Managers have the potential to cost your business a lot of money, if they don’t know the law.
Every year, there are thousands of lawsuits due to alleged breaches of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The more your managers know about...
Jennifer Lord and Tony Paris (Sugar Law Center) were cited in a lengthy (1320 words) Michigan Lawyers Weekly summary of the Bauserman vs. UIA and Cahoo vs. FAST Enterprises class actions filed against the Michigan Unemployment Agency after a...
Michigan Lawyers Weekly -- MiLW Names Leaders in the Law Class of 2020
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One way to succeed in business comes by making yourself indispensable. This approach is great for job security and for getting you the best possible work environment including compensation and benefits. However, business owners react to employing...
Detroit Free Press -- "She Says UM Flint Fired Her for Pushing for LGBQTA Resources"
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The Michigan Times (UM Flint Campus Newspaper) -- "Former CGS Director Files Lawsuit Against University, Chancellor and...
Detroit Free Press, The Michigan Times, Michigan Radio and WNEM-TV have reported on the lawsuit(s) filed by Megan Bonanni and Robin Wagner on behalf of former UM Flint Administrator Heather Johnson:
Detroit Free Press -- "She Says...
FOX 2 News coverage of yesterday's announcement, featuring Kevin Carlson, Jennifer Lord, Tony Paris, and Christian Sandvig
Jennifer Lord was quoted in FOX 17/West Michigan coverage of media announcement from Bauserman and Cahoo legal teams
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Kevin Carlson, Jennifer Lord, Tony Paris and Christian Sandvig were featured in FOX 2 News coverage of yesterday's announcement from Bauserman and Cahoo legal teams:
Carmelita C0lvin, Christian Sandvig, Jennifer Lord and Kevin Carlson were cited in coverage of yesterday's media announcement by Michigan Radio/NPR
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Firm co-founder Cary McGehee will be a speaker at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s upcoming Labor & Employment Law Institute set for April 16 & 17, 2020.
McGehee will be joined by co-presenter William Thomas (of Starr...
An op-ed authored by Jennifer Lord was published in the February 2, 2020 edition of Crain's Detroit Business.
Channing Robinson-Holmes and Michael Pitt were cited in FOX 2 News coverage of the announcement on filing of racial discrimination lawsuit against Anna's House restaurants.
Imagine landing your dream job - great responsibility, pay, and perks. Things go well for a while, but then you suddenly receive notice that you will be terminated. No matter your circumstances, losing a job is incredibly stressful. Losing your job...
Jennifer Lord was cited in Detroit Free Press coverage of biased and harmful AI-driven programs being used to administer government benefits and related programs:
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In today’s complex business world, there are many classifications of employment status. Employers use different options for their workforce to employ the right person for the right job at the right time for the right extent of time....
Jennifer Lord was cited by Michigan Radio/NPR in its coverage of the favorable Court of Appeals ruling on the UIA false fraud case
Governor Gretchen Whitmer faces one of the biggest decisions of her nearly year in office now that the courts have cleared the way for the plaintiffs who sued the state more than four years ago over its wrongful conclusion they committed fraud to...
A lawsuit filed against the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency by victims of a years-long fraud scandal can proceed, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday....
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Thousands of people were falsely accused of unemployment insurance fraud in Michigan, thanks to an automated computer system. Now a Court of Appeals panel has ruled their class-action lawsuit against the state of Michigan will be heard.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Residents who were falsely accused of defrauding Michigan’s unemployment benefits system won another victory Thursday when the state appeals court ruled 3-0 that their lawsuit seeking financial damages should...
LANSING, Mich. — Residents who were falsely accused of defrauding Michigan's unemployment benefits system won another victory Thursday when the state appeals court ruled 3-0 that their lawsuit seeking financial damages should...
Lansing — A Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that thousands of people falsely accused of unemployment fraud could seek damages above the money and penalties that were seized from them.
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A lawsuit brought on behalf of thousands of Michigan workers falsely accused of unemployment fraud can proceed on constitutional grounds and seek damages, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
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Residents who were falsely accused of defrauding Michigan's unemployment benefits system won another victory Thursday when the state appeals court ruled 3-0 that their lawsuit seeking financial damages should proceed.
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Residents who were falsely accused of defrauding Michigan's unemployment benefits system won another victory Thursday when the state appeals court ruled 3-0 that their lawsuit seeking financial damages should proceed.
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A lawsuit alleging the state violated people’s constitutional rights by falsely accusing them of unemployment fraud and slapping them with huge fines will be allowed to proceed, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
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Law360 has published an update regarding a proposed class action accusing General Motors of selling vehicles with faulty transmissions. PMPR is one of the law firms representing the plaintiffs in this federal lawsuit.
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers was referenced by Detroit News as one of the law firms representing the plaintiffs in its coverage of a federal class action lawsuit filed in regard to unhealthy conditions at Women's Huron Valley prison in...
Jennifer Lord was a guest presenter at the AI Now Institute's 2019 Symposium "The Growing Pushback Against Harmful AI." The event was held at NYU Skirball Center in New York City in early October.
The symposium, attended...
Robin Wagner was one of 30 attorneys selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly for its 2019 Up and Coming Lawyers professional recognition.
The honorees are attorneys in their first decade of practice who are having a significant impact and...
Legal News has published an announcement regarding Megan Bonanni's election as a Fellow to the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
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The Lansing State Journal reported on the settlement of a case involving a male student who was physically abused by a public school teacher. The teenaged student is represented by Megan Bonanni
Jennifer Lord was cited by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in an article on the problematic use of automation by public agencies to manage various benefits and welfare programs.
Jennifer Lord was quoted by Legal News in coverage of her recent presentation at the"Litigating Algorithms" conference sponsored by AI Now Institute at NYU Law School.
