Debra A. Freid
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Debra A. Freid
Sinas Dramis Law FirmTotal Records: 1Biography
Debra A. Freid is a lawyer with practice area includes Personal Injury; Police Misconduct; Employment Retaliation and Discrimination; Sexual Harassment and Gender Identity; Family Medical Leave Act and Disability Discrimination; Civil Rights; Whistleblower’s Protection Wrongful Discharge/Severance/Non-Compete Agreement in Lansing, Michigan.
Bar Admission
Michigan, 1981
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1981
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2009
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, pro hac vice, 2009
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, pro hac vice, 2018
Other Affiliations
American College of Trial Lawyers, October 2021 to Present
Michigan Association for Justice, Past-President (2019)
current member of Executive Committee
Michigan Association for Justice, 1988 to present (Executive Board member and Verdicts & Settlements Editor)
American Board of Trial Advocates, Officer since 2020
(currently Membership Chair)
Associate Member since 1/2015
American Association for Justice, Member, December, 1996 to present
National Employment Lawyers Association, Member, June, 2014 to present
Michigan Bar Association, Member, November,1981 to present
State Bar Labor & Employment Law Section, Member
Saginaw County Bar Association, Member
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Member
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (Executive Committee Member)
American Board of Trial Attorneys (Associate, 2015- Present)
American Board of Trial Attorneys (Officer, 2020-Present)
American Board of Trial Attorneys Associate (Secretary, 2021 – Present)
State Bar of Michigan (Judicial Qualifications Committee, 2019 – Present)
State Bar of Michigan (Judicial Qualifications Committee Co-Chair, 2021 – Present)
State Bar of Michigan (Negligence Council, 2019 – Present)
State Bar of Michigan, Labor & Employment Section
State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Section
Public Justice
Saginaw County Bar Association
Federal Judicial Advisory Committee Member, 2017 – Present
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, Local Rules Committee, 2010 -2015 (Member)
Education
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Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: With high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa
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Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: cum laude
Honers
- Recipient of the State Bar Negligence Section-Earl Cline/Sherwin Schrier Award - May 2022
- Recipient of the MAJ Champion of Justice Award - May, 2022, - 2022
- AV Rated - Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell* 5 out of 5
- Avvo Rating - Superb 10 out of 10
- Super Lawyer- by invitation-yearly since 2019
- Inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers - by invitation- October 2021
- Associate Member of American Board of Trial Attorneys - by invitation-January 2015
- Recognized in Leading Lawyers, Michigan - June 2017
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers of America
- Michigan Women in the Law Recognition Award - 2017
- Award of Excellence – Michigan Association of Justice, Women’s Caucus, 2019
- Jean King Leadership Award Recipient - Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, 2019
- U.S. District Court, Eastern Division, Local Rules Committee, 7/2010 to 7/2015
- Top 100 Lawyers, 2015- Present
- Women in the Law Honoree, Lawyers’ Weekly, 2017
- Leading Lawyers, Inaugural Edition of Michigan, 2017
- WLAM Jean King Award Winner, 2019