Past & Present Affiliations

Past President Southern Oakland County NAACP
  • Admitted to the State Bar of Michigan 1988
  • Admitted to the United States District Court 1988
  • Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals 1989
  • Certified counsel for capital and non-capital criminal matters
  • General counsel for Royal Oak Township Housing Commission
  • United States Selective Service Commission Federal Appointment – 1987 to 2017 – Honorary 30 year retirement
  • Contracting counsel for the Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services (Legal aid – pro bono attorney)
  • Member Oak Grove A.M.E. Church (Former Sunday School Teacher)
  • Member Free and Accepted Masons, Wolverine Consistory, Marracci Shriners
  • State Bar of Michigan – Criminal Law Section / Family Law Section
  • Member National Bar Association
  • Member Wolverine Bar Association
  • Member American Bar Association
  • Member Oakland County Bar Association (Criminal/District Court Committees)
  • Member Augustus Straker Bar Association – Founding Member
  • Member Central Detroit Optimist Club
  • Life Member NAACP – Founding member Southern Oakland County Chapter
  • Member Board of Directors for Grant School Alumni Association
  • Member Lions Club
  • Member Sierra Club
  • Mock Trial Judge – Center for Civic Education Through Law
  • Michigan Democratic Party – Century Club, One Hundred Club
  • Member Alumni Association University of Michigan
  • Member Museum of African American History
  • Southern Poverty Law Center – Wall of Tolerance Honoree/Member
  • Recipient of the “Fanny Adams Citizen of the Year Award” – 2002
  • Member American Civil Liberties Union
  • Member Detroit Zoological Society
  • Amnesty International
  • Oak Park High School/ Ferndale High School Athletic Booster and Supporter

Former member UAW, AFSCME, MEA, AFT, National Conference of Black Mayors, World Conference of Mayors, National Conference of Black Mayors, Oakland County Bar Association (Criminal Law Committee and Mental Health Committee), Economic Development for the Wolverine Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Oak Park Kiwanis, Oakland County Township Supervisors, Junior High Football Coach (Best Middle School), Track Coach, Hazardous Waste Management Committee – Michigan, Booker T. Washington Business Association, Royal Oak Township Business Association.