Julie Hurwitz, Ted Leopold, and Mike Pitt were quoted in East Village Magazine's coverage of the June 27 Flint Water Crisis town hall meeting and community update. Read the full article here
WNEM/NBC/Flint-Saginaw -- "Town Hall to Update Flint Families About Civil Lawsuits"/3:19
Four former leadership-level employees say Ford Motor Co. deprived them of retirement benefits by firing them during a sweeping global restructuring in May based on their age and how close they are to obtaining full pensions. Read full article
Law360 reported on the transfer of proposed class action suit against General Motors from Florida to Michigan, citing PMPR as counsel for plaintiffs.
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Michael Pitt was quoted by Detroit Free Press and Lansing State Journal as their coverage of the Coalition of Counsel's letter to Michigan's Auditor General requesting an investigation of irregularities in the Nassar Survivor...
The media outlets below aired and published coverage of counsel's letter to Michigan Auditor General requesting an investigation of the Nassar Survivor Compensation Fund:
WILX -- "'Wave 2' Nassar Survivors Want Investigation Into...
Michael Pitt has been named to the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame - Class of 2019
Read The Hills article on last week's U.S. District Court ruling in Burgess vs. USA case here.
Law360 published an article on last week's U.S. District Court ruling in Burgess vs. USA case
The Detroit News published an editorial in today's edition summarized and supported the Michigan Supreme Court's decision in Bauserman vs. UIA
Ted Leopold and Michael Pitt were quoted in a Detroit News story examining U.S. District Judge Judith Levy's opinion in Flint Water Crisis-related lawsuit
In a recent interview aired on WDET/NPR, Michael Pitt explained and commented on hundreds of lawsuits being filed by visually-impaired persons against companies with inaccessible public websites. The lawsuits claim the websites are in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
WDIV reported on Ed Bourassa and his lawsuit in late February. Beginning at 1:53 of story, the reporter (Rod Meloni) cites details from the lawsuit multiple times and makes apparent reference to Mike Pitt as Bourassa's "tough lawyer:"
Congratulations to Cary McGehee, who was named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly Leaders in the Law -- Class of 2019
The honorees have made outstanding contributions to the practice of law in Michigan and set an example for other lawyers.
The...
Michael Pitt and Peggy Goldberg Pitt -- and their good works -- were profiled in the "Citizen Lawyer" feature published in February 2019 issue of Michigan Bar Journal
Second wave of more than 160 Nassar survivors fight for acknowledgement
Nassar survivor on USA Gymnastics bankruptcy hearing: This was one big 'I don't know'
Jennifer Lord was interviewed (via phone) as part of a FOX 2 News story airing last night addressing reported layoffs of 8000 General Motors salaried workers
Michael Pitt and Ted Leopold were cited by Colorlines in its coverage of federal court ruling regarding a Flint Water Crisis-related lawsuit
Detroit News cited Mike Pitt and Ted Leopold in today's coverage of federal appeals court ruling in Flint Water Crisis-related lawsuit
Mike Pitt was quoted in a Nov. 13, 2018 Bridge story on the post-election composition of the Michigan Supreme Court
Mike Pitt was quoted in Michigan Radio/NPR coverage of favorable ruling in Genesee County Michigan State Police high-speed pursuit case
Michigan Radio/NPR -- "Stateside: State Supreme Court Hears Unemployment Fraud Case"
Detroit News -- "Justice: For Victim False Fraud Scandal 'Worse than Going to Secretary of State'"
MLive -- "Michigan Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on UIA Fraud Case"
Lansing State Journal -- "Supreme Court Hears Testimony on Timeliness of Unemployment Lawsuit"
WLNS/CBS/Lansing -- "Michigan Supreme Court Hears Key Case on Jobless Fraud"
Crain's Detroit Business/Gongwer News Service -- "Michigan Supreme Court Hears Key Case on Jobless Fraud"
Insurance Business -- "Michigan Agency Wrongly Accused Thousands of Insurance Fraud"
WEMU/NPR -- "Michigan Supreme Court Weighs Wheter to Allow UIA Fraud Cast to Go Forward"
Detroit News -- "False Fraud Scandal Goes to Michigan Supreme Court"
T. Leopold and M. Pitt were quoted in WJRT/ABC 12 coverage of amended complaint filing announcement
WWTV/CBS/Traverse City -- "Gov. Snyder May be Reinstated as Defendant in Flint Water Case"
*WOOD/NBC/Grand Rapids -- "Victims Ask Judge to Reinstate Gov. Snyder in Lawsuit"
*T. Leopold was cited by MLive in its coverage of the amended complaint announcement regarding reinstatement of Gov Snyder as a defendant
*M. Pitt and T. Leopold were quoted by Michigan Radio in its coverage of the announcement regarding amended complaint in Flint water case:
*Detroit Free Press -- "Flint Residents Seek to Add Gov. Rick Snyder Back to Water Lawsuit"
*T. Leopold was quoted by Detroit News in its coverage of amended complaint filing:
T. Leopold was quoted by WDIV/NBC/Detroit in its coverage of amended complaint announcement:
The Oakland Press reported on Mike Pitt's selection to Wayne Law's Alumni Wall of Fame
M. Pitt was cited in MLive coverage of Genessee County court proceedings involving firm clients severely injured as bystanders in auto accidents related to dangerous, high-speed vehicle pursuits initiated by Michigan State Police officers
Jennifer Lord was quoted in Detroit News coverage of upcoming oral arguments in UIA class action
September 9 broadcast of FOX 2 Detroit's "Let it Rip" program featured Jennifer Lord on the panel, which discussed the aftermath of the Mario Impemba-Rod Allen broadcast booth brawl and public and business repercussions of Nike's...
