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“JAMIE LOVED HIS JOB,
NOT FOR THE PERKS AND
PRESTIGE, BUT FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO
CAME BEFORE HIM … ALWAYS
SEEKING TO INSTRUCT, TO
GUIDE, TO HEAL. I HAVE
NEVER MET AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO SERVED IN A JUDICIAL
CAPACITY WHO POSSESSED
THE LEVEL OF HUMILITY OF
JAMIE WITTENBERG.”
Past JBAM President Ellie Mosko receives the Volunteer of the Year Award from
President Nargiz Nesimona. Mosko is a co-founder of JBAM and has worked
tirelessly through the years to make it a success.
Wayne State law student Loren Shevitz accepts the Charles J. Cohen Esq.
Scholarship from JBAM Vice President of Finance Andrew Cohen.
Judge Derek Meinecke, who served with Judge
Wittenberg in the 44th District Court in Royal Oak/
Berkley, praised his colleague:
The family of the late Judge Jamie Wittenberg: brother-in-law Gary Heicklen, sister-
in-law Kimberly Palter Wittenberg, sister Jodie Heicklen, mother Mollie Wittenberg,
brother Robert Wittenberg, Judge Wittenberg’s daughters Maya, Talia and Brooke
Wittenberg, wife Staci Wittenberg, and father Howard Wittenberg. Not pictured is
the Wittenberg’s oldest daughter, Ariel.