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Sandra B. Kouzy
Associate Attorney
Prior to law school, Sandra attended Michigan State University where she earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice. As an undergraduate student, Sandra interned at the Shelby Township Building Department, and the 41A District Court. During her time at the Building Department, she assisted in the process of permit issuance and then enforcement.
Sandra graduated cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in May 2022. She earned the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in both health law and applied legal theory analysis. The award is given to the highest scoring student in the class. Sandra also participated in the Environmental Law Clinic where she assisted in drafting a complaint to the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the EPA’s Title VI regulations.
Bar Admissions:
- State Bar of Michigan, 2022
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2023
- United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2024
Practice Highlights:
- Assisted in multiple jury trials, including the preparation of jury instructions, witness and exhibit lists.
- Acted as liaison with various Michigan District Courts to implement a process to obtain COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) stay lifts based on the 2020-17 Michigan Supreme Court’s Administrative Order, which put in place stays when tenants applied for rental assistance.
- Effectively achieved service of process on evasive mobile homeowners to obtain entry of Judgment to reclaim possession of the mobile home.
- Was able to get an immediate order of eviction granted in a Health Hazard case by filing an Ex parte Motion to expedite the case.
- A claim and delivery case was prompted by borrowers who were a year in arrears on their mobile home payments and had filed for bankruptcy as a delay tactic. Attempts to work out a payment agreement stalled and so was able to obtain dismissal of the bankruptcy claim. Subsequently, proved that the borrowers’ conduct was so blatantly egregious that no hearing was necessary in the trial court, leading to repossession of the chattel for the lender client.
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