Dearborn Lawyer Named to Legacy DMC Board

The Detroit Medical Center announced Tuesday that Dearborn resident and attorney Candyce Abbatt has been named to the Legacy DMC Board of Trustees. Abbatt joins 18 other trustees, and was appointed by Attorney General Bill Schuette.

“Candyce Abbatt is a smart, experienced, and hard-working attorney with a strong commitment to charitable activities in southeast Michigan,” said Schuette. “She will be a strong voice for the community on the Legacy DMC board. I am confident her leadership will be an asset to the Detroit-area families who rely upon DMC hospitals for essential health care services.”

Legacy DMC, a charitable Michigan nonprofit corporation, is responsible for monitoring the actions of Vanguard Health Systems, a for-profit company that acquired all DMC hospitals in a $1.5 billion deal in 2010.

Born and educated in Michigan, Abbatt has extensive experience as a nonprofit director and advisor, including serving for many years as a member of the Henry Ford Health System’s West Region Board. She was the first woman president of the Wayne State University Law Alumni Board and remains active as a trustee of the WSU Law School’s Board of Visitors, where she has served on its Executive and Strategic Planning Committees.

Abbatt also brings over 26 years of legal experience to the position.  She is a member of the Southfield firm of Fried Saperstein Abbatt, P.C., specializing in family and business law.

She also serves on the commission for the Dearborn Public Library.