Fadwa Hammoud

Fadwa Alawieh Hammoud is a Lebanese-born American attorney and former government official. She is a former chief deputy Attorney General of Michigan, and previously served as solicitor general of Michigan. Hammoud had been elected as a member of the Dearborn Board of Education in 2016.

As state solicitor general, she was responsible for overseeing the investigation into the Flint water crisis. In 2018, Hammoud was a member of the Harvard Business School's Young American Leaders Program.

In January 2019, Hammoud was appointed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel as Solicitor General of Michigan. On February 18, 2019, Hammoud took the oath of office and was sworn in. On April 16, 2019, Hammoud fired Todd Flood, a special prosecutor appointed by the previous administration's attorney general, claiming he failed to "fully and properly" pursue potentially important evidence in the water crisis criminal cases. Hammoud served as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education and the Henry Ford College Board.

Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder appointed Hammoud to the Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs. She also served on the Legislative Committee for the Hispanic/Latino, Asian Pacific American and Middle Eastern American Affairs Commissions. She left the position in 2024 to become managing director of law firm Miller Johnson's Detroit office.

In 2025, she endorsed Abdul El-Sayed's candidacy for the United States Senate in the 2026 election.

Notable cases

In October 2021, Hammoud became the first Muslim Arab American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case in question was Brown v. Davenport.

Personal life Hammoud is Muslim. She is the first Muslim solicitor general in the United States. Hammoud grew up with one brother, and is married to prosecutor Ali Hammoud, with whom she has 2 children.