Professor Barb McQuade gives poor grades to Donald Trump s defense attorneys in the Senate impeachment trial.
Barb McQuade: The Bill of Rights is not a suicide pact. (Photo: MSNBC) McQuade, who joined the University of Michigan Law School faculty in May 2017 after seven years as head of the U.S. attorney s office in Detroit, calls out an insulting and offensive tactic Friday by lawyers representing the twice-impeached former president: Trump’s lawyers argue that his critics simply suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, an old ploy used by abusers to blame the victim and avoid responsibility for their own misconduct. She sees long-range value in the proceedings that began Tuesday, despite the widely expected result. It s an important accounting of Trump s efforts to subvert democracy. Even if Senate acquits, history will have a record of what happened here, she tweeted Thursday night.
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Detroit-based Dickinson Wright announced the election of 13 new member attorneys of the firm’s Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Troy offices.
“This year’s class of new members represent a diverse range of practices and offices,” says Michael Hammer, CEO of Dickinson Wright. “Each attorney brings an incredible set of qualities and skills that they have developed over their legal career. I congratulate each and every one of them on this well-deserved honor.”
Max Aidenbaum is a member in the firm’s Detroit office and focuses on commercial litigation including contract disputes, business torts, and real estate matters. He has represented corporations, limited liability companies and their members, governmental entities, and individual corporate officers in both state and federal courts. Aidenbaum received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and juris doctor from the University of Michigan
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Khalil Rahal, assistant Wayne County executive in charge of economic development, joined Wayne County Executive Warren Evans administration in 2015 after several years as a prosecutor working in the special victims unit. A graduate of Grand Valley State University and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Rahal has been instrumental in a variety of development efforts as one of Evans trusted advisers, including the recent deal to lure Amazon.com Inc. to the former Pinnacle Race Course site in Huron Township and the disposition of the former McLouth Steel Products Corp. property in Trenton.
How does someone go from prosecuting sex offenders to moving into economic development?
This year’s virtual ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, January 28, at 3:30 p.m.
The Florida Bar will recognize 21 lawyers for their work on behalf of low-income and disadvantaged clients at a January 28 ceremony streamed live online by the Supreme Court of Florida.
Established in 1981, The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Awards are intended to encourage lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor by recognizing those who make public service commitments and to raise public awareness of the substantial volunteer services provided by Florida lawyers to those who cannot afford legal fees. Florida Bar President Dori Foster-Morales will present the 2021 awards.
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President Donald Trump could be prosecuted for incitement if evidence shows that he intended his supporters to rise up in violence against Congress, U.S. legal observers say.
Only if lawlessness was imminent and likely, and he intended it, would his actions be exempt from free-speech protections.
But an abundance of evidence exists on which to make a factual determination about his responsibility in the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, former U.S. prosecutor Michael McAuliffe told The Globe and Mail.