Sherrie L. Farrell
Member, Chief Diversity Officer
Sherrie L. Farrell serves as the firm's Chief Diversity Officer. Sherrie acts as lead counsel in various commercial matters including partnership disputes, lease disputes, breach of contract, and bankruptcy disputes.
Her previous career as an award-winning public relations and crisis communications professional has become an integral tool in counseling clients on a wide array of commercial issues. She has provided counsel on litigation risk management, discovery management, real estate project management for real estate interests and public policy and litigation issues involving local governments. Sherrie approaches each client matter as a partner working with the client to advance a solution or business objective.
Sherrie has significant experience serving as a National Coordinating Counsel. She serves as National Discovery Counsel for a Fortune 25 manufacturer in asbestos and other toxic tort litigation. Sherrie also had the primary responsibility to develop and defend Fortune 25 corporate fact and expert witnesses in national tort litigation. She also has represented manufacturers, closely-held corporations, auto suppliers and construction companies in both litigated and non-litigated commercial matters.
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- Detroit College of Law, J.D., cum laude
- Wayne State University, B.A.
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Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 1997
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Named to Savoy Magazine's Most Influential Black Lawyers list, 2015, 2018, 2022, and 2024
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Named to Lawyers of Color's Inaugural Nation's Best List, 2019
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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC., 2013-Present
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Recipient of the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association Trailblazer Award, 2016
- Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® for Business Litigation, Business/Corporate Law, and Bankruptcy, 2014-2018
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Named a Michigan Chronicle Women of Excellence Honoree, 2015
- Named a Top Lawyer by dbusiness Magazine for Commercial Litigation, 2015
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Wolverine Bar Association President's Award for promotion of diversity in the legal profession, 2012
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Robert Millender Visionary Award, Michigan State College of Law, Black Law Students' Association, 2011
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Honorary Alumni of the Year, Wayne State University School of Law, 2005
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Regional Winner, Top Oralist, National Association of Trial Lawyers, National Oral Advocacy Competition, 1995
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- American Bar Association
- Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- National Bar Association
- Wolverine Bar Association, President, 2008-2009
- Women's Lawyers Association of Michigan, President, 2000-2001
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State Bar of Michigan Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, 2010-present
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African American Partners Collaborative, Co-Chair
- Gift of Life-Michigan Governing Board, Board Member, 2011-present
- Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc., Board of Directors, Member, 2010
- Advisory Board of Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) of Detroit, Member
- Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Detroit, Class XVIII, Member
- Wayne State University, Board of Visitors, Member
- University of Detroit Mercy Law School, Inns of American Court, Barrister
- Black Family Development, Inc., Board Member
- Just the Beginning Foundation, Mentor, Legal Profession Diversity Pipeline Program
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