On Friday night, Mary was honored with the Right to Counsel Award by the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan. CDAM selected Mary because of her successful career representing the accused in difficult and precedent-setting cases. Mary and the C&…
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Mary served as an expert witness in a landmark federal case involving challenges to the Sex Offenders Registration Act in Michigan. This challenge was brilliantly handled by the ACLU, and their victory in federal court means significant changes to th…
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Recently, Takura served as the master of ceremonies of the joint program of the Criminal Law, Immigration Law, and LGBTQ+ Law Sections of the State Bar of Michigan. He had the pleasure of introducing State Representative Kara Hope who gave the welcom…
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It’s been eight years since Takura first said yes after being asked to serve as a guest speaker for the Michigan Supreme Court’s Exploring Careers in the Law program. This year, Takura brought Oso the Bear, his Detroit Pistons hat, and a yoga mat…
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Takura recently travelled to Marquette where he spent three days serving as faculty for the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission’s comprehensive trial skills course. Participants hailed from both of Michigan’s peninsulas. They workshopped their r…
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It was another great year at the Great Lakes Legal Conference on Mackinac Island. Mary and Marisa presented the Criminal Law Update, Lizzy attended as an affiliate bar leader, and Takura attended as a member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Board of…
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Takura may not be a fan of arithmetic, but he knows a thing or two about budgets, time, and travel. So he was recently invited to speak with a math class at Sexton High School about each topic. In just twenty minutes, Takura took the students on a tr…
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Takura recently sat down with the hosts of The Sunday Chronicle, Yanice Jackson and Span, for a compelling discussion regarding C&N’s work. Takura discussed C&N’s trial successes and the firm’s work on exonerating those who have been wr…
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Mary and Lizzy presented yesterday for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Building an Effective Lawyer-Paralegal Team seminar. They presented on the amazing work that paralegals do as a critical part of the criminal defense team. C&N…
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Takura, along with an assistant prosecuting attorney, was one of the guest speakers who recently spoke with students in the Career Exploration class at Cooley Law School. This week, the class was exploring criminal law. Albeit remotely, Takura relish…
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