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Lena Masri, Esq. – National Litigation and Civil Rights Director, General Counsel

Lena Masri, Esq. - National Litigation and Civil Rights Director, General Counsel

Lena F. Masri, Esq. is the National Litigation Director and General Counsel at CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. She focuses her practice in the area of high-impact and strategic civil rights litigation. She is the former Legal Director of CAIR-MI. She is licensed to practice law in Michigan, New York, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.  She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Indiana University – Indianapolis, School of Law, where she focused her studies in International & Comparative Law and International Human Rights Law.

In 2014, she was awarded the RARE Everyday Hero Award by Winning Futures for her “extraordinary commitment, integrity, selflessness and courage to changing lives and inspiring others.” She was honored by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 2013 and 2014 for her pro bono work on behalf of poor and indigent clients. She has also been recognized by several community organizations her civil rights and humanitarian work and empowering the youth. She has lectured across the United States on issues related to human rights, civil rights, and Islam.  She was featured in several documentaries and on major media outlets including CNN, HBO, FOX, CBS, Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, WWJ Radio, Huffington Post, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News and HuffPost Live.

Bar Admissions

  • Washington, D.C. (2011)
  • New York (2011)
  • Michigan (2009)

Court Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court (2015)
  • Michigan Supreme Court (2009)
  • District of Columbia, Court of Appeals (2011)
  • New York Court of Appeals (2011)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (2017)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit (2010)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (2017)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit (2018)
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (2010)
  • United States District Court, Western District of Michigan (2012)
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia (2014)
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2016)
  • United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (2017)
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2017)
  • United States District Court for the District of Maryland (2017)

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