Lansing State Journal -- "Settlement Reached in Case of Lansing Teacher who Physically Abused Special Needs Student"

Kenneth Bouchard, who is suing the city of Warren where he worked in the Planning Department, and his attorney, Jennifer Lord. Ray Skowronek--The Macomb Daily By Norb Franz, The Macomb Daily A former Warren city employee who filed...

From the August 3 Observer and Eccentric Jennifer Lord, of Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, has been named by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of its “2016 Women in the Law.” The publication makes its annual selection of 30 leading female...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Jennifer Lord has been selected as one of 2016 Women in the Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Lord was honored September 16 at the legal newpaper's seventh annual luncheon and awards celebrating those who...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Founding Partner Cary McGehee was named Vice-Chair of the Local Rules Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on June 6, 2016 for a one-year term. "The fact that...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Jennifer Lord has been chosen as one of 14 Detroit area litigators featured in a recent Crain's Detroit Business story on lead attorneys behind recent major court action. She was chosen based on her work...

From the Detroit Free Press LANSING, MI ‑‑ Months after Grand Rapids resident Jonna Ferguson stopped collecting unemployment in the mail, she got a letter saying she owned the state $20,000. "Opening a letter that says that I had defrauded the...

From the Detroit Free Press Two dozen students wielded rakes, brooms and garbage bags Saturday as they cleaned up Viola Liuzzo Park in northwest Detroit. The group plans to travel in June to the Deep South, then spend a week touring sites of civil...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Attorney Jennifer Lord was recently interviewed by Crain's Detroit Business, discussing that "92 percent of (Unemployment Insurance) fraud didn't do anything wrong." You can read the entire Crain's Story here.

[caption id="attachment_1378" align="alignleft" width="225"] Dr. Karen Hrapkiewicz[/caption] Wayne State University is appealing a jury verdict received by veterinary professor Dr. Karen Hrapkiewicz in an age discrimination action handled by firm...

Firm attorneys continue their efforts to obtain justice and monetary and injunctive relief in a class action brought in 2013 against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Doe vs. MDOC, filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court, involves a...

In September 2015 firm attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit against the State of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). The complaint, which was filed in the Michigan Court of Claims, alleges that the automated system used for detecting and...

[caption id="attachment_1385" align="alignleft" width="326"] The Flint Water Class Action Legal Team[/caption] The Flint Water Class Action Legal Team has opened a law office and resource center for clients and Flint residents. The office is...

[caption id="attachment_1392" align="alignleft" width="342"] PMP&R Partner Michael Pitt addresses an audience during one of the Flint Water informational meetings.[/caption] As the saga of the Flint water crisis continues to unfold, state, city...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) A $47 million computer system that came online after the state's unemployment insurance agency laid off about 400 people in 2012 to cut costs has been mistakenly charging thousands of people with fraud, some lawyers say. State...

This summer from June 19-29, 25 area high school students will be travelling via bus though the Deep South. As part of the 2016 Freedom Tour, these students will experience and learn the history of the U.S. civil rights movement through visits to...

Detroit Free Press -- LANSING -- An attorney suing the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, alleging it has wrongly accused tens of thousands of residents of fraud and unlawfully confiscated tens of millions of dollars in benefits and...

From the Detroit News The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is now the latest governmental entity targeted for damages in a class action lawsuit stemming from the Flint water crisis. On Monday, attorneys for more than 500 current and former...

From April 18 Edition of the Detroit Free Press A group of Flint residents suing over the water crisis is dealing with the immunity argument again, this time in a challenge from local officials. In a court filing today, the City of Flint asked...

Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Cary McGehee was featured on the April 17 edition of WXYZ TV 7's Spotlight on the News program to discuss class action lawsuits the firm has filed as a result of the Flint water crisis. Spotlight on the...

The Flint Water Class Action team of attorneys, including Michael Pitt and Cary McGehee of Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers have opened a new office in Flint that has received a good share of media attention including TV stories from Flint's ABC 12...