Practice Areas
Education
Michigan State University, B.A.
Northwood University, AA
Ida R. Farhat, ACP
Ida Farhat is a member of the firm's Business & Corporate Practice Group. Because of her wide range of experience she is often recruited by attorneys in other practice groups for projects. She routinely handles matters in the areas of business entity selection, organization, planning, licensing, transactions, and governance, food, hospitality and alcohol industry services and franchise, trademarks and service marks, real estate, professional licensing hearings, freedom of information, health care, HIPAA compliance, commercial, construction, general litigation, medical malpractice defense and most recently immigration.
Ida enjoys the diversity of her work and is constantly looking for innovative strategies to apply to the situation at hand. She is known to have a great network of resources (both people and technology) to call upon when researching difficult or particularly unique questions.
Continually striving for excellence, Ida has been recognized by her peers and holds leadership roles with the National Association of Legal Assistants on the Certifying Board, and the State Bar of Michigan Paralegal/Legal Assistant section.
Highlights & Recognitions
National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA)
- Certifying Board Member 2009 to Present
- Leadership Enhancement and Preparation Initiative (LEAP). LEAP focuses on leadership and learning coordinated by NALA’s Professional Development Committee (PDC) designed to explore the various facets of leadership and prepare volunteers for NALA leadership roles. (Inaugural Class)
- Certified Advanced Certified Paralegal ®(ACP), Contracts Administration and Contracts Management
- Certified Paralegal® (CP)
Legal Professional of the Year Award, NALS of Michigan
Legal Professional of the Year Award, NALS of Lansing
Memberships & Affiliations
- National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. (NALA)
- Nominations and Elections, Chair
- Charter Member - State Bar of Michigan
- Paralegal/Legal Assistant Section, former Council Member, former Chair Strategic Planning, Membership
- Assisted with development of Section Membership application criteria
- Business and Corporate Section, Member
- Taxation Section, Member
- Coordinated Administrative Law and Environmental Law Councils with each Council’s seminars and special events held in connection with educational seminars and annual meetings sponsored by the Sections - Ingham County Bar Association
