The Michigan Solicitor General or Solicitor General of Michigan is the top

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lawyer for the

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. It is an appointed position in the Office of the

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, with supervision over all of the office's major appellate cases and amici briefs. The majority of the matters that the Solicitor General handles are argued in the

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and the

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, although the Solicitor General is also responsible for Michigan's filings in the

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for the Sixth Circuit, Michigan's appellate courts, and other federal and state appellate courts. On January 15, 2019, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel named Fadwa A. Hammoud Michigan Solicitor General.

Creation

The office of Michigan Solicitor General was created in 1939 and is modeled after the

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. The position is codified in Michigan Compiled Laws Section 14.28.

List of Solicitors

The current Michigan Solicitor General is Fadwa A. Hammoud.

References

External links

Michigan Attorney General (official site)
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