Khalilah V. Spencer is a Partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in Detroit. She has extensive experience in a wide variety of complex commercial and employment litigation matters in federal and state courts and arbitration. While focused on representing public and private companies in a wide variety of industries including automotive, financial services, telecommunications, logistics and real estate, Khalilah has significant pro bono experience in civil rights advocacy involving public education, voting rights and election protection.
Khalilah also holds leadership positions in several organizations benefiting the metropolitan Detroit community. She currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the NAACP's Detroit Branch and as a member of the Board of Directors for Gilda's Club of Metro Detroit since 2004.
Khalilah has made presentations and published materials for ICLE, Lorman Educational Services, the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Advancement Project.
Currently, she is admitted to practice in Michigan, the U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Michigan and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
She received her J.D. in December of 2001 from the University of Michigan Law School and her B.A. in Political Science in 1999 from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.