Miller Canfield Welcomes Litigation Associate Pauline Tohme
Miller Canfield is pleased to announce that Pauline Tohme has joined the firm as an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. She is based in the firm’s Detroit office.
Tohme joins Miller Canfield from the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office, where she served as an assistant prosecuting attorney. In that role, she managed adult and juvenile criminal matters from pretrial through disposition, developing case strategy, assessing evidence, conducting legal research, negotiating with defense counsel and appearing in court.
She brings significant early-career courtroom experience, including first-chairing three bench trials and one jury trial through verdict and arguing approximately 15 evidentiary hearings involving direct examination of civilian and law enforcement witnesses.
“Pauline brings valuable courtroom experience, sound judgment and a strong foundation in litigation,” said Miller Canfield CEO Michael Palizzi. “She has taken on meaningful responsibility very early in her career, and we are pleased to welcome her to our growing litigation team in Detroit.”
Tohme previously served as a student attorney with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps’ 82nd Airborne Division, where she worked with military attorneys on civil, criminal and administrative law matters. She also represented military veterans through the University of Michigan Veterans Legal Clinic, including appearing in court, negotiating with opposing counsel and assisting with discovery.
Tohme earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she received a Dean’s Scholarship. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science, magna cum laude, from Oakland University, completing the program in three years. She is admitted to practice in Michigan.
