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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=6"> 44 䵉䍈䥇䅎 NOVEMBER 2025 • VOL. 104 </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=7"> REFER YOUR INJURY CASES TO BUCKFIRE LAW FIRM O</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=8"> MONEY JUDGMENT INTEREST RATE MCL 600.6013 governs</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=9"> 07 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2025 </a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=11"> RENEW YOUR LICENSE TODAY DEADLINE NOV. 30 </a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=13"> 11 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2025 NEWS & </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=14"> 12 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=15"> guidance to lawyers and judges about specif</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=16"> 14 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=17"> Prepare Your Firm for Efficient 2026 and Beyond S</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=20"> SHOULD ATTORNEYS BE REQUIRED IN RESIDENTIA</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=21"> agreements must include the amount of compensatio</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=22"> 20 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=23"> 6.MCL 565.951. 7. Roberts v Safell, 280 Mich App </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=24"> Proper billing of law firm charges BY SHE</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=25"> • Administering a complex litigation matter;8 •</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=26"> 24 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=27"> MICHIGAN LAWYERS IN HISTORY</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=28"> 26 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=29"> lative colleague Austin Blair (who wore a size 7¼</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=30"> 28 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=31"> nance of the Detroit Public Schools, exercised it</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=32"> 30 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=33"> 31 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2025 PLAIN LAN</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=34"> 32 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL |</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=35"> 33 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2025 LIBRARIE</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=36"> 34 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=37"> 35 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2025 BEST PRA</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=39"> for capital calls and a corresponding dilution of</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=41"> 39 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2025 ETHICAL </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=42"> 40 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=43"> members of the law firm signed pleadings wi</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=45"> plish in relatively benign situations, let alo</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=47"> Use Notes 1. “Purchase” or receipt of ammunition</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=49"> prove each of the following elements bey</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=50"> 48 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=51"> (1) MCL 750.520a provides the definitions of deve</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=52"> 50 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=53"> Rule 7.312 Briefs, Responses to Adverse Amicus Br</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=55"> law. A judge shall perform the duties of judicial</a>
<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=56"> 54 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=59"> 57 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2025 1.15(</a>
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<a title="Michigan Bar Journal November 2025 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/40a26be6?page=61"> 40 Years of Successful Representat</a>
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