Megan Bonanni was quoted by Michigan Radio/NPR in its coverage of Nassar survivors and the Sept. 10 filing deadline for claims
Megan Bonanni was quoted in State News (MSU campus/community newspaper) coverage of PMP&R's representation of new Nassar survivors
Megan Bonanni was cited by MLive in its coverage of legal representation for new Nassar victims and pending deadline for filing civil suits
Megan Bonanni was cited by the Detroit Free Press in coverage of new Nassar victims and September 10 deadline for filing civil suits
Megan Bonanni was quoted by Bustle* in a story on the new Nassar victims and September 10 filing deadline
Michael Pitt discusses his social justice background and motivation in an announcement posted by Public Justice on his selection as its president for a one-year term
Ted Leopold and Mike Pitt were cited in the National Law Journal's coverage of federal court decision in Flint class action:
Mike Pitt was cited in a Detroit News story on the Flint Class Action ruling
Mike Pitt and Ted Leopold were quoted in WLUC/NBC/Upper Michigan's coverage of the federal court ruling in the Flint Class Action:
Michael Pitt and Ted Leopold were cited by Michigan Radio/NPR in its story on Judge Levy's ruling in the Flint class action:
M. Pitt was cited by MLive in its coverage of August 1 U.S. District Court ruling on Flint class action
Michael Pitt was quoted in a Legal News story on the firm's new Nassar cases and approaching deadline for making related claims:
Michael Pitt was interviewed on July 19, 2018 by Cynthia Canty on Michigan Radio's Stateside program regarding the firm's representation of Nassar victims, details relating to the Nassar Victim Fund(s) and new state laws reviving time-barred civil claims
Michael Pitt was cited in Michigan Radio/NPR coverage of July 11 hearing on Flint class actions
Mike Pitt was cited by Detroit News in its coverage of July 11 hearing on Flint water crisis-related class action lawsuits.
Flint legal team member Bill Goodman was interviewed by television station WNEM/CBS at July 11 hearing in Ann Arbor.
Michael Pitt was quoted in MLive coverage of July 11 hearing on Flint water crisis-related class actions
Mike Pitt was interviewed by WJRT/ABC 12/Flint in two linked segments reporting on the July 11 Ann Arbor hearing regarding Flint Water Crisis-related class action lawsuits
Michael Pitt was cited by Michigan Radio/NPR in a news report on the upcoming July 11 U.S. District Court hearing on Flint Water Crisis-related class action lawsuits.
MLive -- "Deadly State Police Cases More Likely in Black Communities, Lawsuit Claims"
The Oakland Press -- "Royal Oak Attorney Wins Champion of Justice Award"
Legal News reported Michael Pitt's selection as MAJ's Champion of Justice
Jennifer Lord was cited by Crain's Detroit Business (June 11 edition) in its coverage of the Tim Leuliette severance-pay scandal
Legal News -- "Jennifer Lord on Finding Balance When Hiring Employees"
Beth Rivers was cited by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in a June 4, 2018 story on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Epic Systems Corp. vs. Lewis regarding employment agreements, compulsory arbitration and class action bans.
Michigan Lawyers Weekly featured the Davis vs. Jackson Public Schools whistleblower case in its Verdicts & Settlements section published April 27, 2018. M. Bonanni and C. Robinson-Holmes were attorneys for the plaintiff.
Megan Bonanni was cited by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in a feature story on Davis vs. Jackson Public Schools, a whistleblower case
Michael Pitt was cited in a Detroit Free Press feature story examining age discrimination in the workplace
Jennifer Lord was cited in Detroit Free Press coverage of Michigan Supreme Court order in UIA class action
Jennifer Lord talked to WCMU/NPR about the State Supreme Court order allowing the Unemployment Insurance Agency class action to proceed
FOX 2 News interviewed Jennifer Lord about the gender pay gap to mark Equal Pay Day
Beth Rivers and Deb LaBelle were cited in a Legal News article on the recent Court of Appeals ruling in John Does vs. Michigan Department of Corrections case:
Legal News -- "State's Immunity Claim in Sex Abuse Case Rejected"...
Michigan Lawyers Weekly reported that Megan Bonanni and Kevin Stoops (of Sommers Schwartz) won a settlement in Macomb County Circuit Court (Mich.) of $482,500 for 132 interstate truck drivers in a breach of contract class action.
Megan Bonanni was cited by MLive in coverage of $388K award to Jackson County art teacher Pennie Davis in whistleblower case
Saru Jayaraman, Director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley and co-founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Center United, will be the keynote speaker at the March 18 annual dinner of the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights.
"Saru has done outstanding work on wage equality and workplace harassment issues. We're excited to have her as our keynote speaker this year," said PMP&R co-founding partner Cary McGehee, who is the long-time Chair of the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights.
Michael Pitt was cited in a Feb. 4, 2018, Detroit Free Press op-ed on the legal doctrine of governmental immunity in civil proceedings
Jennifer Lord was quoted in Detroit Free Press coverage of an interview with Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley regarding an appropriate response to the civil suits being brought in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at Michigan State University. Read...
Michael Pitt was cited by Michigan Radio/NPR in its coverage of the important Michigan Court of Appeals ruling handed-down January 25, 2018. Read more here.
National Law Journal: Michigan Appeals Court Says Flint Class Action Holds Water
The Michigan Court of Appeals has refused to dismiss a class action brought over the Flint water contamination crisis, opening the door for hundreds of...
The entire nation and people around the world watched in shock this past week as 160 women courageously stepped forward in Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s Ingham County courtroom to address Larry Nasser and describe to him and the world what...
Co-counsel Megan Bonanni and Jennifer McManus (FaganMcManus) updated Detroit Free Press on progress in their collective action against Taco Bell/Sundance, Inc. for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Read more here.
