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R138580
4 years ago |
Think Harriet Miers. No prior judicial experience excepting a stint being a clerk for one till Engler appointed her to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1992.
Incidentally, Justice Maura Corrigan was on President Bush’s short list for the U.S. Supreme Court when Miers withdrew from the process. Chief Justice Roberts was chosen instead and became the nominee to gain the approval of the Senate and now heads the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Maura D. Corrigan Biographical Profile Justice Maura Corrigan was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1998 and served two terms as Chief Justice from 2001-2004. She graduated from Marygrove College in 1969 and from the University of Detroit Law School in 1973. She next worked as a law clerk to Michigan Court of Appeals Judge John Gillis and as a Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor. In 1979, she became an Assistant United States Attorney, serving as Chief of Appeals and later Chief Assistant United States Attorney. In 1989, Justice Corrigan became a partner at Plunkett & Cooney, a venerable Detroit law firm. In 1992, Governor John Engler appointed her to the Michigan Court of Appeals. She was twice elected to that court and was appointed as its Chief Judge from 1997-1998 until her election to the Supreme Court. Justice Corrigan participates in numerous community and professional activities. Currently, she is President of the American Inns of Court at MSU Law School and holds memberships on the Boards of the International Center for Healing and the Law of the Fetzer Institute, Vista Maria, and the Pew Commission investigating foster care issues in the U.S. She recently completed a term as vice-president of the Conference of Chief Justices and co-chaired the Conference of Chief Justices Problem Solving Courts Committee. Justice Corrigan was appointed to the Michigan Law Revision Commission, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Attorney Advisory Committee, and the Local Rules Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She held posts on the executive board of the Michigan Judges Association and the Judicial Advisory Board of the Center for Law and Organizational Economics at the University of Kansas Law School. She also served on the board of Boysville of Michigan (now Holy Cross). She is a long time member of the Federalist Society, Michigan Lawyers Chapter, and was president of the Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers and the Federal Bar Association, Detroit Chapter. Justice Corrigan has won numerous awards for her achievements including: The Metro Detroit Beat the Odds Award Organizing Committee’s 2005 Metro Detroit Service to Children Award (2005), the Detroit News Michiganian of the Year Award (2005), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OCS) Award for significant improvements to Michigan’s Child Support Enforcement Program (2002), the Federal Bar Association’s Leonard Gilman Award to the Outstanding Practitioner of Criminal Law (1989), and the U.S. Department of Justice Director’s Award for Outstanding Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (1985). She holds honorary doctorates from five Michigan colleges and universities: Eastern Michigan University, Michigan State University/Detroit College of Law, Northern Michigan University, University of Detroit-Mercy, and Schoolcraft College. She has been chosen as the Outstanding Alumna of UD-Mercy Law School and Marygrove College. She has coauthored a treatise on civil procedure and has published articles in professional journals and books, including the Wayne Law Review, University of Toledo Law Review, NYU Law Review and the Texas Review of Law and Politics. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School and at programs of the Michigan Judicial Institute, the American Bar Association Appellate Practice Institute, the Federal Bar Association, and the U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute. Justice Corrigan is the widow of Wayne State University Distinguished Professor of Law Joseph D. Grano and is the mother of Daniel, a Wayne State University law student, Megan, a comedian with Second City in Chicago, and the mother-in-law of Michael Canale, business manager of Chicago’s Annoyance Theater. Post Modified: 01/04/07 12:31:02
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R138591
4 years ago |
President of the National Association of Manufacturers John Engler
“Gov. John Engler has had more impact on the lives of Michiganians over the past decade than any other single person, and his deep imprint will be evident well into the new century.” The Detroit News, April 9, 2001 Formerly Michigan’s 3 Term Governor of the State of Michigan and a career politician on the state level, this position as head of the NAM makes John Engler one of the most powerful voices in the country outside of government on the national level. The National Association of Manufacturers not only is one of the nations most powerful political lobbies in the country, but serves to educate and inform the business community on how to best exploit new legislation and technology as it becomes available. The NAM is a critical and powerful link between business and government. Now CEO’s across America can benefit from the wealth of experience John Engler gained managing the State of Michigan regarding tort reform, insurance, benefits and labor issues. Post Modified: 04/01/06 02:56:04
