Fadwa Hammoud

Fadwa A. Hammoud is the Solicitor General of Michigan.[1]

Fadwa Hammoud
Solicitor General of Michigan
Assumed office
2019
GovernorGretchen Whitmer
Preceded byAaron Lindstrom
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Michigan–Dearborn (BA)
Wayne State University Law School (JD)

Early life and education

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.[2] In 2018, Hammoud was a member of the Harvard Business School’s Young American Leaders Program.[3]

Career

Hammoud has clerked for United States District Court Judge George Steeh. Hammoud has also served as assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County, Michigan, leading prosecutting attorney for Wayne County.[3] On November 8, 2016, Hammoud was elected as a member of Dearborn Board of Education.[4] In January 2019, Hammoud 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.[2] Hammoud is the first Arab-American solicitor general in the United States.[3] In March 2019, Hammoud resigned from both the Dearborn Board of Education and as a trustee as Henry Ford College.[4][2] As solicitor general, Hammoud was put in charge of the Flint water crisis investigations.[5] 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.[1][6]

Personal life

Hammoud is Muslim. She is the first Muslim solicitor general in the United States.[3]

References
  1. "New Solicitor General Hammoud to Lead Flint Criminal Cases". State of Michigan. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  2. "Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud resigns from Board of Trustees". Henry Ford College. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  3. "Fadwa Hammoud becomes first Muslim Arab-American solicitor general in United States". Dearborn Press and Guide. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  4. "Fadwa Hammoud". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  5. "Michigan Attorney General appoints new attorney to oversee Flint water probe". Michigan Radio. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  6. "Michigan solicitor general says Flood mismanaged Flint water prosecutions". Mlive. Retrieved January 24, 2021.


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