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Ray Hanania
Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012
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Joumana Kayrouz endorses three candidates for Michigan Supreme Court,
donates 30 billboards to help promote their candidacies
Declaring women must continue to fight for equality in
today’s society, attorney Joumana Kayrouz endorsed three women for the Michigan
Supreme Court in the Nov. 6 election.
Kayrouz donated 30 billboards from her vast array of
marketing billboards endorsing University of Michigan Law Professor Bridget
Mary McCormack, 3rd Circuit Judge Connie Kelley and 46th
District Chief Judge Pro Tem Shelia Johnson.
“These three experienced and highly qualified members of our
judicial and legal system are proven champions of the rights of families and
children,” Kayrouz said in announcing her support and donation.
“Their legal knowledge will bring strength and consistency
to the Michigan Supreme Court. Running together as a team, Professor McCormack,
Judge Kelley and Judge Johnson will strengthen the role of women not only in
our judicial system but in our society.”
All three candidates have received strong endorsements from
the media and political organizations and professional law associations.
Kayrouz said the billboards went up last month to help raise
public awareness of the important Michigan Supreme Court race reaching more
than 3 million people each day.
“Too often in past elections, the voter turnout for judicial
races has been low, yet these judicial offices are among the most important,”
Kayrouz said.
McCormack is a veteran
litigator, legal scholar and educator. A law professor, she is Dean for
Clinical Affairs at the University of Michigan Law School.
Judge Kelley practiced law for 27 years representing victims
of illegal discrimination before being elected to the Wayne County Circuit
Court as a family law judge in 2008 in the 3rd Circuit District.
Judge Johnson worked as both
a trial judge in the 46th District, serving 8 years as Chief Judge
Pro Tem, and in private practice defending the rights of people in the
community.
Joumana Kayrouz is the owner of the Michigan Center for
Personal Injury and the Law Offices of Joumana Kayrouz PLLC.
She is one of the most
recognized attorneys in Michigan, and the only woman attorney to own a
major personal-injury law firm in the state.
Kayrouz is as a pioneer in
her field, breaking down barriers to serve those in need of her services, growing
an immensely successful enterprise.
Kayrouz was named a “Top Lawyer of the Year” for 2012 by
members of the Michigan Legal Industry.
Kayrouz received the prestigious 2012 American Arab Chamber
of Commerce (AACC) “Economic Bridge Builder of the Year Award” at their 20th
Annual Banquet celebration, and was honored as a “Presenting Sponsor” during
the 50th Anniversary gala of the St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital.
In 2010 Kayrouz received the Trailblazer Award from the
Lebanese American Club of Michigan during their 15th Annual dinner
for her achievements in the legal field.
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