Yes I am stealing this idea from George Kelley's postings.
Vanessa Fluker was a graduate student who breezed through the WSU program to get her M.A. degree, and worked a bit with Phil. She was smart and likable and we all groaned inwardly when she forsake doing her PH.d to go to law school.
Another one lost to corporate greed we thought.
Well no! Vanessa has turned into a hometown hero by using her law degree to help the poor, the elderly, the handicapped, the homeless. She has given up any hope of a lucrative practice to go to court, week after week, to defend the people no one else will.
A recent story:
Vanessa Fluker, an attorney well-known for her determined advocacy on behalf of homeowners facing foreclosure, was recently fined $12,200 along with her client by Michigan Wayne County Judge Robert Colombo, for a "vexatious appeal" of a client's foreclosure/eviction.
Support Attorney Fluker's efforts to fight this outrageous attack on the right of aggressive representation of homeowners against the banks. Please contribute funds to aid in the appeal of Judge Colombo's sanction decision. Please send checks to Vanessa G.Fluker, Esq. PLLC/Appeal Fund c/o 2920 E. Jefferson, Ste. 101, Detroit, MI. 48207. Attend a fundraiser scheduled this Friday, March 25, 7pm, at Central United Methodist Church, 23 E. Adams.
Vanessa can't afford to defend herself. Fund-raisers are springing up all over to help a woman who only asked to practice the kind of law she attended law school for.
A nicer woman would be hard to find. Vanessa, you are a hero.
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I like this idea for a continuing series, Patti. Heroes still exist.
So, how deep into the pockets of the banks or idiocy does this Colombo appear to be?
You can steal any and all of my ideas, Patti. This is the type of hero who needs our support. My check of support is in the mail.
Thanks, George. She was chosen by the Michigan Women Lawyers Association as their woman of the year last year. So she is no newcomer to living a responsible life.
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