Fadwa Hammoud

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]

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]

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