Nov. 24, 2009

Cooley Law School Recognizes Lansing Attorney, Cooley Alumnus with 2009 Adjunct Faculty Award

From left. Emeritus Professor Otto Stockmeyer, Charles Patrick Gannaway, and Margie Griffith.

Adjunct Professor Charles Patrick Gannaway is the recipient of this year’s Frederick Griffith Adjunct Faculty Award

The Thomas M. Cooley Law School recognized Adjunct Professor Charles Patrick Gannaway, an associate attorney with Rapaport Pollok Farrell & Waldron, P.C., in Lansing, with the 2009 Frederick J. Griffith Adjunct Faculty Award at the school’s 16th annual adjunct faculty reception held on Friday, Nov. 20.

Cooley established the award in 1997 to recognize the contributions of adjunct professors to the school and to honor the late Frederick J. Griffith, an adjunct faculty member at Cooley and a Lansing attorney. The award recognizes a member of the adjunct faculty whose “…service best reflects the character and attributes of Professor Griffith: dedication to the law school, excellence in teaching, passion for persuasive advocacy, compassion for law students, and optimism about life and the future of legal education,” said Cooley Professor Norman Otto Stockmeyer, who presented the award.

Gannaway teaches the trial skills course in the Practice, Advocacy and Litigation Skills Department at Cooley and specializes in Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Law at Rapaport Pollok Farrell & Waldron, P.C. He earned a juris doctor from Cooley Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University. He lives in Lansing with his wife Jane.

Recipients of the Griffith Award receive a commemorative tile from Detroit’s renowned Pewabic Pottery and a cash stipend, which is funded by contributions made in Professor Griffith’s memory by his family, friends and associates. Professor Gannaway chose to donate his $500 award to Cooley’s Trial Skills program.

Previous Griffith Award recipients are Frederick J. Griffith (posthumously), Robert Stocker, Eugene Krasicki, Karen Bush Schneider, Hon. Randy Tahvonen, Michael Behan, Andrew Quinn, Janice Cunningham, Donald Hinkle, Steven Owen, Ronald Sutton and Lawrence Wysocki.

Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the nation.  Founded in 1972, it operates J.D. programs across Michigan in Lansing, Auburn Hills, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor.  Today, Cooley Law School has nearly 14,000 graduates across the nation and worldwide and also offers joint degree and master of laws programs.  Cooley offers enrollment three times a year; in January, May and September.   Additional information about Cooley can be found at cooley.edu.