Atty. Khalilah Spencer

Secretary
Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

Khalilah V. Spencer serves as Honigman LLP’s Inclusion, Equity and Social Responsibility Partner. As well as serving as an ex-officio member of the firm’s Board of Directors, she chairs the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, leads the firm’s women and minority community and recruitment outreach activities, and advises on the internal women and minority focused programs. Additionally, Khalilah is responsible for development and implementation of firm’s pro bono and social responsibility programs. 

In addition to her firm leadership roles, Khalilah continues to practice law as a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. Recognized as a Super Lawyer-Rising Star, she has significant and successful experience as a first and second chair in several jury trials and arbitrations involving a wide variety of complex commercial, environmental tort and employment matters. She primarily represents public and private companies in various industries including automotive, financial services, telecommunications, and real estate. She also has significant pro bono experience in civil rights advocacy related to public education, voting rights, and election protection. 

She has also held leadership positions in several civil rights organizations, and she currently serves as the Legal Redress Chair for the Michigan State Conference NAACP, and secretary for the Detroit Branch NAACP. She also serves on the Lawyers Committee for the ACLU of Michigan and as President of Promote the Vote, the organization responsible for the ballot initiative campaign behind Proposal 3, which was approved by Michigan voters in 2018.