Legal Guide
JBAM
Awards
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMIE FELDMAN
40 | JUNE 15 • 2023
Several JBAM board members and officers including Michael Feldman, Frank Mamat, Past President Ellie Mosko, Joseph Phillips,
Executive Vice President Jordan Zuppke, Vice President of Finance Andrew Cohen, President Nargiz Nesimova and Vice President of
Communication David Sachs.
T
wo judges were honored by the Jewish Bar
Association of Michigan (JBAM) on May 22 at
the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham. More than
150 guests celebrated Judge Marla Parker, who received
the Avern Cohn Lifetime Achievement Award, and Judge
Jamie Wittenberg, who was posthumously honored with
the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Champion of Justice Award.
Judge Wittenberg died of brain cancer last November.
The Jewish Bar Association of Michigan provides
education, resources and camaraderie for the legal com-
munity, and legal support to the wider community. For
information on JBAM, email President Nargiz Nesimova
at nargiz.nesimova@gmail.com or visit
jewishbar.org.
President Nargiz Nesimova welcomes guests to the JBAM’s annual
awards dinner at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham.