Attorney Appointed as the National Legal Counsel of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH)

Patrick Sturdy, an attorney in our Livonia office, has been appointed as the National Legal Counsel of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH).

Mr. Sturdy has been with the Firm since 2000 and concentrates his practice on corporate and business law, labor and employment, education law and franchise law.

The AOH is America’s oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization founded concurrently in the coal-mining region of Pennsylvania and New York City in May, 1836. The Order can trace its roots back to a series of similar societies that existed in Ireland for more than 300 years. Today the AOH exists in America, Canada, Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, however, while the organizations share a common thread, the American AOH is a separate and much larger organization.

Annual dances, concerts, and parades sponsored at all levels of the Order raise millions for charity while providing a showcase for the positive contributions the Irish have made in every walk of American life. The AOH across the country have traditionally provided a welcome for new immigrants. Here, the unique art, dance, music, and other interests of the Irish are fostered and preserved, making the AOH a home away from home for many. They are at the forefront of support for issues concerning the Irish such as Immigration Reform, MacBride Legislation, and the Right to Life. They serve their Church well, yet, they never forget their ancestral homeland, and can always be found lobbying, praying, and working for the total independence of a united 32-county Ireland –– as their constitution avows: “by all means constitutional and lawful”.

Patrick can be reached at (734) 261-2400 or psturdy@cmda-law.com.