Co-counsel Megan Bonanni and Jennifer MacManus were cited in Livingston Daily's updated coverage of the Taco Bell/Sundance, Inc. FLSA class action. Read More Here
Julie Hurwitz and Paul Novak were cited by Michigan Radio/NPR in coverage of oral arguments regarding Flint water class action in Michigan Court of Appeals: Read More Here
Jennifer Lord commented on WWJ/CBS Radio 950 about sexual conduct in the workplace for Charlie Langton Briefs: Listen Here
Julie Hurwitz & Paul Novak were cited by Detroit News in coverage of Flint Class Action arguments in Court of Appeals: Read More Here
Julie Hurwitz and Paul Novak cited by MLive in coverage of oral arguments in Michigan Court of Appeals: Read More Here
Megan Bonanni was cited by Livingston Daily Press & Argus/USA Network in coverage of a lawsuit filed against Taco Bell franchisee Sundance, Inc. for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act:
Livingston Daily "More Than 500...
Co-counsel Megan Bonanni and Jennifer McManus were cited in Detroit Free Press coverage of their class action lawsuit filed against Sundance, Inc. for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act:
Detroit Free Press -- "500 Joing Wage...
Jennifer Lord was cited in Metro Times on the history of the UIA's false fraud accusations and plans for a Victim Compensation Fund. Metro Times--"Snyder's Other Huge Atrocity". Click Here
Michael Pitt was cited in Law360's coverage of an age discrimination lawsuit in which the firm is co-counsel representing Fiat Chrysler employees make the allegations. Click here.
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers serves as co-counsel with Akeel & Valentine (Troy, Mich.) representing workers in an age discrimination suit filed against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles last year. Akeel & Valentine partner Shereef Akeel was...
A Jack Lessenberry commentary aired on Michigan Radio/NPR cited Jennifer Lord in explaining the plight of thousands of Michigan residents still not compensated for financial losses suffered due to UIA's false accusations of unemployment benefits...
Jennifer Lord was cited in a Detroit Free Press story on state plans to reimburse victims of UIA false fraud accusations. Click HERE.
Cary McGehee was interviewed by Cynthia Canty on Michigan Radio's Stateside program in regard to what victims can do about sexual harassment in the workplace: Click HERE.
Click HERE to read more on Detroit Free Press -- "After MiDAS Fraud Fiasco, Jobless Reform Bills Getting Speedy Passage"
J. Lord Cited in UIA Fraud Story. Read more HERE.
To see Jennifer L. Lord's interview with Fox 2, click HERE.
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Victims of workplace sexual harassment have been breaking their silence and telling their intensely personal stories—stories they have kept locked away for fear of the shame and humiliation that unfairly plagues the victims but not the...
LANSING, Mich. — The state of Michigan said Friday it has reversed at least 44,000 unemployment benefit fraud cases covering a two-year period and is refunding nearly $21 million after a computer system wrongly accused people of...
Jennifer Lord recently appeared on the Fox 2 weekend news magazine "Let it Rip" to join a panel discussing the Fraser government sex harassment turmoil. See the entire Fox 2 segment here.
Michigan Lawyers Weekly, in its September 15 edition, provided a detailed summary of the lawsuit filed under FLSA guidelines claiming Exotic Dancers at Deja Vu Nightclubs were being mis-classified as independent contractors. The attorneys filing the...
By Ron Fonger
FLINT, MI -- Residents who are suing city and state officials, alleging gross negligence in the Flint water crisis, won't be forced to make their case in federal court, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals says.
The...
From the Detroit Legal News
Cary McGehee, of Royal Oak-based Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, has been appointed chair of the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by the judges of the...
From the Detroit Legal News
Beth Rivers has been elected a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Rivers is a partner with Royal Oak-based Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, a civil and employment rights law firm.
“Beth is a...
From the Detroit News
A federal jury is hearing testimony this week in a lawsuit brought by a former Warren city planner who maintains he was forced into quitting when he questioned some of the decisions made by department heads related to the...
From the Bridge
For well over a year, state officials knew Michigan’s computer-driven unemployment insurance system had wrongly accused thousands of workers of benefit fraud.
That didn’t stop lawyers for the state from working to derail...
From Michigan Public Radio
The state has admitted it made a whopping mistake when it accused tens of thousands of Michiganders of cheating on their unemployment benefits.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency reviewed 62,784 cases where people were...
From the Detroit News
Lansing — The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency made nearly 48,000 false fraud accusations against jobless claimants over a roughly two-year period and is in the process of refunding affected residents more than $20.8...
From Daily Business Review
Their appointment came Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Judith E. Levy, but South Florida attorney Theodore "Ted" Leopold and Michigan litigator Michael Pitt have already spent thousands of hours on litigation over...
From MIRS
A major hurdle for civil federal Flint water crisis suits was cleared today, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the claims of constitutional violations brought by the plaintiffs in two major suits are not...
Flint (WJRT) - (8/1/17) Thousands of people in Flint have joined a class action lawsuit that is trying to compensate them for the pain and suffering that have endured because of high levels of lead in their water.
The two law firms involved...
From the Detroit Free Press
LANSING — Records obtained by the Free Press point to a major glitch in importing data into a $47-million computer system the Unemployment Insurance Agency used to detect claimant fraud, meaning the system often...
From the Detroit Free Press
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a federal judge’s decision to dismiss two lawsuits filed by Flint residents over the contamination of their drinking water, saying parts of the lawsuits can...
WARREN, Mich. (WJBK) - Your religion or your job. That's the decision more than a dozen local Muslim-Americans say they were forced to make by their employer.
They kept their faith but lost their jobs.
"They felt disrespected," said attorney...
DETROIT (WWJ) – The federal government is investigating claims by more than a dozen Muslim men who say they were asked to choose between their job and religion at a local company.
The group of 16 Muslim men say they involuntarily resigned from a...
A three-judge panel in the Michigan Appeals Court dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Michigan workers falsely accused of civil fraud in the notorious Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) “robo-fraud” scandal. In the July...