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R138606
4 years ago |
Geoffrey Fieger is an American attorney. bio info@fiegerlaw.com Case Evaluation and Review Please fill out the form as completely as possible. The materials contained on this web site are not legal advice, and contact with this site does not establish an attorney-client relationship of any kind. F.F.K. & J. provides these materials for informational purposes only. Based out of Michigan, he represented Dr. Jack Kevorkian in his doctor-assisted murder trial, and later ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for governor of Michigan in 1998. Most recently he appeared as one of the attorneys on the reality TV show Power of Attorney. He is also in the works to start another reality show, Fieger and Associates. …on the issue of entertainment, does anybody remember the movie the Devil’s Advocate where Al Pacino starred as the devil in an effort to take over the world with lawyers as “the new priesthood”. Can you say “prophetic”. Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute Attorney Geoffrey N. Fieger has made a gift of $4 million to Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law (MSU-DCL) to initiate and sustain the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute. The Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute is for students who have a strong desire to be trial practitioners and want to learn what it takes to win in the courtroom. The nation’s first trial practice institute for law students provides selected MSU College of Law students with the experience, skills, and knowledge to become outstanding trial attorneys. The Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute offers a unique way to blend education with skill, theory with application, and the classroom with the courtroom. Graduates will enter the job market with clear evidence that they have experience being lawyers, ready to help clients through their litigation. …hmm, MSU, that rings a bell isn’t that where…Justice Corrigan is President of the American Inns of Court at MSU Law School. Complete Interview TRIUMPH: During the 1998 Gubernatorial race I had the opportunity to interview Governor Engler. I asked him if he was concerned about you becoming Governor of Michigan. He responded: “I am not the least bit concerned with Mr. Fieger winning this election. He has the most self-destructive personality I have ever seen. I don’t have to beat him, he will beat himself.” Do you think that you, your personality was the main reason you lost the election? FIEGER: My only comment on that would be… consider the source. He’s a racist. He says nothing and then goes behind the backs of people and work for his corporate and fat-cat sponsors who promote him. Today in politics you need duplicitous under-handed, fairly stupid, crook-like people like John Engler running because he doesn’t say anything. He says nothing. Primarily he is rather stupid. Then you get what you get. Okay? But I am certain that there is a place for the truth. The truth eventually will be spoken. I am sure they probably would have said that about Martin Luther King. I wouldn’t listen to anything John Engler says because he is a racist, hate-mongering commercial trying to define me. They say that about anybody who isn’t a part of their status quo and that is how they try to define you. I have no excuses or explanations. This is who I am and what I am. This is the way I will always be. …Now on that tip, he wasn’t lying, If you any doubt about what I’ve implied regarding the ethics of Geophrey Fieger just follow the dots… dot … dot … dot … dash…..dash…..dash….. dot … dot … dot … Will Fieger run for the Democratic nomination and challenge Cox for the Attorney Generals Office in 2006? Or will Fieger go to jail? Neither one is likely…It’d mean the end to the Fieger ATM machine I was eluding to as a “possibility” Or to break it down, Fieger said the timing of federal agents appearing at the accountants’ office shows a close relationship between the state and federal authorities. Steinberg also said that Fieger’s attorneys met with the state investigators to discuss the tax returns “and volunteered evidence that cleared their client. The attorney general decided to continue the investigation anyway. And now the FBI is tromping over the same ground.” “And still there was no evidence of any crime and there will be none, either,” Steinberg said. Word Post Modified: 04/01/06 03:21:03
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R181891
4 years ago |
Sometimes no Peace, Post Modified: 06/26/06 19:24:04
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R181960
4 years ago |
Yup… both party’s should just be referred to as “The line our own pockets party”
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R242214
3 years ago |
Can you say? “Conflict of Interest.”
