Diversity Calendar
Plunkett Cooney’s involvement in professional and community organizations is a key component of our ongoing Diversity Initiative. The firm’s diversity calendar includes events the firm has sponsored, as well as those attended by our attorneys and staff.
2011 Calendar
- Plunkett Cooney Platinum Sponsor of the Women Lawyers Association screening "Miss Representation"
November 12, 2011 - Michigan Roundtable Diversity Inclusion 64th Annual Humanitarian sponsorship
November 9, 2011 - Plunkett Cooney provides platinum sponsorship for Women Lawyers Association of Michigan screening of "Miss Representation" documentary
November 3, 2011 - Legal Aid and Defender Pro Bono awards ceremony sponsorship
November 3, 2011 - Women's Initiative Committee Sponsors American Bar Association Women Rainmakers Breakfast Program
October 25, 2011 - Women's Initiative Group - Adopt a family fundraiser
October 21, 2011 - Women's American Bar Association Rainmaker - hosted event
October 25, 2011 - Cornerstone Schools, Plunkett Cooney sponsorship
October 4, 2011 - Detroit Cristo Rey, Plunkett Cooney sponsors two student interns
September 14, 2011 - Cornerstone University, Presentation on Diversity Initiatives
September 13, 2011 - Women's Lawyer Association sponsorship
September 9, 2011 - Loyola High School, Plunkett Cooney sponsors student intern
September 9, 2011 - Neighborhood Service Organization - event sponsorship
August 31, 2011 - New Detroit event sponsorship
August 17, 2011 - Shelter of Flint sponsorship
August 12, 2011 - Michigan Lawyers Weekly names Plunkett Cooney Partner D. Jennifer Andreou one of its 2011"Women in Law"
August 11, 2011 - Sault Tribe Scholarship sponsor
July 15, 2011 - Michigan Lawyers Weekly names Plunkett Cooney Partner Mary Massaron Ross among state's "Most Influencial Attorneys" in the past 25 years
July 11, 2011 - Presented at CLEO Sophomore Summer Institute Luncheon on Practice Area Diversity
June 15, 2011 - Firm signs State Bar of Michigan Diversity Pledge
June 13, 2011 - Loyola High School 8th Annual Work Experience Program, Ken Lewis guest speaker
June 2, 2011 - City Connect Detroit Contribution
May 25, 2011 - Midnight Golf Sponsorship
April 13, 2011 - NAACP Sponsorship
April 13, 2011 - Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce Sponsorship
March 25, 2011 - Women's Bar Association Dinner Sponsorship
March 24, 2011 - Minority Corporate Counsel Association CLE Expo
March 19, 2011 - YWCA Columbus Sponsorship
March 9, 2011 - Loyola High School Sponsorship
March 7, 2011 - American Heart Association Women's Luncheon Sponsorship
February 15, 2011 - Womens Wear Red for Heart Event Sponsorship
January 19, 2011
2010 Calendar
- Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, Annual Humanitarian
Tribute Sponsorship October 12, 2010 - Cornerstone School Sponsorship
October 4, 2010 - Neighborhood Service Organization Sponsorship
September 17, 2010 - Roch Charter Scholarship Fund
September, 2, 2010 - Loyola High School Sponsorship
August 28, 2010 - Michigan Roundtable for Diversity Sponsorship
July 31, 2010 - Detroit Meals on Wheels Sponsorship
July 31, 2010 - City Connect Sponsorship
July 27, 2010 - Lake Orion Education Fund
July 23, 2010 - Shelter of Flint
July 23, 2010 - The Guidance Center Sponsorship
June 24, 2010 - State Bar of Michigan, Plunkett Cooney Collequia Speaker
June 22, 2010 - Loyola Sponsorship meeting
June 17, 2010 - University of Jesuit Father/Son Event
June 14, 2010 - D. Augustus Straker Bar Association Sponsorship
June 9, 2010 - New Center Diversity Golf Outing
June 4, 2010 - Loyola High School Fundraiser
June 1, 2010 - Sault Tribe Golf Scholarship Sponsorship
May 1, 2010 - Michigan Minority Business Development Sponsorship
April 30, 2010 - NAACP - Detroit Chapter Sponsorship
April 13, 2010 - Midnight Golf Program Sponsorship
April 13, 2010 - Breakfast of Champions Summer Job Fare Program City Connect
May 24, 2010 - Life Directions Sponsorship
May 20, 2010 - Pro Bono Legal Aid Review
May 4, 2010 - Detroit Urban Debate League Conference
