Wayne State graduate, Public Justice board member and Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Gold partner Michael Pitt along with Public Justice has joined forces with Wayne State University to present the Dean A. Robb Public Interest Lecture Series. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Wayne State University Auditorium beginning at 5:30, the keynote speaker will be Arthur H. Bryant, Executive Director of Public Justice and the Public Justice Foundation. Mr. Bryant will speak about his years of being a public service pioneer and motivate others to do the same. A free reception will be held prior to the program. The purpose of the series it to inspire law students, attorneys, public interest groups, and everyday citizens to become more active in public service and public interest law. The lecture series will feature a special guest speaker on the Wayne State University campus each fall for the next five years. Dean A. Robb of Dean Robb Law Firm, PC, is a well known civil rights attorney and activist in the civil rights movement. He is a Wayne State Law School Alumnus and was Public Justice’s second President in 1982-83. To RSVP, contact Paula Neumann at (313) 993-8313 or paula.neuman@wayne.edu by October 9, 2012.
Cary McGehee on 2013 Freedom Tour in Deadline Detroit Cityscape
Civil rights history will gain a personal dimension for 37 Michigan teens who leave Sunday from Detroit on a bus tour through three southern states, following a route taken by Freedom Riders a half-century ago. That earlier anti-segregation...
Michigan youths to follow Freedom Riders’ civil rights journey
Half a century ago, in the early years of the civil rights movement, a group of courageous, mostly young Americans climbed aboard buses for rides that threatened their lives. They were called Freedom Riders. Next week, three dozen high school...
Michigan Coalition for Human Rights Sponsors Educational “Freedom Tour” of Deep South
On June 16 a group of 37 local and out-state high school students will depart by bus for a two-week tour in the Deep South visiting historic sites related to the 1960s civil rights struggle. Sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights...
Dean Robb as Freedom Tour Leader and Civil Rights Legend
Six Leelanau County and 31 Detroit black, white and Hispanic high school students were scheduled this morning to board a bus for a two-week trip that retraces the steps of civil rights “Freedom Riders” into the Deep South a half century...
Cary McGehee Featured in Detroit Free Press on Historic Freedom Tour
When Diane Nash trained volunteers for the 1961 legendary Freedom Rides through the segregated South, she knew it would be dangerous. "I gave them a quick course in nonviolence and how not to get demoralized in jail," then sent the riders...
WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 News Features Freedom Tour and Cary McGehee
On June 16, a group of 37 local and out-of-state high school students will depart by bus for a two-week tour in the Deep South, visiting historic sites related to the 1960s civil rights struggle. Sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights,...
Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights Speakers Focus Attention on Social Justice
The Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights speakers series put social justice squarely in the spotlight. Among the highlights: Jules Lobel, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of...
Cary McGehee Featured on Michigan Radio/NPR on Civil Rights and 2013 Freedom Tour
Half a century ago, a few dozen people, some of them from Michigan, did something terribly brave. They exercised their constitutional right to ride Greyhound buses throughout the south. They had interracial couples seated together, and...
Ballgame Fundraiser Honors Legacy of Public Interest Attorney
Ten years ago, friends of the late public interest attorney Mark Weiss, a 1969 alumnus of Wayne State University Law School, created a fundraiser to honor his legacy. Today, that event — Mark Weiss Day at Comerica Park — is going strong....
Michael Pitt Named to 2013 "Leaders in Law" by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Michael Pitt, co-founder of Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden, has been recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of its 2013 “Leaders in the Law.” The publication made its annual selection of 30 Michigan attorneys based on criteria...
Pitt Attorneys Gain Settlement in Landmark Discrimination Case Against Michigan Country Club
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorneys Megan Bonanni and Kevin Carlson have successfully won a settlement for their Center for Inquiry (CFI) client, marking perhaps the first time federal and state civil rights statues have been...
Carlson Quoted in Crain's Right to Work Update
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorney Kevin Carlson was queried by Crain's Detroit Business reporter Chad Halcom recently regarding his views on the state of Michigan's pending Right to Work legislation which goes into effect...
Pitt Law Joins ACLU, Unions to File Lawsuit Invalidating Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden has joined the ACLU and Michigan Unions in filing an amended complaint seeking to invalidate the state's new Right-to-Work Law. The case, filed on behalf of a journalist, citizens, legislators, and unions,...
Michael and Peggy Pitt Choose 2012 WSU Scholarship Winner
Michael and Peggy Pitt have made another financial scholarship award to a deserving student at Wayne State University Law School. The Pitts established this scholarship 12 years ago and this year have awarded Chelsea Fleetham with the honor. For...
Michael Pitt Tells Crain's What's Ahead for Union Employees After RTW Passage
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden founder and principal, Michael Pitt shared his insight with Crain's Detroit Business on what he perceives could be increased workplace conflict as a result of Michigan's new controversial Right To Work law.
Pitt, McGehee Featured in Legal News Article on Juvenile Life Sentences
The U.S. Supreme Court striking down mandatory life sentences for juveniles without parole, brought the Detroit Legal News to Michael Pitt and Cary McGehee for a better understanding on the decision.
You can read the story here.
Michael Pitt Named Lawyer of the Year
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden founding member Michael Pitt has been named Best Lawyers' 2013 Detroit Employment Law - Individuals "Lawyer of the Year."
Mr. Pitt was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 19th edition of Best Lawyers...
Super Lawyers Selects 7 Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Attorneys
Super Lawyers, a prestigious rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement has announced the selection of seven Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, Rivers & Golden attorneys to its 2012...
Bonanni Talks Partner Promotion and Europe with Michigan Lawyers Weekly
New Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner Megan Bonanni recently sat down with Michigan Lawyers Weekly Editor Doug Levy to share her renaissance-like interests and love of all thing French. You can read the feature here.