From the Detroit News
Lansing — The Michigan Talent Investment Agency is asking district court judges to dismiss 186 bench warrants issued against residents who were accused of unemployment fraud and failed to appear in court to face...
From the Detroit Free Press
LANSING — The Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed a class-action brought by unemployment insurance claimants falsely accused of fraud by a state computer system, saying the lawsuit was filed too...
The owner of a pair of iconic Detroit strip clubs is being sued in federal court for a second time for allegedly failing to pay dancers and other workers a proper wage.
A class action lawsuit filed early this month says that Alan Markovitz — once...
With two grandparents as lawyers, and a mother who was an administrative law judge, it was perhaps inevitable Robin Wagner would become a third-generation lawyer—but not until after a career as an associate dean, dean and vice president at several...
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From the Detroit Free Press
Michigan residents who say the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has put them through hell sat in a Detroit...
MICHIGAN -- A court hearing is scheduled Friday in Detroit for a class-action lawsuit against the Unemployment Insurance Agency. Three judges in the Court of Appeals are tasked with deciding whether the case moves forward. Regardless of the outcome,...
Parties have reached a settlement resolving wage and hour claims against Déjà Vu nightclubs. Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers attorney Megan Bonanni was co-counsel for this Class Action with Jason Thompson and Jesse Young of...
A federal judge in Detroit on Monday overruled objections filed by several exotic dancers and approved a $6.5-million national settlement of a class action brought against the Déjà Vu chain of strip clubs, alleging unfair labor...
The most perplexing part about any of the lawsuits seeking redress against the State of Michigan for really screwing up the lives of hardworking, taxpaying residents, is why they're necessary in the first place.
An automated system put in place...
From the Legal News
Robin Wagner has joined Royal Oak, Mich. law firm Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers. The announcement was made by firm co-founding partner Cary McGehee.
“We’re pleased to announce that Robin has joined our law firm,” said...
FLINT, MI -- A group of attorneys involved in civil litigation over the Flint water crisis is asking Gov. Rick Snyder to restore subsidies for Flint water customers until tap water is "safe and untainted."
"We speak on behalf of our clients, who...
By Beth M. Rivers In a groundbreaking decision, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates federal civil rights law. In Hively v Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana,...
From the Detroit Free Press
A second ethics complaint was dismissed against embattled Clerk/Register of Deeds Karen Spranger, whose new top aide told the Macomb County Ethics Board today that Spranger "is like the mother of Macomb County."
The...
The firm is pleased to announce that Robin Wagner has joined our firm as an associate.
Before joining the firm, Robin served as a law clerk for the Hon. Judith E. Levy of the Eastern District of Michigan. And prior to clerking for Judge Levy, Robin...
The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) recognized the lifetime efforts of iconic civil rights attorney Morris Dees at its recent annual dinner held at Marygrove College in Detroit.
Cary McGehee, firm co-founder and longtime MCHR Chair,...
Henry Hill, who was 16 years-old when convicted of homicide in 1980, will be freed later this summer. Hill has served over 35 years of a mandatory life sentence in Michigan prisons.
The decision was handed down in early May by Judge Darnell Jackson...
From Michigan Lawyers Weekly
A bill awaiting action in the U.S. Senate could bring several changes to class action lawsuits nationwide.
The “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017” was introduced Feb. 9 by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R...
From the Detroit News
A former Grosse Pointe South assistant principal is accusing the district of transferring her to another school in retaliation for complaints about her supervisor’s conduct, including an alleged comment about sex.
Debra...
From the Detroit Free Press
LANSING — A judge should block the State of Michigan from taking $10 million from an Unemployment Insurance Agency fund to balance the state budget until refunds are paid to tens of thousands of residents falsely...
From MLive
SAGINAW, MI -- It was the day Henry Hill Jr.'s sister had been holding out hope 35 years for, and it didn't matter that she lived more than 1,500 away or that she had work; she'd be there.
"This is the day I've been waiting for, for...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers attorney Jennifer Lord was featured on WJR Radio's Guy Gordon show to discuss the latest developments in the Michigan UIA Fraud case.
Listen to the entire interview here
Cary McGehee presents Champion of Justice Award to Morris Dees at MCHR annual dinner.[/caption] The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) recognized the lifetime efforts of iconic civil rights attorney Morris Dees at its recent annual dinner...
From the Detroit News - May 3, 2017
Lansing — The agency overseeing Michigan’s unemployment program said Wednesday that the number of botched fraud cases has risen by about a third after further review.
The Michigan Unemployment Insurance...
Channing Robinson began working as a law clerk at the firm in October 2015 while she was still in law school. Since that time, she has devoted innumerable hours to the firm’s class actions against Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency, as...
In September 2015, firm attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit against the State of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). The complaint alleges that the automated system used for adjudicating unemployment insurance fraud, falsely accused as...
FLINT, Michigan (WJRT) - (04/24/17) - A Flint mom --whose baby was born premature -- is among those searching for answers about the lawsuits and the future of the Flint Water Crisis.
Monday night we heard from attorneys who are working on...
On April 24, 2017, the Flint Water Class Action Legal Team held an informational meeting for the Flint community at Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in Flint. Throughout the night, Flint residents and other attendees spoke with...
April 19, 2017
Both the Detroit Free Press and WXYZ 7 continued coverage reporting on a former top aide to embattled Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Karen Spranger, who told a county ethics board today that he has heard her refer to her...
From the Detroit Free Press
Two fired deputies of Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Karen Spranger say they witnessed a pattern of incompetent, unethical and unlawful behavior that left the clerk's office "on the brink of collapse," according...
LANSING, MICH. - Leaders at the embattled Unemployment Insurance Agency in Michigan announced Wednesday they are reassigning close to two dozen managers to try to improve customer service in the field.
The state's Talent Investment Agency oversees...
