Michael F. Cavanagh
When he passed away last November, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles Levin was remembered as a maverick and an independent. He certainly merited those descriptors at different times. But he was also something even more important my friend.
In 1966, I was fresh out of law school, serving as a law clerk at the Michigan Court of Appeals, where Chuck had just been elected to serve. Memories are a bit fuzzy from the 1960s, but I do remember the chief judge being a bit impatient with the pace of Judge Levin’s work. And I also remember that when the work was finally done, the product was outstanding.