The New Age of Civics Lessons

“The practice of democracy is not passed down through the gene pool. It must be taught and learned anew by each generation of citizens.” Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Due to funding decreases and other priorities, students in America are graduati… Read More
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Chamber Honors Wright Beamer with Award

At its annual dinner on Friday, March 10, the Greater Farmington Area Chamber of Commerce presented its Circle of Excellence Award to Farmington Hills-based law firm Wright Beamer. The award recognizes “accomplishments far exceeding business and co… Read More
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Passport Surprise

My kids’ passports have expired. I didn’t realize until I went to make travel plans recently that their passports were only valid for five years (rather than the standard ten) because they were under age 16 when the passports were issued. I also… Read More
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Phishing Scam Leaves Employees on the Hook

The IRS is reporting a significant uptick in executive-level email attacks that result in W-2s being released to scam artists. The attack begins with a fake email from one of the organization’s top executives being sent to someone in human resource… Read More
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GFACC State of the Cities

Please join Wright Beamer and our fellow sponsors at the GFACC’s 2017 State of the Cities at the Costick Center, 28600 West 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, on February 15, 2017. Read More
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Your Cell Phone Might Be The “One That Got Away”

For those of us who are under the impression that this has been a particularly gloomy January (even by Michigan standards), it turns out we’re right. Early reports indicate that we’ve experienced as few as three or four days of measurable sunshin… Read More
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Document Security 101

Digital document editing and sharing is simpler and more efficient than ever before. Yet, it is easy to overlook the advanced security capabilities offered by modern word processing and document viewing applications. With that in mind, here are a few… Read More
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Is the News Fit to Print?

Is the News Fit to Print?

The veracity of social media news content has been in the spotlight of late, and with an estimated 63% of us using social media to get our news*, there is good reason for concern. While common sense tells us that headlines like, “Taxes Abolished!… Read More
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Estate Planning – Things to Do Before 2017

The attorneys and staff of Wright Beamer have long recognized the importance of being involved in the communities where we work and live. Our commitment as a firm, and as individuals, to a wide variety of volunteer based, non-profit organizations is… Read More
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Beamer Named Among Top Lawyers by DBusiness

The Detroit business journal dbusiness has announced its 2017 list of Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit. Wright Beamer’s managing partner and principal, Dirk Beamer, has once again been named a Top Lawyer in both labor and employment law and commercial… Read More
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