Fadwa Hammoud | |
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Solicitor General of Michigan | |
In office January 15, 2019 –2023 | |
Attorney General | Dana Nessel |
Preceded by | Aaron Lindstrom |
Succeeded by | Ann Sherman |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan–Dearborn (BA) Wayne State University Law School (JD) |
Fadwa A. Hammoud is the Chief Deputy Attorney General of Michigan [1] and the former Solicitor General of Michigan. [2]
At age 11,Hammoud emigrated to the United States from Lebanon. Hammoud graduated from Fordson High School. Hammoud earned a B.A. in political science and communications from the University of Michigan–Dearborn and a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School. [3] In 2018,Hammoud was a member of the Harvard Business School's Young American Leaders Program. [4]
Hammoud has clerked for United States District Court Judge George Steeh. Hammoud has also served as assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County,Michigan and as leading prosecutting attorney for Wayne County. [4] On November 8,2016,Hammoud was elected as a member of Dearborn Board of Education. [5] In January 2019,Hammoud was appointed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel as Solicitor General of Michigan. On February 18,2019,Hammoud took the oath of office and was sworn in. [3] Hammoud is the first Arab-American solicitor general in the United States. [4] In March 2019,Hammoud resigned from both the Dearborn Board of Education and as a trustee as Henry Ford College. [5] [3] As solicitor general,Hammoud was put in charge of the Flint water crisis investigations. [6] On April 16,2019,Hammoud fired Todd Flood,a special prosecutor appointed by the previous administration's attorney general,claiming he failed to "fully and properly" pursue potentially important evidence in the water crisis criminal cases. [2] [7] Hammoud served as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education and the Henry Ford College Board. [8]
Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder appointed Hammoud to the Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs. She also served on the Legislative Committee for the Hispanic/Latino,Asian Pacific American and Middle Eastern American Affairs Commissions. [3] In 2018,Hammoud was a member of the Harvard Business School's Young American Leaders Program. [4] On December 7,2022,Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the appointment of Fadwa A. Hammoud as Chief Deputy Attorney General. [9] [10]
In October 2021,Hammoud became the first Muslim Arab American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. [11] The case in question was Brown v. Davenport . [12]
Hammoud is Muslim. She is the first Muslim solicitor general in the United States. [4]
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