MICHIGAN (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Michigan lawmakers are working to figure out how tens of thousands of people on unemployment across Michigan were wrongly accused of fraud.
On Monday the House Oversight Committee announced it had created a work group...
From Detroit Legal News
Michael Pitt has been selected for the 2017 Distinguished Service Award by the State Bar of Michigan's Labor & Employment Section. Pitt is co-founding partner of Royal Oak-based Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, one of...
From the Bridge - the Center for Michigan
February 7, 2917
A few days after a federal judge issued a Jan. 11 order commanding the state to “suspend all collection activity” against thousands of Michigan workers tagged with unemployment fraud,...
Detroit News - February 3, 2017
A federal judge has dismissed a major class-action lawsuit from Flint residents over how the state handled changes in the city's water.
U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the case involving Flint...
Mary Papenfuss Trends reporter, The Huffington Post
More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, have filed a class action lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing officials of “negligent” mismanagement of the city’s...
More than 1,700 Flint-area residents and property owners have filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the “mishandling” of the city’s water crisis in a legal action seeking more than $722.4 million in damages.
The...
Update: Coverage from the Detroit Free Press
A Livingston County company used various policies to avoid paying employees for time worked, a federal lawsuit alleges.
A complaint filed in U.S District Court in Detroit claims Brighton-based Sundance...
DETROIT, Jan. 24, 2016 – A lawsuit has been filed against a Michigan Taco Bell franchisor by several of its Michigan employees for multiple violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at several of its retail outlets in the Detroit area. The...
From the Detroit Free Press
January 9, 2017
Although it did not come online until 2013, the State of Michigan used an error-prone computer system that has wrongly accused tens of thousands of people of unemployment insurance fraud to assess...
From Crain's Detroit Weekly
January 6, 2017
LANSING — The state's embattled unemployment agency said Friday it will review all computer-identified claims of benefits fraud — more than 30,000 — that until now have not been re-examined after...
From Michigan Radio:
A report from the state auditor general says Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency isn't doing enough to collect the delinquent taxes from employers. Some of those falsely accused of fraud have filed a class action...
From Detroit News
Lansing — The director of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has been reassigned after a shocking review revealed that an automated computer system made more than 20,000 fraud claims against out-of-work residents that...
From the Traverse City Record Eagle -
TRAVERSE CITY — Software once used by Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency erroneously accused tens of thousands of people who filed for benefits of intentional misrepresentation, and one attorney fears...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Jennifer Lord spoke to John Hockenberry at WNYC in NY. A summary is below.
The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency reviewed over 20,000 instances where the state accused citizens of fraudulently seeking...
For LeeAnne Walters, the first sign of trouble came in the summer of 2014, when her 4-year-old son Gavin developed rashes after coming into contact with the water.
In July, Gavin and his twin, Garrett, both suffered scaly patches of skin that...
LANSING — A bill headed to Gov. Rick Snyder's desk transfers $10 million in "surplus" unemployment insurance funds to help balance the state budget at the same time thousands of Michigan residents are claiming millions of dollars in...
From Courthouse News
DETROIT (CN) – The former head of Michigan’s judicial disciplinary board claims he was fired for recommending a formal complaint be filed against a child-jailing judge (Lisa Gorcyca), disagreeing with the view that she is...
From Detroit News
A Michigan Court of Claims judge has ruled Flint residents can indeed sue state officials for their decisions that led to the city’s drinking water contamination problems.
Judge Mark T. Boonstra, a Michigan Court of Appeals...
From Fox 2 Detroit
Some progress has been made in Flint, the city is back on Detroit water millions of dollars have been earmarked.
But the city's water is still not safe to drink but for the average Flint resident, it does not seem like a year...
From Michigan Public Radio
Amidst the headlines about Attorney General Schuette's criminal investigation and charges filed in the Flint water disaster, there is another legal story unfolding.
Four separate civil lawsuits were filed on behalf of...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Cary McGehee was a featured guest Sunday, September 4 on Chuck Stokes' WXYZ TV 7 "Spotlight on the News" program to discuss her mentorship and involvement in the 2016 Freedom Tour.
You can see the entire...
Royal Oak, Mich., August 23, 2016 – Royal Oak attorney Michael Pitt was recently selected Vice President of Public Justice. Public Justice is a Washington, D.C.-based national public interest firm of 14 lawyers which fights injustices through...
From the Detroit News:
Warren — A former city planner who resigned nearly two years ago is awaiting a federal judge’s decision on a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges Warren officials forced him out of the job.
Kenneth Bouchard, who served as...
WARREN, Mich. (WJBK) - He blew the whistle on his boss while working for the city of Warren, but claims he paid the price when he questioned what he believed was illegal activity.
Meet Ken Bouchard. He worked for the city of Warren coordinating tax...
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.
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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...
Jan Burgess is legally blind, but that doesn’t stop the Flint resident from playing detective when gathering evidence to document the impact the city’s corrosive water has had on her body, home and well-being.
Anxious for information on the...
A flood of lawsuits has been filed this month over the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, but the unprecedented situation that exposed thousands of children to lead contamination has plaintiffs lawyers scrambling to figure out who — if anyone —...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers co-founder and Partner, Michael Pitt has led the effort to sue the State of Michigan over its handling of the Flint water crisis and was interviewed on WKAR's Current State program about the lawsuits.
You can...
The Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers led press conference January 19 in Flint, featuring firm partners Michael Pitt and Cary McGehee announcing two new class action suits relating to the Flint Water Crisis, drew press attention from around the state...
Complaint in Genesee County Circuit Court asks for Injunction against Water Shut-offs, Declaration that Water Users who Received Dangerous Water are Not Responsible for Paying Bills
FLINT, Mich., Jan. 19, 2016-- A group of Flint residents have...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers' Michael Pitt, along with plaintiff representatives Melissa and Michael Mays; Keith and Jacqueline Pemberton; Elnora Carthan and their legal team, including Julie Hurwitz (Goodman & Hurwitz); Trachelle Young...
