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Winner of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association “Champion of Justice” Award and named Public Interest Trial Lawyer of the Year, Bill Goodman is a graduate of the University of Chicago, with both a Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees

Bill practices civil rights law with Goodman & Hurwitz P.C., representing families and individuals who have been the victims of police and other governmental misconduct. He has handled dozens of cases against various governments, including the United States, cities, states and counties He also recently represented the Detroit City Council, as Special Counsel, in its historic struggle to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick..

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A respected trial attorney, law professor and author, Julie Hurwitz is President and Partner at Goodman Hurwitz & James, P.C.

Julie received her undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley (with honors) before attending the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a member of the student senate and participated in the NLG Unemployment Compensation Clinic.

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Kathryn Bruner James received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Albion College in 2002 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) School of Law in 2007. She received awards for her work with the UDM chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and for receiving the highest grade in her Civil Rights Litigation class. While in law school, Kathryn worked as a law clerk for: the State Appellate Defenders Office; Pitt, McGehee, Mirer, Palmer & Rivers, P.C. (now Pitt, McGehee, Palmer & Rivers); and Julie H. Hurwitz, P.C.