Pamela R. Harwood

   Of Counsel to HCFF

 

   Pamela R. Harwood, P.L.L.C.
   901 Wilshire Drive, Suite 400
   Troy, MI 48084
   phone: (248) 247-3328
   e-mail:pamelaharwood@earthlink.net

 

SERVICES

Providing Alternative dispute resolution and special master services and case processing expertise to courts, judges and attorneys.

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, B.A., 1969
Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1976

FORMER POSITIONS

Judge, Third Judicial Circuit Court, Wayne County, Michigan, 1989-July, 2004;
            Chief Judge Pro Tempore, 2002 - 2003.
            Presiding, Asbestos Docket, 1989-1992.
Judge, Thirty-Sixth District Court, Detroit, Michigan, 1985-1989.
Attorney, Marston, Sachs, Kadushin, O'Hare & Waldman, P.C. (Sachs Waldman) 1982-1985.
Attorney, City of Detroit Law Department, 1980-1982.
Attorney, Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit, 1978-1980.
Attorney, Nelson S. Chase, P.C., 1976-1978.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Faculty, National Judicial College (Caseflow Management) 1998-2008.
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
            Member, Judicial Qualifications Committee.
Founding Member, Academy of Court-Appointed Masters, 2004-present
National Dow Corning Corporation Litigation Mediator, 2007-present
Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2010
American Bar Association
            Judicial Administration Division, National Conference of State
            Trial Judges, Sections: Litigation, Science & Technology and
            Tort Trial & Insurance Practice.
National Association of Women Judges;
            Board Member, 2000-2002.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (Partial Listing)

Preeminent Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell, 2008-present.
Commissioner, Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, 2001-2003;
            Elected by the membership of the State Bar, 2000.
President, Mediation Tribunal Association, Detroit, Michigan, 2002-2003.
Rated “Outstanding” by Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Judicial election 1996, 2002.