From Crain's Detroit Business, Dec. 6 in a story by Chad Halcom
About three years ago, the state launched its Michigan Integrated Data Automated System, which is able to cross-check benefit claimants against other computer records and flag events...
More than 100 Flint residents attended a meeting Dec. 1 at the Northbank Center in Flint looking for more information on a class action law suit against Michigan Governor Snyder regarding contaminated water int he Flint water system. You can...
Depositions of high-ranking Warren officials could start in early 2016 as part of a whistleblower case involving the municipality, a lawyer for a former city employee said.
The whistleblower lawsuit was filed a year ago by former assistant city...
DBusiness Story
Rachael Kohl and Melissa Brown have joined the Royal Oak-based law firm Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers as associate attorneys.
Previously, Kohl clerked for Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers and interned for Chief Judge Robert...
A group of Flint residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Gov. Rick Snyder, the State of Michigan, the City of Flint and numerous other state and Flint municipal employees for health and property damages resulting from their exposure...
A group of residents has filed a class-action lawsuit against Gov. Rick Snyder, the State of Michigan and the City of Flint, as well as state and Flint municipal employees on claims related to lead contamination of drinking water in Flint.
Royal...
From News 10 in Lansing -
The Lansing School District fired Lester Duvall in January a little more than two months after he was accused of hurting a 12-year-old student with autism.
The boy's mother, Jennifer Garza, explained, "Christian was...
A 13-year old Lansing boy and his mother have filed suit against the Lansing School District (LSD) and several of its top administrators in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The Complaint asserts former tenured LSD special...
October 5, 2015, Royal Oak, Mich. -- Former Michigan Compensation Appellate Commissioner Neal A. Young has joined the legal...
Pitt McGehee's class-action suit against Michigan's Unemployment Agency for the illegal seizure of federal and state tax returns is gaining widespread attention for the firm and attorney Jennifer Lord from multiple local and national...
The state of Michigan has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit that charges it illegally seized federal and state income tax refunds from potentially thousands of workers who had filed for unemployment claims.
The lawsuit, filed on Sept. 9 and...
September 14, 2015, Royal Oak, Mich. – Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers has participated in the filing of a class-action civil lawsuit against the State of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). The lawsuit, filed with the State of...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers partner, Megan Bonanni was featured in a recent Michigan Lawyers Weekly article discussing added scrutiny on companies who use independent contract worker classifications. “...more than ever, employers must...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers has been named to the State Bar of Michigan’s 2015 Circle of Excellence at the Leadership level. This recognition is reserved for law firms whose attorneys have each contributed at least:
*30 hours of pro bono...
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...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers attorneys Megan Bonanni and Andrea Johnson have been named to the Executive Board of the Michigan Association of Justice. The MAJ is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to furthering civil justice and...
[caption id="attachment_954" align="alignleft" width="300"] (L) Thomas Rombach, 2014-15 SBM President, (C) Michael PItt and (R) Brian Einhorn, 2013-14 SBM President.[/caption]
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Managing Partner Michael Pitt received...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Beth Rivers was interviewed by Crain's Detroit Business in a story discussion new HR balancing acts relating to changing laws on sexuality in the workplace. It's become one of the...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Megan Bonanni was interviewed by Michigan Radio regarding her unfair labor practices lawsuit filed on behalf of former employees of the MGM Grand Casino. Up to 200 employees claim the casino refused...
Michael Pitt, Partner with Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, has been selected by the State Bar of Michigan as a recipient of its 2014 Champion of Justice award.
The Award, one of the Bar Association’s most distinguished honors, is given...
ROYAL OAK — Michael Pitt, of Pitt, McGehee, Palmer & Rivers, has been selected by the State Bar of Michigan as a recipient of its 2014 Champion of Justice award.
The Champion of Justice award, one of the Bar Association’s most...
On June 25 Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers welcomed over 100 guests for a unique celebration. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Introduced by President Kennedy in 1963 on the heels of a series of...
July 8, 2014, Royal Oak, Mich. – Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers has been named to the State Bar of Michigan’s 2014 Circle of Excellence at the Leadership level. This recognition is reserved for law firms whose attorneys have each contributed...
Civil rights attorney Megan Bonanni has a new “hero” in her life — a developmentally disabled client, a long-term employee in a blue-collar job who was brutally harassed by supervisors because of his disability.
“My client’s bravery and...
A breach of contract dispute was tried twice in Oakland County. At each trial, the jurors gave an award to the plaintiff. One was bigger, one was smaller. Each time, the attorneys asked that the jurors be polled following the verdict — the defense...
Pitt McGehee Partner Megan Bonanni was interviewed by the San Jose Mercury News in a story relating to a lawsuit filed in California alleging systematic violations of the California Labor Code -- as 11 former Pink Poodle exotic dancers have taken...
Cary McGehee, a partner with Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, has been named to the board of trustees of Michigan State University College of Law. McGehee is listed in "Best Lawyers" in America and Michigan Super Lawyers, has been named "Trial...
[caption id="attachment_789" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dean Robb and Joan Claybrook[/caption]
At the Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers sponsored Dean Robb Lecture of the Public Justice Foundation at the Wayne State Law School, GM’s Cobalt...
In the latest "Monthly Mentor," the newsletter of ICLE, Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Michael Pitt was featured in a column entitled "What I Wish I Knew Then: Review Client Records Before Taking the Case."
Pitt share that experienced...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Megan Bonanni was the subject of a recent Detroit Legal News "Asked and Answered" Column from the News' Steve Thorpe. In the column, Thorpe engaged in a detailed Q & A regarding Bonanni's collective...
