Biography

PATRICIA ANNETTE STREETER
Attorney at Law
Email: pas@patstreeter.com

Licensing and Court Admissions

State Courts: State of Michigan (1979) and State of Illinois (1998)

U.S. District Courts: United States District Courts for the Eastern (1979) and Western Districts (1985) of Michigan and the Northern (1997) and Central (1998) District of Illinois, including the Trial Bar in the Northern District of Illinois (1997).

U.S. Appellate Courts: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1979) and for the Seventh Circuit (1997)

U.S. Supreme Court (2003)

Education and Training
Certificate, General Civil Case Mediator Training, April 2000, from the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education (40-hour training program)
LL.M. International Business and Trade Law, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago (Jan. 2000)
Juris Doctor, Detroit College of Law, 1979 (Regional Competitor, National Moot Court Competition; Clerk-Internship, United States Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives)
Bachelor of Science, Art Education, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1973
Diploma, Cass Technical High School, Detroit, 1969

Professional Experience
Sole practitioner since July 1979, maintaining a general practice that includes diverse practice areas, from civil rights prosecution and federal criminal defense to business contract and litigation issues.   Included in this practice are services as a neutral case evaluator for the Third Judicial Circuit Court in the State of Michigan (Wayne County), and as a hearing referee for the Michigan Civil Rights Commission.  Currently an adjunct professor at the Vytautas Magnus University Law School in Kaunas, Lithuania, teaching Private Law of the Sea (Admiralty and Maritime Law).

Presentations and Papers

"Arbitration in Lithuanian Commercial Agreements:  Establishment and Development", Vytautas Magnus University Law Review, Number 4, September 2000

"The 1999 Lithuanian Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers:  Areas for Improvement Consistent with European Union Standards." presentation March 6, 2000 to the ten-member Joint Commission of members of the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament) and the Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. (LAC), reported in the Vytautas Magnus University Law Review, Number 4, September 2000

"Incarceration of the Mentally Ill: Treatment or Warehousing?," Michigan Bar Journal, February, 1998

October 31, 1997 - Panelist, Prison Litigation Under the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act), National Prison Project, Washington, D.C.

August 15, 1994 - Paper and Lecture, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, "Developing a Theory of Your Case"

October 14, 1994 - Paper and Lecture, Wayne County Criminal Advocacy Program "Some Thoughts On Cross-Examination of Informants and Police Witnesses" 

Courses Taught

"Private Law of the Sea" (Admiralty and Maritime Law), Vytautas Magnus University Law School, Kaunas, Lithuania, Fall Semesters, 2000, 2001, 2002

"US Criminal Procedure," Vytautas Magnus University Law School, Kaunas, Lithuania, Fall Semester, 1999

Awards

1995   Joann Watson Civil Rights Award, National Lawyers Guild - Detroit Chapter

1988 for work in the pro-choice campaign of 1987-1988, by the Wayne County Region, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan,

1988 Sara Kilgore Award, for significant  contributions to women and the law.     Women Lawyers Association of Michigan,  

Bar Memberships

American Bar Association, International Section
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan, International Section
Lithuanian American Bar Association (President)
Federal Bar Association, Detroit
National Lawyers Guild

                                                                                                         Rev. December 12, 2003