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From the Grosse Pointe News: Megan Bonanni, of Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, has been selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of its “2015 Women in the Law.” The publication makes its annual selection of 30 leading female Michigan...

Nine of the 30 Michigan attorneys on the 2015 Women in the Law list recently released by Michigan Lawyers Weekly are alumnae of Wayne State University Law School.  And that includes Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers partner, Megan Bonanni. The...

The following article appeared in the July 22, 2015 edition of Detroit Legal News and featured Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers attorney Jennifer Lord.  Jennifer Lord's dream in high school and college was to become a U.S. Senator a dream that...

WDET Radio program, "Detroit Today" with Stephen Henderson, talked to Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers attorney Kevin Carlson about the 25th anniversary of the signing of theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The main points of...

The New York Times recently published an op-ed entitled "White Supremacists Without Borders" co-authored by Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, AL. The commentary examines the global presence and messages of white...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Cary McGehee joined her fellow MSU Law trustees to participate in a groundbreaking recently to kick off construction of the Detroit College of Law Plaza. “Everyone who enters this building will soon be...

Judge Sheila Ann Gibson of the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan ordered Wayne State to pay $300,000 to its former employee Karen Hrapkiewicz in an age discrimination lawsuit. Hrapkiewicz was represented by Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers...

[caption id="attachment_1092" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kevin Carlson (2nd from Left) Presents at ICLE ADA Seminar[/caption] Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers partner Kevin Carlson was co-presenter at a recent ADA...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers'  landmark case suing the Michigan Department of Corrections regarding sexual assaults of male inmates 17 years or younger, has picked up a lot of steam (and coverage) with many believing the state needs to settle...

A standing-room-only crowd of more than 300 came to hear civil rights icon Morris Dees speak Monday, April 13, at Wayne State University Law School. Dees, who is widely celebrated for his work with the Southern Poverty Law Center, which he...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers partner Michael Pitt's suit against the Michigan Department of Corrections was featured in a recent Detroit News article regarding juvenile prisoners who have claimed abuse and rape. John Doe 11 is one of 11...

Michael Pitt's wrongful termination lawsuit on behalf of former Wayne County employee Taylor Segue was front and center in a recent Detroit Free Press article detailing the ongoing battle involving former Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and...

The Atlantic Magazine has published a story about Michael Pitt's current case filed on behalf of minors housed with adults in Michigan prisons who have been sexually assaulted.  Though Congress passed legislation to eliminate...

Michigan's prison system is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging that guards and other workers failed to prevent the sexual assault of male teen inmates who were locked up with adults. Inmates under 18 were forced to engage in sex acts...

In the Summer of 2013, Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers partner Cary McGehee and the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights led a Freedom Tour for Detroit area teens. In a recent story in the Detroit Free Press, some of those students were still...

Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. 4 - Beth Rivers, a partner with Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, has joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan in filing suit against Muskegon County in federal court on behalf of eight female jail inmates who...

Michael Pitt, a founding member and managing partner of Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers as well as past president of the Michigan Association for Justice, was interviewed in a special column by the LegalNews in November on Tort Reform.   The...

The LegalNews recently shared the news that seven attorneys from Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, & Rivers have been named 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers. Firm attorneys and their practice areas selected as 2014Super Lawyers include: • Founding partner...

Two top Battle Creek Police Department officers were fired after a seven-week investigation, Interim City Manager Susan Bedsole said Tuesday. Deputy Police Chief Jim Saylor and Inspector Maria Alonso's terminations were effective immediately....

Gay rights activists in Michigan are poised to celebrate an appeals ruling that could uphold the overturning of the state's ban against same-sex marriage. But the ruling may not go their way as some experts say a split decision could stall the...