CREDENTIALS

LEGAL EDUCATION:

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law – J.D.

GRADUATE EDUCATION:

University of Michigan, Rackham School of Graduate Studies – M.A.

GRADUATE EDUCATION:

American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Special Student taking elective graduate courses in philosophy, Middle Eastern history, and Arabic language, to augment M.A. degree in English Literature

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

University of Michigan – B.A.

SECONDARY EDUCATION:

Kingswood School Cranbrook, Class President, Freshman through Senior years

BAR ADMISSIONS:

Michigan; United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan,

United States Supreme Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

United States Magistrate Judge (2004–2020)

  • Chair, Duty Court Working Group, 2010–2020
  • Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, 2014–2016
  • Member, Pro Bono Committee, 2015–2020
  • Member, Pro Se Clinic Committee, 2018–2020

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Past and Present

  • State Bar of Michigan
    • Negligence Law Section (current)
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (current)
    • Labor and Employment Law Section (current)
    • Governmental Affairs Committee, 1989
    • Special Committee for Tort Law Review, 1984–1989
  • Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, January 2004–present
    • Board of Directors, 2007–2016
    • Co-Chair, Bench/Bar Committee, 2007-2008
    • Treasurer, 2009
    • Speaker, New Lawyers Seminar, December 2007, 2010, 2014
    • Member, FBA ADR Committee, 2015–present
  • Federal Bar Association, Western District of Michigan Chapter, January 2021 – present
  • Arab American Bar Association (1977–present)
    • President, 1987–1994
    • Treasurer, 1982–1986
  • Detroit Bar Association, 1978-present
  • American Inns of Court, Master of the Bench, 2006–present
  • Federal Magistrate Judges Association, 2004–2020
  • Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, 2006–present
  • St. John Northeast Community Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
    • Member, Board of Trustees, 1998–2003
  • Saratoga Community Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
    • Member, Board of Trustees, 1986–1998
  • Leadership Detroit XVI, 1995
  • Kingswood School, Cranbrook Alumnae Assoc.
    • Member, Board of Directors, June 1992–1994
  • Family Services, Detroit and Wayne County
    • Board Member, 1988–1990
  • American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Founding Board Member, Michigan Chapter, 1980
  • Wayne County Mediation Tribunal — Case Evaluator
  • American Bar Association
  • Oakland County Bar Association
  • American Hospital Association
  • Michigan Society of Healthcare Attorneys
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
  • Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
  • Association of Defense Trial Counsel
  • Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc.
  • American Trial Lawyers Association (now American Association for Justice)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
More than 50 presentations made state-­wide regarding professional liability and related matters; included by way of example only:

  • Presenter, State Bar of Michigan, Employment Section Panel, Mediation Skills and Practices, The Reserve, Birmingham, Michigan, July 29, 2021
  • Presenter and Panel Member, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Michigan, Mediation Skills and Practices Training for Attorneys,  United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, June 9, 2021
  • Presenter, Detroit Bar Association, Quarterly Meeting, “Hemingway’s Use of Obscenity in To Have and Have Not, The 1938 Detroit Trial and Review of a Century of Obscenity Laws”, March 9, 2020
  • Panel Member, Federal Bar Association Complex Litigation Seminar, October 29, 2015
  • Panel Member, Wayne State University Law School/State Bar of Michigan Professionalism Orientation Program, Detroit Athletic Club, August 27, 2010
  • Panel Member, Seminar For the Egyptian Economic Court, Egyptian General Prosecution and the Egyptian Commercial Cassation Prosecution on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement, Organized by the USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy and the American Embassy in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, December 7–8, 2009
  • Presenter, “Handling Federal Discovery Disputes Effectively”, The Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 34th Annual Labor and Employment Law Institute, The Inn at St. John’s, Plymouth, Ml, April 2–3, 2009
  • Presenter, Seminar and Study Tour for Public Prosecutors and the Judiciary on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, United States — Middle East Partner Initiative, Memphis, Tennessee, April 21, 2008
  • Guest Lecturer, “Fifth Amendment Protections vs. Negative Inference: A Delicate Balance”, Oakland County Dental Society, May 6, 2003
  • Presentation for CME credit, “Criminal Sexual Conduct, What Your Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyer May Not Know”, Detroit Medical Center Medical Staff, Troy, Michigan, April 2003
  • Guest Lecturer, “Sex, Lies and Physician Lawsuits” — a PowerPoint Presentation on this Emerging Area of Professional Liability — South Macomb Hospital Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting, October 2002
  • Guest Lecturer, “Tort Reform in Michigan — 1986 and Now,” Arab American Medical Association Quarterly Meeting, Southfield, Michigan, 1995
  • Presentation, “Seeing Eye to Eye with the Judicial System,” Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, Michigan, July 1989
  • Guest Presenter, “The Michigan Tort Reform Act: Through A Defense Attorney’s Eyes,” Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, Michigan, July 1988
  • Speaker, Symposium of Critical Issues, Michigan Nursing Homes Industry, Detroit Area, Southfield, Michigan, October 1987
  • Presentation, “Legislative Tort Reform in Michigan,” Kresge Eye Institute, Ophthalmology Staff and House Officers, Detroit, Michigan, July 1987: compensation, immigration law, no fault automobile first and third party litigation, and the defense of professional negligence, hospital liability, product liability and personal injury cases.
  • Presentation, “Now That You’ve Been Sued, What Do You Have To Say For Yourself?” — Some Practical Advice for the Defendant Physician, St. John Hospital Medical/Surgical Physicians, Detroit, Michigan, November 1986
  • Lecturer, “Is Justice Really Blind?,” Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, July 11, 1986
  • Speaker, “Legal Implications in the Treatment of the Handicapped,” Developmental Disabilities Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan, May 23, 1986
  • Participant, Michigan Bar Journal Panel Discussion of Women and the Law, Detroit, Michigan, February 1984
  • Guest Speaker, “The Law and the Radiographer,” Regional Meeting of the Detroit Society of Radiologic Technologists, St. Mary’s Hospital, Livonia, Michigan, September 1983
  • Guest Speaker, “Consent and Informed Consent in Michigan,” Wayne State University School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, March 1983
  • Presentation, “Physicians and the Medical Malpractice Litigation Crisis,” Macomb County Medical Society, Warren, Michigan, September 1982
  • Presentation, Professional Liability and Related Matters, Continuing Nursing Education sponsored by the University of Michigan Nursing School, Ann Arbor, 1978

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

  • WOMAN OF THE YEAR, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, October 8, 2020 
  • Michigan Lawyers Weekly “Women in the Law” Honoree, August 2020
  • Excellence and Great Achievements in the Judiciary Award, The Lebanese American Heritage Club, May 11, 2012
  • American Inns of Court, Program of the Year Award, Mona K. Majzoub, Master of the Bench, April 21, 2009
  • 2008 Presidential Citation Award, awarded by the National Federal Bar Association on May 22, 2008 in recognition of ”The Bench Bar Conference Starring Clarence Darrow” and Featuring Helen Thomas as Guest Speaker, Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, April 13, 2008, Hon. Mona K. Majzoub, Event Co-Chair
  • Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce, Salute to Justice, Honored as an American Judge of Lebanese descent, January 31, 2007 and March 6, 2008
  • Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti and Sherbrook, P.C. Honored for Ground-Breaking Steps for Women in the Law

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