Credentials
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Experience
- Ms. Grand has spent the last 13 years practicing exclusively criminal defense, including the first nearly 5 1/2 years at the busiest Public Defender Office in Michigan
- Ms. Grand has represented over 3,500 individuals charged with Felonies, Misdemeanors, and Traffic Offenses in Circuit and District Courts throughout Southeast Michigan
- Ms. Grand has won hundreds of Trials, Evidentiary Hearings and Motions for her clients
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Education
- Juris Doctorate from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Cum Laude
- Bachelor of Arts from James Madison College at Michigan State University
- Completed course work with Honors St. Catherine's College at Cambridge University, Cambridge England
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Associations
- Prisons and Corrections Section of the State Bar of Michigan Section Counsel Member from 1997 to 2005
- Criminal Advocacy Program (CAP)
Board Member 2005 to present - Wayne County Criminal Defense Bar Association
Current Executive Board Member 2003-present - Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
- Young Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Michigan
- State Bar of Michigan
- Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (CDAM)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys NACDL
- Founding Member Center for Civic Education Through Law
- Macomb County Bar Association Criminal Law Section of the Macomb County Bar Association
- Proud Member DUI Defenders
- Proud Member of the National Motorists Association
- Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
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Civic Work
- Wrote Mock Trial Problem for Public Advocacy Group
- Volunteer taught Criminal Law at Detroit Central High School
- Performed mock trials to educate young people in conjunction with National Law Days
- Volunteer Judge at High School Mock Trial competition