April 27, 2010 - City Connect Detroit Conference
April 1, 2010 - Chaldean Federation Sponsorship
March 25, 2010 - City Connect Detroit Board Meeting
March 10, 2010 - YWCA Columbus Sponsorship
March 9, 2010 - Covenant House
March 4, 2010
2009 Calendar
- Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion - 62nd Annual Humanitarian Tribute Luncheon Sponsor
November 2009 - Power Company Kids Club Sponsorship
September 15, 2009 - Plunkett Cooney renewed Loyola Work Program
September 2009 - Shelter of Flint Sponsorship
August 24, 2009 - Plunkett Cooney participated in Summer Youth Program
August 5, 2009 - Plunkett Cooney earned the American Heart Association's Metro Detroit Heart Walk Law Cup
July 24, 2009 - Plunkett Cooney designated "2009 Silver Company" by the American Heart Association
July 24, 2009 - Participated in Wolverine Bar Summer Research Program
July 13, 2009 - Plunkett Cooney staff volunteered at Gleaners Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan
July 11, 2009 - New Detroit Annual Closing Gap Awards
June 11, 2009 - Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan meeting
June 3, 2009 - Summer Administrative Clerk Program
June 1, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - Ohio/Indiana offices
May 8, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - E. Lansing office
April 30, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo offices
April 30, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - Flint office
April 29, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - Petoskey/Marquette offices
April 27, 2009 - Marygrove College Diversity Recognition
April 24, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - Detroit office
April 21, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - Bloomfield office
April 20, 2009 - Firm Diversity Awareness Training - Mt. Clemens office
April 20, 2009 - D. Augustus Straker Bar Association 2009 Corporate Council
Breakfast, Guest panelist
April 7, 2009 - National Association of Women Business Owners Award Luncheon
March 19, 2009 - Midnight Golf
March 17, 2009 - Foreign Student Internship with University of Munster Germany
March 2, 2009 - Plunkett Cooney staff members volunteered at Gleaners Food Bank
February 14, 2009 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council sponsorship
February 12, 2009 - Coalition on Camp Enterprise
January 29, 2009 - Midnight Golf Awards Ceremony
January 28, 2009 - Firm participated in regional viewing of presidential inauguration
January 19, 2009 - Participation in the Wolverine Bar Association Program 2009
January 12, 2009
2008 Calendar
- Michigan Minority Business Development Council Corporate Sector Meeting
January 17, 2008 - New Detroit Board Meeting
January 17, 2008 - Midnight Golf
January 29, 2008 - Barristers Section of the DMBA - 26th Annual Food Drive Fund
March 1, 2008 - Detroit Legal News acknowledges four Plunkett Cooney employees in article for participation in ADTC
March 4, 2008 - 2008 Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity Award presented to Plunkett Cooney
March, 2008 - Annual Life Directions Tribute Dinner and Afterglow
April 7, 2008 - Plunkett Cooney presented at the 2008 Association of Legal Administrators
April 30, 2008 - Loyola's 12th Annual Tigers Baseball Fundraiser
June, 2008 - Plunkett Cooney 2008 Silver Sponsor of the 2008 Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion's 5th Annual Diversity Conference
June 12, 2008 - Participation in the Salvation Army's Fore Kids Golf Classic
June 2008 - Closing the Gap Dinner for New Detroit
June 18, 2008 - Summer Breeze and Law Clerk event for the Barristers
July 17, 2008 - Senior Alliance 2008 Golf Classic
July 25, 2008 - Holy Strokes Golf Classic, Michigan RoundTable for Diversity and Inclusion
July 28, 2008 - Plunkett Cooney Diversity Newsletter
August 21, 2008 - Plunkett Cooney diversity brochure - 50 Ways to Reduce Bias and Create a Climate for Diversity
September 2008 - Participation in the Loyola Student Program (LWEP)
September 1, 2008 - Detroit Free Press - Top Workplace List - 2008
