About Pamela Sossi

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Pamela M. Sossi, PLLC, focuses on family law, estate planning and probate, criminal defense, litigation and appeals.

State practice includes

  • Family

  • Estate Planning and Probate

  • Criminal

  • Business Litigation

  • Civil Litigation

  • Appeals


Experience

  • Pamela has obtained approximately $1.8 million in verdicts and settlements for clients

  • Pamela has conducted felony jury and bench trials in Michigan and Minnesota, including charges such as second-degree murder; attempted murder; first degree child abuse; intent to do great bodily harm; assault and battery; domestic violence; and felony firearm, etc…

  • Pamela practices federal litigation and appeals, including 1983 malicious prosecution and police brutality.

  • Pamela has given back to her community by being actively engaged in indigent defense counsel work throughout the Metropolitan Detroit area.

  • Pamela is admitted to all Michigan State Courts, including the Michigan Supreme Court; the Michigan Court of Appeals; the Michigan Circuit, District, Probate and Municipal Courts.

  • Pamela is also admitted to the U.S. District Court-Eastern District; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Member

  • National Association of Professional Women (“NAPW”), Member

  • Inns of American Federal Court, Barrister

  • Detroit Synergy, Volunteer

  • Project Clean, Volunteer

  • Special Olympics of Michigan, Volunteer


 

AWARDS

Michigan Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2016 - 2022
www.superlawyers.com

Best Child Support Lawyers in Detroit, 2022
www.expertise.com

Top 100 Attorneys, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2021
https://thenationaltriallawyers.org/

Top 10 Best Female Attorneys, American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys, 2016
www.aiocla.org

Top 10 Best Female Attorneys, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016
www.aiocla.org

Top 10 Criminal Defense Attorney Under 40, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 2016
www.national-academy.net

Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney Under 40, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016
www.naopia.com

Woman of the Year, National Association of Professional Women, 2012-2013
www.napw.com

...credible and competent...
— Detroit Free Press
...a young lawyer whose specific ideas about revenue growth, the importance of support for cities and the desperate need for criminal sentencing reform in Michigan make her a standout.”
— Detroit Free Press