Pamela R. Harwood
Pamela R. Harwood, PLLC - Of Counsel to HCFF
Admitted to Practice in 1976
FORMER JUDICIAL POSITIONS
Judge, Third Judicial Circuit Court, Wayne County, Michigan, 1989 - July, 2004
Chief Judge Pro Tempore, 2002 - 2003
Judge, Thirty-Sixth District Court, Detroit, Michigan, 1985-1989
Areas of Practice
• Providing alternative dispute resolution services, including mediation, facilitation, arbitration and case evaluation;
• National Dow Litigation Mediator
• Special Master services at the request of counsel or the court;
• Consultant, Caseflow Management to courts and judges;
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, B.A., 1969
Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1976
OF SPECIAL NOTE
Commissioner, Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, 2001 - 2003
Elected by State Bar membership
President, Wayne County Mediation Tribunal Association, 2002-2003
Rated “Outstanding” by Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, 1996, 2002
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
National Judicial College
Faculty, 1998 - present
Michigan State Bar Association, Fellow
State Bar of Michigan
Academy of Court, Appointed Masters
Founding Member, 2004 - present
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