September 9, 2008 - Michigan Lawyers Weekly and the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan - Century Club member
September 10, 2008 - Metropolitan Detroit's 101 Best and Brightest Winner
September 16, 2008 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council award dinner and firm sponsorship
October 8, 2008 - New Detroit Summit on Race
October 12, 2008 - New Detroit Economic Sector meeting
October 27, 2008 - Midnight Golf Finance Committee retreat
November 1, 2008 - Plunkett Cooney earns 101 Top Workplace Award
November 5, 2008 - Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion sponsorship
November 6, 2008 - UofM Black Undergraduate Law Association Speaking Engagement
December 3, 2008
2007 Calendar
- Co-sponsored 1st Annual Corp! Magazine Salute to Diversity Breakfast
November 13, 2007 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council 24th Annual Awards Dinner
October 16, 2007 - Sponsored JA Young Professionals Board, Salsa on the Isle event
September 27, 2007 - MLH - Minority Wayne County Circuit Court Judge
September 18, 2007 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council sector meeting
September 18, 2007 - Wolverine Bar Association & ABM Membership Round-up (2007-2008)
September 18, 2007 - Midnight Golf orientation program for Mentors
September 15, 2007 - New Detroit Economic Equity meeting
September 14, 2007 - President of Connors Warren Development District
September 13, 2007 - Midnight Golf Board of Directors meeting
September 11, 2007 - New Detroit Board meeting
September 7, 2007 - Kellogg Company
August 23, 2007 - Young Professionals networking Night with INForum
August 22, 2007 - DMBA Annual Summer Breeze
July 27, 2007 - New Detroit Camp Enterprise event at U of M
July 27, 2007 - MMBDC Professional Sector Meeting
July 17, 2007 - New Detroit Camp Enterprise event at MSU
July 13, 2007 - Midnight Golf Outing
June 26, 2007 - Wolverine Bar Association 1L Summer Associate Mid-Summer Event
June 23, 2007 - Leadership Detroit Guardian event
June 14, 2007 - NAWBO Annual Meeting
June 14, 2007 - New Detroit - Closing the Gap Dinner
June 21, 2007 - Plunkett Cooney Practice Group Leaders Performance Coaching Training
May 17, 2007 - Wolverine Bar Association Summer Research Clerk begins employment
May 14, 2007 - University of Detroit Cinco de Mayo President's Cabinet Dinner
May 9, 2007 - NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner
April 29, 2007 - D. Augustus Straker Bar Association Counsel Breakfast
April 24, 2007 - INForum Young Professionals Affinity Group Event
April 23, 2007 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council Breakfast
April 10, 2007 - Midnight Golf Send-off Tour of Marygrove
March 31, 2007 - Minority Corporate Council Association 10th Annual CLE Conference, Chicago, IL
March 21, 2007 - INForum Young Professionals Meeting
March 20, 2007 - Loyola Academy Work Experience 2007 Recognition Luncheon
March 20, 2007 - National Black Law Student Association - University of Detroit Mercy Chapter
- 2007 Annual Scholarship Brunch
April 17, 2007 - Wolverine Bar Association Annual Barristers Ball
March 17, 2007 - Gleaner Food Bank Annual Women's Power Breakfast
March 14, 2007 - ALFA International Diversity Committee Meeting & Panel Discussion March 8, 2007
- New Detroit Board Meeting
March 1, 2007 - Midnight Golf Program Fundraiser
February 24, 2007 - InForum Young Professionals Committee Meeting & Networking Event February 18, 2007
- 2007 Salute to Justice Dinner - Honoring Michigan's Distinguished Lebanese Judges
January 31, 2007 - New Detroit Task Force Meeting
January 22, 2007 - ALFA International Diversity Committee Meeting
January 18, 2007 - Midnight Golf Program Board Meeting
January 18, 2007 - National Association of Women Business Owners Annual Business Conference
January 18, 2007 - New Detroit Annual Meeting
January 18, 2007 - ALFA International Diversity Committee Meeting
January 1, 2007 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council Annual Membership Renewal