Accident Fund? Google me that. If you get hurt at work and your Worker’s Compensation Carrier and your Doctor are both either directly accountable or financially dependent upon Big Blue, is anybody really working for or concerned about you? Or is it all about the bottom line? What if your insurance company say, BCBS of MI was also a major contributor to the political campaigns of your elected representatives in Congress? Non-profit doesn’t mean nobody gets paid. |
R254980
3 years ago |
Miers resigns as White House counsel
“Harriet is one of the most beloved people here at the White House,” Snow said, adding that she was a scrupulous lawyer who aggressively defended the Constitution. “Not much point in her hanging around here anymore.” ~GWHunta (I’m personally going to miss her.) Post Modified: 01/04/07 12:47:38
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R255029
3 years ago |
Oy, oy, oy gevalt.
That is not a definition of fascism. What is it then, this list of things of which this post listed number 13. Someone wanted to disparage the US and the Administration. He decided that his main mechanism would be to call them fascists. He gathered up a list of drivelous insults that he could remember from memory. He tried to find a connection of each with the word fascism. Ok I will bite. Cronyism is the force that goes against fascism. They can coexist. No doubt Hitler’s appointment of Meyer (Goering) as his Luftwaffe Reich Marshall was cronyism. They were buddies from the Putsch and Meyer was as stupid and incompetent as they come. Nobody is there right mind would put Meyer in charge of anything. Fascism Post Modified: 01/04/07 15:47:49
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R255035
3 years ago |
she was a scrupulous lawyer who aggressively defended the Constitution.
“Not much point in her hanging around here anymore.” Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!! |
R255037
3 years ago |
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R255072
3 years ago |
That it is,
that opposition to democracy and individualism says it all. |
R255099
3 years ago |
Interesting how you cherry-pick information Izzy.
It also says opposition to socialism and liberalism. You might make a fine fascist fellow someday. Peace. |
R262779
3 years ago |
Justice Maura D. Corrigan: Campaign Endorsements
Alger County Prosecutor Karen A. Bahrman Post Modified: 02/14/07 10:55:33
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R274013
3 years ago |
Victim of his own success.
Following my circle tour around Lake Michigan in April, 2005 with visits to the Chicago Tribune, the Sun Times, Lansing’s Accident Fund, Fieger, Fieger, Kinney & Johnson and of course Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI corporate headquaters in Detroit. DETROIT, May 12, 2005 – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s president and chief executive officer, Richard E. Whitmer, has announced the resignation of James (Jim) C. Epolito, president and chief executive officer of the Lansing-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America (AFICA), effective May 13, 2005. AFICA is the workers’ compensation subsidiary of the Michigan Blues. Epolito has been with the Blues since 1978 and was appointed to his current position in 1995. He brought extensive leadership experience to AFICA, having formerly served as president and CEO of Blue Care Network-Health Central, the HMO subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. As president and CEO of AFICA, he grew AFICA into one of the largest workers’ compensation organizations in the country. As a member of the Blues family, Epolito also has a long history of supporting many charitable organizations across the state of Michigan. Elizabeth (Liz) Wiesner, executive vice president and chief business development officer with AFICA, will assume on an interim basis the responsibilities of the AFICA president and CEO. “He has been a strong leader at the Accident Fund over the last 10 years, growing the company from a single-state carrier into the national company it is today,” said Whitmer. “His contributions to our enterprise are valuable and most appreciated.” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is nonprofit and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Post Modified: 04/09/07 13:06:03
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R274035
3 years ago |
That cast the cloud.