Michael Pitt, Partner with Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, was a much sought after and much quoted participant in the recently concluded Detroit trial determining the fate of Michigan gays who want to marry. Pitt, who represents Oakland County...
Michael Pitt, Partner with Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, was quoted in a recent edition of MLive covering the end of the trial in Detroit determining the fate of Michigan gays who want to marry. Pitt, who represents Oakland County Clerk Lisa...
The Michigan Supreme Court will make a decision on whether to give Juveniles already sentenced as a lifer a second chance at life. Michigan has roughly 360 inmates in prison for life who were convicted of first degree murder when they were just...
Last Summer, Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Cary McGehee took a group of Michigan High School students on a tour through Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi on behalf of the firm and the Michigan Coalition of Human Rights. Dubbed...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Michael Pitt's legal battle to gain justice for Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown's right to issue gay marriage licenses continues amidst the current April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse courtroom fight over Michigan's...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers attorney Kevin Carlson has been published in the prestigious The Federal Lawyer Magazine. The magazine serves as a source of legal updates and information for the Federal Bar Association, the premier bar association...
Michigan Lawyers Weekly has chosen Pitt McGehee Rivers & Palmer Partner Robert Palmer as one of 30 lawyers in the state named to the “Leaders in the Law” Class of 2014.
Chosen from dozens of nominations, Palmer and 2014 Leaders were viewed...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Michael Pitt has been a much in demand speaker during the first quarter of 2014.
On January 25, Pitt was asked to present to the State Bar of Michigan Winter Labor and Employment Conference where he...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Partner Cary McGehee has been elected to the Michigan State University College of Law Board of Trustees.
Michigan State University College of Law is an independent, non-profit corporation. Its affairs are managed by...
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan, along with Cary McGehee of the law firm Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden, has filed an amended complaint in a federal lawsuit on behalf of a woman who was forced out of work after...
The Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers "Pitt Crew" added to their long standing tradition of serving in the community by again pitching in to lend support to the St. Peters Episcopal Church Manna Community Meal Soup Kitchen over the holidays. An...
Six attorneys from Pitt McGehee, Palmer & Rivers have been named 2013 Michigan Super Lawyers. An independent third-party rating service for attorneys, Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden, which has never been shy about finding community work that needs to be done, grabbed its staff in October and traveled to St. Peter's Episcopal Church's Soup Kitchen.
The firm made sandwiches and served food...
October 28, 2013, Royal Oak, Michigan -- A class action lawsuit has been filed in Federal Court in Detroit by three current and former exotic dancers against several Detroit adult night clubs, including The Coliseum, Flight Club and Penthouse...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner Megan Bonanni has filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court in Detroit on behalf of three current and former exotic dancers against nightclubs owned by Alan Markovitz. You can read the story...
Michigan's gay marriage case got another summary from the Oakland Press on October 16, which included an interview with Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner, Michael Pitt. In the article, Michael discussed his legal defense of Oakland...
[caption id="attachment_653" align="alignleft" width="270"] Wayne State University Law School Dean Jocelyn Benson, right, presents Huntington Woods resident and lawyer Michael Pitt, (far left with wife Peggy) with an award Sept. 28 during the 2013...
A proposal which would make the State Bar of Michigan membership fees optional is being met with some attorney derision, who claim, according to Crain's Detroit Business, nothing more than political posturing. Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers &...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner Robert Palmer was featured in a Legal News profile written by Sheila Pursglove who focused on his childhood dream of becoming and attorney and the path that took him to where he is now. You can read...
The law firm of Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden led by attorneys Michael Pitt, Cary McGehee, Beth Rivers, Megan Bonnani and Andrea Johnson, in a collective action brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, have won a $1.4...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorney Kevin Carlson told the Detroit Legal News that the term "Right to Work" is a misnomer. Michigan became the 24th state to enact a right-to-work law, but Carlson, who along with the firm...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden partner Cary McGehee traveled with a group of 34 Metro Detroit and out-of-state high school students on a two-week bus trip of the Deep South this past June, focusing on U.S. Civil Rights history. Designed and...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner Cary McGehee was interviewed by NPR host Jennifer White in a feature aired on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" August 20 to discuss how she is hoping that a federal ruling will...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorney Kevin Carlson, spoke to the Lansing State Journal on August 21 to share his insight into the ongoing legal challenge to Michigan's controversial Right-to-Work Law. Carlson is part of the ACLU...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner Beth Rivers has been named to the Michigan Lawyer's Weekly Women in the Law Class of 2013. The award is given annually to high-achieving women lawyers in Michigan as an honor to their professional and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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, 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 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...
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 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 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...
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.
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.
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, 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...
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...
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.
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner Cary McGehee has been honored as a prestigious Michigan Lawyers Weekly "Michigan Women in the Law" for 2012. You can read her Michigan Lawyers Weekly profile here.
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden partner Cary McGehee was recently the subject of an insightful profile posted by THELAW.tv which discussed her love of the law AND basketball. You can read the Q&A here.
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorneys and co-counsels Joe Golden and Kevin Carlson were quoted in a Macomb Daily story detailing their suit on behalf of former Henry Ford Macomb Employee Linda Hairston. You can read the story...
Royal Oak, Michigan, June 26, 2012 – Cary McGehee, founding partner of Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, Rivers & Gordon, has been elected a Fellow by the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Election as a Fellow of the College recognizes...
Cary McGehee was featured in an article on theLawTV.com on "Disability Insurance Termination Ruled Illogical. You can read the entire article here.
New Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorney Andrea Johnson received a warm congratulations from her alma mater West Virginia University College of Law magazine.
SAN JOSE -- Filing a lawsuit alleging systematic violations of the California Labor Code -- a legislative blunderbuss that sets the working conditions for smelters, miners, telegraph operators and now strippers -- a "poletariat" mass of 11 former...
