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.

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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.