When nothing came from the shadows, the sun again shined, illuminating the next pot of gold at the end of his rainbow. Again, sometimes when you lose, you still win in the end. A cabinet post, President and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation working for the two term Democratic Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. Today James C. Epolito continues what he’s done best for the past two decades, giving Michigan businesses the upper hand over the rights and best interests of its citizens. Sometimes no Peace Post Modified: 04/09/07 18:14:21
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R331658
2 years ago |
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R332836
2 years ago |
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R332972
2 years ago |
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R341543
2 years ago |
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R349410
1 year ago |
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R349411
1 year ago |
Fieger testifies in campaign cash case
He says reimbursing donors not unlawful |
R394311
3 months ago |
Post Modified: 08/24/09 04:37:28
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R396073
2 months ago |
“UPDATE: U.P. judge jailed for drunk driving”:
Judge gives statement to TV6 Monday, July 27, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY — Tuesday July 28, 5:15 a.m. Statement from Judge Nebel to TV6: “I made a series of bad and inappropriate decisions and I accept full responsibility for those decisions and will address this matter in a straightforward manner. There’s no justification for my behavior and I am prepared to face the consequences of my actions.” Judge Charles Nebel ————————————————————- Tuesday July 27, 4:15 p.m. An Upper Michigan judge was in jail over the weekend after being arrested for operating a motor while intoxicated. Alger and Schoolcraft County Probate Judge Charles Nebel was stopped Friday night around 9 p.m. Michigan State Police from the Newberry Post were in pursuit of Nebel, who was traveling at speeds in excess of 100 miles an hour through Luce County. Troopers finally caught Judge Nebel in Schoolcraft County. Nebel was arrested after showing a blood alcohol content above .08. That’s above the legal limit for being drunk. Nebel was taken to the Schoolcraft County Jail Friday night. Schoolcraft County officials are asking the attorney general’s office to handle their portion of the case since Nebel is a sitting judge there. There’s no word on any court appearances at this time. Post Modified: 08/24/09 04:45:12
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R396074
2 months ago |
Nebel in Schoolcraft County Court
Better to address the end of the story and the Judge pulling over in Schoolcraft County, than to have to explain, under oath, the beginning of the “chase” in Luce County. Sometimes no Justice Post Modified: 08/24/09 04:56:17
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R400735
1 month ago |
Craig Coccia’s homage to the democratic process.
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Coccia, Craig T. MD
MARQUETTE, MI
49855
$500
05/08/2008
Primary Election
MICHIGAN DOCTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE – MICHIGAN STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY – None
Coccia, Craig
MARQUETTE, MI
49855
Marquette General Hospital/Neurolog
$500
10/26/2007
Primary Election
STUPAK FOR CONGRESS – Democrat
Will he become Michigan’s next Governor??????
Sometimes no Peace
COCCIA, CRAIG
MARQUETTE, MI
49855
$400
08/30/2002
General Election
FRIENDS OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN – Democrat
COCCIA, CRAIG
MARQUETTE, MI
49855
$1,000
09/26/2000
General Election
STUPAK FOR CONGRESS – Democrat
The scam?
No Place to Run, No Place to Hide?
Their first statement issued on Saturday denounced the government for firing on demonstrators who were demanding “their divinely endowned and internationally recognized human rights” and stressed the killing of innocent people was “forbidden by our Creator.”
help
China blasts U.S. for ignoring ‘ticking debt bomb’
Obama to Veto Any Attempt to Roll Back Automatic Cuts After Committee’s Inability to Reach Debt Deal
Debt ceiling “debate” begins as we roll into the next wall.
SNP
Debt ceiling hike doesn’t have to be crisis: Geithner
Boehner: Spending cuts must top debt ceiling increase
James G. Agee
The chair of Accident Fund’s board of directors, James Agee is the president of J.G. Agee Consultants, LLC. Previously he was the first vice president of public finance at Banc One Capital Markets and retired in 2007 as co-director of Michigan State University’s Michigan Political Leadership Program. From 1992 until 1998, Agee served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and in 1998 was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. Prior to working as a state representative, Agee was a principal at Muskegon High School and then a superintendent of Muskegon Public Schools. In addition to his chair position with Accident Fund, Agee sits on the board for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.
Revolving door — Granholm rep goes to work for Rio Tinto
Matt Johnson, Gov. Granholm’s Upper Peninsula representative since 2003, will now serve as manager of governmental and community relations for Rio Tinto, the Marquette Mining Journal reports.
Governor’s UP Director Resigned to Work for Kennecott
I know this is old news, but Matt was all the “go to guy” I had during those tough times between 2003 and when Mr. Johnson bailed on State government to make hay for himself.
The farm boy gets it.
Read the story. “Smart Bart” was his mentor.
SNP
Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation
10 billion dollars worth of nickel for them and jobs for the UP. Ahem, wake UP!
At least they got beads for Manhattan.
Sometimes no Piece
What is James C. Epolito up to these days………………
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