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from THE PrESIDEnT
Part three of the series featured Reginald
Turner, who is a partner at Clark Hill in Detroit,
the past president of the State Bar of Michigan,
and the past president of the National Bar
Association, which is the largest and oldest
association of African-American attorneys
in the country. Reggie has a wide range of
Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 clients, and in
his presentation, he made the case for diversity
from a business perspective. According to
Reggie, research and common experience reveal
a diverse legal workforce often makes better
legal decisions because they have the benefit
of a wider range of experiences to draw from.
Additionally, Reggie is a director at Comerica,
one of the largest financial institutions in the
country. According to Reggie, the growing
trend for large companies across the country is
to hire and retain law firms that are committed
to diversity.
On our bar association’s website, we have a
list of the leaders of the local bar associations
of color. If you have a job announcement that
you would like them to share within their
local, regional, and national networks or you
simply want to exchange ideas with our bars
of color subcommittee about how you can
increase diversity at your workplace, please
contact Mary Groth at mgroth@clemetrobar.
org. The subcommittee is ready, willing, and
able to help.
Helping you navigate presidency, and like any good relay runner,
I have passed the halfway mark in my
through difficult I will continue to move the baton forward
on diversity so that our bar association is
in a much better position than ever before.
financial issues. With the historic spirit of cooperation with
our local bar associations of color and the
commitment to diversity that was displayed
Our experienced • Economic Damages during our diversity series, I am sure we
financial experts • Fraud Investigation & Deterrence will continue to run toward the finish line
together to reach our diversity goals today,
will help your • Valuations for Estate & Gift tomorrow, and far into the future.
clients with: • Business Valuations
• Insolvency & Restructuring
Marlon A. Primes has been a CMBA member
since 1993. He previously served as: a member of
Jeff Firestone, CPA, CFE, CVA the Board of Trustees, the Chair of the Litigation
Director of Litigation Services Section, the Chair of the 3Rs Committee, and the
Chair of the Justice for All Committee. Marlon
PHONE 440-892-8900 ext. 113 has worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in
EMAIL jeff@mcmanamonco.com Cleveland for the past 26 years. He received his
WEB www.mcmanamon.com law degree from Georgetown University Law
Center and his undergraduate degree from Ohio
University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
He can be reached at (216) 622-3684 or Marlon.
Primes@usdoj.gov. Follow him on Twitter @
MPrimesCMBA.
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