Jenna Wright Greenman is an experienced litigator and trial attorney, and a Principal of the Kitch Firm, sharing a leadership role and serving as the Detroit office’s contact in birth trauma and medical malpractice defense practice. She has successfully defended and tried to verdict, as lead counsel, professional liability claims against hospitals and medical care providers against claims of professional negligence, often involving catastrophic brain damage cases, neurology, neurosurgery, and all types of malpractice claims. In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Wright Greenman is engaged by numerous insurance carriers and institutions as an educator, including the Detroit Medical Center and other organizations, developing plans for better patient care and safety and medical legal issues. She has been invited to give hundreds of lectures and presentations in the field of obstetrics, pediatrics, neurology and brain injury, physician practice guidelines, electronic medical records, legal issues, and other topics. She was invited to serve as Co-Chair of the American Conference Institute on Traumatic Brain Injury Conference in 2012 and 2013, as well as present on birth injury and brain injury issues. The ACI conducts national conferences for leaders in the industries of medical malpractice.

Ms. Wright Greenman enjoys the privilege of being nominated and selected as a member of the prestigious Federation of Defense and Corporation Counsel (FDCC), an international organization with less than 1200 attorney members, all of whom have demonstrated their leadership and skills in the legal community. Election to the FDCC is by the Board of Directors upon recommendation by the Admissions Committee, charged with making an exhaustive investigation into the qualifications of the nominees to ensure that they have distinguished themselves professionally from all of their peers. Additionally, Ms. Wright Greenman serves on panels for National Trial Counsel for several different health organizations.

Ms. Wright Greenman is an active member of numerous organizations in her profession, including the State Bar of Michigan, Negligence and Litigation Sections. She is also the current President of the Michigan Society for Healthcare Risk Management, and a frequent presenter as a long standing member of the Education committee. She is a member of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Oakland County Bar Association, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, and serves as an evaluator for the Wayne County Mediation Tribunal. She was also an invited panel member for the DMBA Judicial Candidate Election Committee in 2016.

In 2016, Ms. Wright Greenman was honored by Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly by being selected as one of its “Women in the Law,” an award given annually to salute high achieving female lawyers in Michigan and their accomplishments.

In 2009, she was asked to co-author and publish a book chapter on Forensic Neuropsychological Assessment of the pediatric patient in Clinical Psychology.

Ms. Wright Greenman is also very active in the community, organizing and putting on a 5k/10k race series for charity every year on Belle Isle, and is the President of the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit. Ms. Wright Greenman is an active member of the United States Soccer Federation as a referee, and frequently participates in triathlons, running events, and plays competitive soccer.

Ms. Wright Greenman received her JD, cum laude, from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She also earned a BS, cum laude, with double major in Bio-mechanic Kinesiology and Psychology/Science Education from the University of Michigan. Ms. Wright Greenman has served as a teaching assistant in Criminal and Tort Law at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where she was also the screening editor of the Law Review. Ms. Wright Greenman is admitted to practice in Michigan, as well as the federal district court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Farah R. Israel is an associate principal in the Kitch firm’s Detroit office. She focuses her practice on medical malpractice defense of all specialties as well as provider licensing defense. She has successfully participated in medical malpractice trials covering multiple areas of medical specialties. Farah Israel is a junior board member at the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit, and is a member of the Negligence Law Section. Additionally, she has prior experience in No-Fault law (both first and third party litigation).

Ms. Israel received her JD from Thomas M. Cooley Law School where she served as Mock Trial Board President and Arab and Chaldean Law Student Association President. Ms. Israel also competed in her law school Moot Court Competition, where she was declared one of the top oral advocates. In her last year of law school, Ms. Israel was voted by her peers and received a certificate for “Best Senior in Service” and “Best Senior Litigator” for her involvement with Mock Trial Board. Ms. Israel continues to visit her law school to judge law students in Mock Trial and Moot Court competitions.

Ms. Israel holds a BA in Psychology from Wayne State University where she graduated within two and half years at the age of 20.

In addition to English as her second language, Ms. Israel is fluent in Arabic and Aramaic (Chaldean).

Ms. Israel is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and is licensed to practice law in Michigan and is admitted to the United States District Court of Eastern Michigan.