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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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