools in
the United States and Canada. He
spoke of the overall value of Jewish
education, including how this impacts
Jewish continuity and the personal
lives of masses of Jews, especially in
our rapidly changing society; he also
noted the growth of Jewish educational
facilities since the founding of Torah
Umesorah 75 years ago.
Farbman Group, a
full-service commercial
real estate firm,
announced that Ron
Goldstone of West
Bloomfield has been
promoted to executive
vice president from senior vice presi-
dent with the company. The promotion
elevates Goldstone to elite, executive
status at Farbman. He is the practice
lead for retail commercial real estate
and will contribute to the strategic and
business direction of the company. He
has been with Farbman for 32 years.
The Arts Alliance
Medals for arts, science
and humanities for 2019
recently recognized dis-
tinction in the greater
Ann Arbor area. The
Outstanding Service
Medal 2019 was awarded to Afa S. and
Aaron P
. Dworkin. They have proven
to be pioneering leaders, advocating for
diversity, equity and inclusion in the
performing arts and in arts leadership.
The International
Academy of
Collaborative
Professionals (IACP), a
global organization pro-
moting client-centered
conflict resolution, has
named Metro Detroit family law attor-
ney Alisa Peskin-Shepherd to its new
Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Since 2001, IACP has worked to pro-
mote the international growth of col-
laborative practice, which brings
together attorneys, counselors and
health practitioners to resolve conflicts,
especially divorce and custody issues, in
a results-oriented, client-focused pro-
cess.
Evan H. Kaploe joined
Driggers, Schultz &
Herbst as a member,
adding to the firm’
s spe-
cialization in the areas of
tax, corporate and litiga-
tion. Kaploe, formerly a
senior attorney with the Internal
Revenue Service-Office of Chief
Counsel in Detroit, specializes in advis-
ing businesses and individuals in con-
troversy with the Internal Revenue
Service and state and local taxing
authorities. He also represents those
accused of tax crimes. In addition, he
counsels clients in all manners of tax
planning, corporate structuring, merg-
ers, acquisitions and divestitures.
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