Jordan Acker, who serves as a regent for the University of Michigan and partner for Goodman Acker, called the crime “an enormously difficult moment for me personally and for this entire community.” The incident comes weeks after Acker says a masked intruder came to his home at 4:30 a.m. “with a list of demands, including defunding the police.” Southfield police officers were called to the law office around 8:15 a.m. Monday, Chief of Police Elvin Barren said during a news conference.
A masked intruder came to the door of his home on May 15, Acker said on X, noting his three daughters were asleep at the time. He called that incident “unacceptable” and said he would not be intimidated. Barry Goodman, a founding partner of the firm, said Monday’s incident “was not an attack on our office but an attack on our values and our mission.” Goodman went on to say the firm is not only owned by Jewish members, but also by Muslims and Christians.