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other creative projects around
Metro Detroit, aside from the
legal advice trailer. In 2020, he
opened a mini-Blockbuster out-
side of the Rust Belt Market in
Ferndale after being inspired by a
Blockbuster documentary he had
recently watched.
The “skateboarding lawyer,
”
who grew up regularly visiting
the former Blockbuster on Maple
and Orchard Lake Road, wanted
to bring that same sense of nos-
talgia back to the community and
its younger generations.
“I found a woman who was
selling blue boxes and I bought
all of them,
” he recalls. “We [now]
have a free little Blockbuster.
”
At the mini-Blockbuster, peo-
ple can borrow films and return
them, just like with the original
Blockbuster idea. A firm believer
in building community, Zuppke
is also working on a project to
open a skateboarding park in
the Royal Oak area, where he
recently bought a home with his
partner, Rachel Goutman, and
their cat, Bowie.
Zuppke also serves as vice
president of the Jewish Bar
Association of Michigan (JBAM)
and as a board member of the
Criminal Defense Attorneys
of Michigan (CDAM). On
Tuesdays, he studies Torah at
Platform 18 with his friend and
rabbi, Leiby Burnham, while
continuing his involvement in
various creative and professional
endeavors.
Since Zuppke has been busy
working on projects for his new
home, he hopes to dive back into
skateboarding in the coming
weeks and to grow Zupac Law.
He also wants to “build an amaz-
ing skatepark.”
At the end of the day, though,
Zuppke has one true goal: “to
keep going.”
Jordan Zuppke shows
off some moves on his
skateboard.
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