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Here is an overview of Ms. Streeter’s credentials and experience:
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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
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Law, University of Leicester, UK
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)
Trained General Civil Case Mediator (April 2000)
Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University, Art Education, Detroit, 1973
Diploma, Cass Technical High School (Commercial Art), 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 her experience are services as a neutral case evaluator for the Third Judicial Circuit Court in the State of Michigan (Wayne County), a hearing referee for the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, and as 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
Presentation, “Professional Ethics in the Context of Human Rights,” 2008 Human Rights Law Summer Study Program, Vlilnius, Lithuania, July 26, 2008.
Panelist, “Cognitive Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System”, State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting, addressing the prevalence and impact of mental illness and cognitive disabilities on prisoners’ ability to cope with prison life, September 22, 2005.
Panelist, “Proving Your Case”, Pro Bono Training Seminar, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, November 16, 2005.
Paper and Presentation “Basics for Advising On Electronic Commerce”, an overview of current Internet usage Worldwide and in Lithuania, sales on the Internet and advising businesses going onto the Internet, International Conference: “The Business Environment: What Can The Law Do?” at the Law University of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 25, 2003.
Panelist, “Incarcerating the Mentally Ill”, Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Safety, Lansing, Michigan, October 30, 2000.
Article, “Arbitration in Lithuanian Commercial Agreements: Establishment and Development”, VytautasMagnusUniversity Law Review, Number 4, September 2000.
Article and Presentation, “The 1999 Lithuanian Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers: Areas for Improvement Consistent with European Union Standards” presented March 6, 2000 to the ten-member Joint Commission of members of the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament) and the Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. (LAC), published in the Vytautas Magnus University Law Review, Teises Apzvalga, Number 4, September 2000.
Article, "Incarceration of the Mentally Ill: Treatment or Warehousing?," Michigan Bar Journal, February, 1998.
Panelist, “Prison Litigation Under the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act)”, addressing the Michigan experience, National Prison Project, Washington, D.C. October 31, 1997
Paper and panelist, "Developing a Theory of Your Case," Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, August 15, 1994.
Paper and panelist, "Some Thoughts On Cross-Examination of Informants and Police Witnesses", Wayne County Criminal Advocacy Program, October 14, 1994.
COURSES TAUGHT
“International Private Law of the Sea” (Commercial Maritime Law), Vytautas Magnus University School of Law, Kaunas, Lithuania (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
“US Criminal Procedure,” Vytautas Magnus University Law School, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1999
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Founder and Executive Director of Bring Human Rights Home (BHRH), a Michigan not-for-profit organization, founded to promote the study of human rights and strengthen the rule of law. BHRH is a co-sponsor of the International Human Rights Law Summer Study program conducted each summer in Vilnius, Lithuania. The program is co-sponsored by BHRH along with Elon Center for Public Affairs, Elon University, North Carolina, and Lithuanian partners in Vilnius, the Mykolas Romeris University, the European Humanities University (the Belarusian University in Exile), and the Human Rights Monitoring Institute. Ms. Streeter is the onsite administrator of the program with Dr. Betty Morgan of Elon University as the onsite academic administrator. Details about that program are at www.bringhumanrightshome.org.
AWARDS
2008 Trial Lawyer of the Year, with the plaintiffs’ attorney team in Neal v Michigan Department of Corrections, for outstanding contribution to the public interest through work in Neal, by the Public Justice, America’s Pubic Interest Law Firm.
1995 Joann Watson Civil Rights Award, National Lawyers Guild - Detroit Chapter
1988 Wayne County Region, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, for work on reproductive rights, 1987-1988
1988 Sara Kilgore Award, for significant contributions to women and the law. Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
BAR AND PUBLIC SERVICE MEMBERSHIPS
Chicago Bar Association
Lithuanian-American Bar Association, Inc. (President)
State Bar of Michigan, Prisons and Corrections (Section Council member since 2004, Chair 2009-2011)
Advisory Board, Michigan Partners in Crisis, the mental health illness/justice coalition (Vice-Chair)
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