Eli Savit

Eli Noam Savit is an American lawyer, professor, and politician serving as the prosecuting attorney of Washtenaw County, Michigan, since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Savit is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 Michigan Attorney General election. He previously served as senior legal counsel in the office of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, and as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Savit is also a lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School. His work experience includes civil rights, education law, environmental protection, state and local government, and criminal-justice reform.

Early life and education Savit was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is Jewish. He attended Kalamazoo College, and was chosen as the senior class commencement speaker. Following graduation, Savit worked as an eighth-grade social studies teacher. He then attended law school at the University of Michigan, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as the Book Review Editor on the Michigan Law Review. He then worked as a litigator at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., before being selected to work as a law clerk on the United States Supreme Court for Justices Sandra Day O'Connor (ret.) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Following Jones Day, he accepted an appointment as senior legal counsel in the Detroit Mayor's Office. In that capacity, Savit participated in public-interest lawsuits against financial institutions and businesses, including suits against tax-delinquent corporate landlords and the opioid industry.

In April 2026, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against several Washtenaw County officials, including Savit. The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, challenged a Washtenaw County resolution that restricted federal agents from entering county-owned buildings.

Electoral history

In May 2019, Savit announced his candidacy for Washtenaw County prosecutor as a Democrat, vowing to "end the era of mass incarceration". In April 2026, he won the endorsement of the Michigan Democratic Party, later officially being nominated in August 2026.