Graham was an attorney and former regional manager for VALIC; Kramer was a longtime metro Detroit attorney; Struble was an attorney and former teacher; and Dr. Tiews was with Wheeler Upham for 45 years.
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP partner Shane B. Hansen was selected as a 2021 BTI Client Service All-Star for mergers and acquisitions. Hansen was chosen based on in-depth and independent interviews with corporate counsel conducted by BTI Consulting Group.
Change-Ups: Kalaczinski named MOAâs Educator of the Year
Lillian Kalaczinski, an associate professor for Ferris State Universityâs Michigan College of Optometry, has been named the Michigan Optometric Associationâs 2021 Educator of the Year. Kalaczinski is a 1998 MCO graduate following three years in the pre-optometry program at Ferris. Kalaczinski served as director of vision services at a Grand Rapids-area community health center before joining the MCO faculty in 2015. Kalaczinski also is chief of primary care services at the University Eye Center, and an adviser to registered student organizations unique to the college.
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Rehmann won Clearlyratedâs Best of Accounting Diamond Award for providing superior service to its clients for at least five consecutive years. Rehmann received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 from 82% of its clients, significantly higher than the industryâs average of 43% in 2020.
Workhorse Pursues Long-Shot Bid to Overturn Postal Truck Award
Bloomberg 3/5/2021 Ari Natter and Todd Shields
(Bloomberg) Workhorse Group Inc. faces a tough road to overturn its loss of a $6 billion contract award to build trucks for the U.S. Postal Service due to regulations designed to protect the integrity of government bidding and keep politics out.
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The company itself forecast a “prolonged process” Thursday as it considers challenging Oshkosh Corp.’s win in the contest to build a next-generation fleet to replace the Postal Service’s decrepit, polluting mail trucks.
Workhorse will likely turn first to an internal U.S. Postal Service process and from there can go to federal court, according to experts in contracting. Its best hope may lie with a change in the service’s governing board proposed by President Joe Biden. But even that isn’t a guarantee.