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5 Minutes 
With Lois Haron

CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER
L

ois Haron has been providing interior 
design services to Michigan residents for 
35 years. The JN caught up with her for 
a quick conversation.

How did you get started 
in interior design?
When I was at Wayne State University, I took 
courses in interior design and found it inter-
esting. Once I graduated, I didn’
t really do 
anything with my degree because I had kids. 
But my friends kept saying, “I need something 
over here … what do you think?”
When we moved into our current home, we 
decided we needed to do some things. My 
husband looked at me and said, “You can do 
it,” and well, I did it! I took more courses and 
became a member of the American Society 
of Interior Designers (ASID). I continue to take 
courses to keep my accreditation.

What made you want to start 
Lois Haron Designs?
Right from the beginning, I wanted to have 
my own business rather than have partners 

or belong to a firm. I wanted the flexibility of 
choosing the projects and products.

What is your favorite thing 
about interior design?
The fun of meeting new people, seeing what 
they want to do and solving their problems. 
I love every room I work on. I work from the 
floor to ceiling in kitchens, including cabinets, 
countertops, lighting, painting and window 
treatments — same with bathrooms and 
home offices.
I often go to clients’
 work offices and 
design these spaces and wind up helping 
some of their partners at the same time. 

Describe your style.
I like contemporary-transitional style and 
mixing it with traditional.

CORRIE COLF

State Bar of Michigan,
” she says. “
Although 
I’
m an equity shareholder in my firm and 
managing shareholder of its southeastern 
Michigan office, the percentage of female 
equity shareholders in firms nationwide has 
stagnated for decades at about 20 percent.
”
She has mentored women lawyers and law 
students and strives to help women lawyers 
with the unique challenges they face bal-
ancing career with family. Recognizing that 
women tend to be caregivers for their chil-
dren and aging relatives, she asked a State Bar 
committee during her presidency to study 
and report on workplace policies and best 
practices to facilitate alternative or flexible 
work schedules. 

FAMILY INSPIRATION
Her career in law was inspired by her father, 
the late Sidney Fershtman, who became a 
lawyer after serving in World War II and 
later practiced in the Detroit and Downriver 
areas. 
“Watching him work as I grew up might 
have turned me away from becoming a 
lawyer; he sometimes worked very long 
hours,
” Fershtman says. “But I couldn’
t help 
but notice that people sought his advice at 
some of the most personal and important 
moments in their lives — a dying woman 
with months to live needing a will, people 

Lois Haron

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