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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.