{"id":1977,"date":"2019-01-19T21:38:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T18:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2019-01-19T21:38:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T18:38:05","slug":"dearborns-fadwa-hammoud-appointed-as-michigans-solicitor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/dearborns-fadwa-hammoud-appointed-as-michigans-solicitor-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn\u2019s Fadwa Hammoud appointed as Michigan\u2019s solicitor general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne County assistant prosecutor and Dearborn School Board trustee Fadwa Hammoud became the first Arab American, Muslim solicitor general in the United States after being appointed by Attorney General Dana Nessel this month.<br \/>\nAmong her responsibilities as solicitor general, Hammoud will oversee major criminal cases including the Flint water crisis.<br \/>\nThe Solicitor General is appointed to argue cases on behalf of the state in the federal court system, and is also responsible for filing cases to the Court of Appeals.<br \/>\nWorking directly below the attorney general, the Solicitor General plays an important role in representing the needs of the state specifically, receiving direction Nessel and other elected officials.<br \/>\nHammoud replaces Aaron Lindstrom who was appointed by former Attorney General Bill Schuette.<br \/>\nAt the Wayne County Prosecutor\u2019s office Hammoud was a lead attorney and she established the Business Protection Unit. She also prosecuted criminal enterprise, homicide, financial crime and identity theft.<br \/>\nShe was first appointed to fill a vacancy on the Dearborn Board of Education in 2015 before winning a seat on the board in the 2016 elections.<br \/>\nCommunity members poured congratulatory messages to Hammoud after her election.<br \/>\n\u201cBeyond proud of my friend and big sister Fadwa Hammoud for being a compassionate prosecutor, an amazing mom, and Michigan\u2019s newest Solicitor General! You\u2019re an inspiration to little girls everywhere, and all of us grown-ups too,\u201d community activist Adham Kassem wrote on Facebook.<br \/>\n\u201cMichigan is lucky to have you. Glass ceiling: Shattered.\u201d<br \/>\nNessel, a progressive attorney, who won the election in November, had vowed to assemble a diverse staff.<br \/>\n\u201cI am proud of the seasoned veterans who have chosen to return to state government \u2013 and to those who have already committed their careers to public service,\u201d Nessel said in a statement after announcing her executive team.<br \/>\n\u201cToday\u2019s appointments show a diverse cross-section of Michigan. I am proud of the team we have built to advocate for and protect all Michiganders. Together we will bring the Department of the Attorney General back to the people of our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wayne County assistant prosecutor and Dearborn School Board trustee Fadwa Hammoud became the first Arab American, Muslim solicitor general in the United States after being appointed by Attorney General Dana Nessel this month. Among her responsibilities as solicitor general, Hammoud will oversee major criminal cases including the Flint water crisis. The Solicitor General is appointed [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1979,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977\/revisions\/1979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}