Amanda Ghannam

Amanda M. Ghannam is a trial attorney representing workers in employment disputes, whistleblowers, survivors of sexual abuse, and victims of police misconduct in negotiations and lawsuits in state and federal court. Amanda specializes in advocacy for clients experiencing discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace. She has secured numerous settlements for clients who were wrongfully terminated and has a record of success defending employees accused of breaching non-competition agreements. Amanda has years of experience representing victims and survivors of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment. Amanda approaches her cases with a combination of expertise, compassion, and fierce advocacy to help her clients obtain not just compensation, but accountability and closure. Amanda also specializes in First Amendment free speech rights. Amanda earned her Juris Doctor with a specialization in Labor, Work, and Income from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. Amanda then spent five years at Michigan employment and civil rights firms before becoming a founding partner of Schulz Ghannam PLLC. Amanda received the Detroit Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award in 2022 and the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan - Wayne’s Honorable Kirsten Frank Kelly Award in 2024. She was named to Thomson Reuters SuperLawyer’s “Rising Stars” list in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Amanda is a member of the Detroit Bar Association, the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, the Michigan Association for Justice, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Legal Network for Gender Equity, and the National Arab-American Bar Association - MI Chapter. She is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the Federal District Courts for the Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan, Northern District of Ohio, Northern District of Indiana, and Central District of Illinois.