Overview
Jewel Haji is an attorney in the litigation department who concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation matters. She has experience litigating contract disputes, shareholder disputes, injunction proceedings, disputes involving noncompetition and nonsolicitation obligations, disputes arising out of private equity transactions, and products liability actions. She has experience in state and federal courts in Michigan and throughout the country, including in Delaware, New York, Florida, Texas, and Illinois.
Jewel represents a variety of companies in a broad range of industries, including automotive suppliers, strategic and financial advisory firms, and consumer products manufacturers. Her practice also includes drafting significant motions, including dispositive motions and managing complex electronic discovery projects. In addition to her client work, Jewel serves on the firm’s Attorney Development Committee and Diversity & Inclusion Workgroup.
Services
Experience
Representative Matters
- Served as a Student Attorney at the Federal Pro Se Clinic during its inaugural semester in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- Served as an intern for the Honorable Terrence G. Berg in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Credentials
Education
- magna cum laude
- Detroit Mercy Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
- Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society
- Teaching Assistant for Torts, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Applied Legal Theory & Analysis
- Women’s Law Caucus, Wayne Region Liaison
- Legal Studies, Political Science
- Law Society, Executive Vice President
Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Recognition
Professional & Community Involvement
- State Bar of Michigan
- Litigation Section
- Young Lawyers Section, Diversity Committee
- Detroit Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
- Board of Directors, Director at Large, 2022-2024
- Detroit Mercy Law Alumni Board
- Chair of the Mentoring & Student Relations Committee
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- New Lawyer Advisory Board, 2022-2024