January 1, 2007 - Firm Minority Vendors Program Launched
January 1, 2007
2006 Calendar
- New Detroit Multicultural Immersion Program Participant
May-October 2006 - Christ the King 8th Grade Tutoring Program
January and February 2006 - Midnight Golf Program Holiday Dinner
December 18, 2006 - Attended the Michigan Minority Business District Council Holiday Dinner
December 11, 2006 - Henry Ford Health System 3rd Annual Diversity Celebration
November 16, 2006 - Detroit Medical Center 6th Annual Diversity Appreciation Day Celebration
November 9, 2006 - Black Law Students of America University of Detroit Mercy Chapter -
- Fireside Chat Panelist: "Minorities and Women in Corporate Law Firms"
November 1, 2006 - Oakland County Bar Association Diversity in the Legal Profession Dinner
October 24, 2006 - Iftar Dinner at Islamic Center in Dearborn
October 19, 2006 - Kickoff of Connections Diversity Training Sessions for Firm Attorneys & Staff
October 19, 2006 - Firm Named Among the 101 Best Brightest Companies To Work For in 2006
October 12, 2006 - Wolverine Bar Association General Meeting
October 11, 2006 - Wolverine Bar Association African American Entrepreneurs Event
October 11, 2006 - Wolverine Bar Association General Meeting, October 10, 2006
- Merrill-Lynch Sponsored Lecture by Dr. Cornel West at the Charles H. Wright Museum
- of African American History
September 21, 2006 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council Midnight Golf Program Sponsorship
August 31, 2006 - Ninth Annual Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Barristers’ Race for Kids
August 19, 2006 - National Bar Association Annual Golf Outing Sponsorship
August 10, 2006 - One United Michigan Reception - 2006 National Bar Association Convention in Detroit
August 9, 2006 - Wolverine Bar Association Luncheon Meeting
August 1, 2006 - New Detroit Camp Enterprise Sponsor and Speaker
July 14, 2006 - National Bar Association Conference 81st Annual Convention –
- “Raising the Bar: Advancing Justice and Equality”
July 12, 2006 - Wolverine Bar Association and Association of Black Judges of Michigan - Joint Annual Dinner
June 23, 2006 - New Detroit Annual “Closing the Gap” Awards Dinner
June 21, 2006 - Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Annual Golf Outing Sponsorship
June 16, 2006 - National Association of Women Business Owners Names Firm
- Corporate Partner of the Year
June 15, 2006 - Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Job Fair
June 9, 2006 - Loyola Academy Fundraiser
June 6, 2006 - National Association of Women Business Owners Member Buyers Guide Sponsorship
June 5, 2006 - Loyola Academy Detroit Tiger Baseball Fundraiser
June 2, 2006 - Islamic Center of America First Anniversary Sponsorship
May 25, 2006 - 10th Annual Damon J. Keith Community Spirit Award Luncheon
May 11, 2006 - 20th Annual National Association of Women Business Owners Golf Outing Sponsorship
May 4, 2006 - Wolverine Bar Association First Annual Student Summer Clerkship Program Sponsor
May 1, 2006 - Band of Angels 2006 Starry Nights Benefit
April 28, 2006 - D. Augustus Straker Bar Association Corporate Counsel Breakfast
April 26, 2006 - Lawrence Technological University Diversity Seminar Series Sponsor and Panel Discussion Participant
April 25, 2006 - National Black Law Students Association – University of Detroit Mercy Chapter Scholarship Sponsorship
April 15, 2006 - 2006 Wolverine Bar Association Barristers’ Ball Sponsorship
March 25, 2006 - University of Detroit Mercy Law School Panel Discussion - “Law Students for Diversity and Equality"
March 23, 2006 - National Association for Law Placement 2006 Diversity Conference
March 3, 2006 - Lansing Black Lawyers Association Scholarship Dinner Sponsorship
March 1, 2006 - Loyola Charter School Luncheon – Student Sponsorship
January 1, 2006 - Michigan Minority Business Development Council Corporate Membership
January 1, 2006 - Lawrence Technological University Capstone Event Panelist: “Analysis of the Affirmative Action Forum”
- D. Augustus Straker Bar Association Trailblazer Dinner Sponsorship