Washtenaw County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
Ann Arbor,
Michigan
Eli Savit serves as the elected prosecuting attorney for the county, with a four-year term that began on January 1, 2021. He formerly served as a law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was a civil-rights and public-interest lawyer, and started his career as a public-school teacher. Mr. Savit recently served as the City of Detroit’s senior legal counsel, where he led criminal-justice reform work. He is a nationally recognized lawyer who has led public-interest lawsuits against banks, the opioid industry, and corporate polluters. He continues to teach at the University of Michigan, where he attended law school, as a lecturer. After law school, Mr. Savit worked for two federal judges, then as an appellate and Supreme Court lawyer. At the City of Detroit, he spearheaded the city’s efforts to make it easier for people to expunge criminal records. He served as the city’s liaison to Michigan’s statewide task force on jail and pretrial incarceration. He also led a team of lawyers, statisticians, and trauma-informed professionals to craft city and state policies that will reduce the prison population and promote rehabilitation and workforce-development for returning citizens. In private practice, Mr. Savit dedicated significant time to pro bono matters—representing children with disabilities, victims of consumer fraud, and asylum applicants fleeing domestic violence and spousal abuse. His work has been published in “The New York Times,” “Wall Street Journal,” “Detroit News,” “Detroit Free Press,” “Slate,” “The Hill,” and MLive.com.
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