Overview
Ahmad Murrar is a litigation associate with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice.
Ahmad gained experience as a summer associate at Foley, where he worked in the Litigation Department drafting briefs, complaints, and memoranda on business, corporate, and tort law. While in law school, Ahmad worked at the White House under the Obama administration as an intern in the office of Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement where he engaged with state legislators across the nation to implement policy agenda items at a state level including: non-compete agreement reform, criminal justice reform, minimum wage, and immigration reform. Additionally, Ahmad Worked directly with the White House liaison to the Muslim community to strengthen collaboration between Muslim Civil Rights Organizations and the White House. Ahmad also served as the senior current developments editor for the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal while in law school.
Ahmad’s other work history includes working in the West Bank at the International Legal Foundation, the United States House of Representatives, the Milwaukee Mayor’s Office, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, the Office of the Minneapolis City Attorney, Muslim Advocates, the Milwaukee Justice Center, and as a judicial extern at the D.C. Superior Court.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Juris Doctor, May 2018, Cum Laude
- Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, B.A., Cum Laude, May 2015
- King’s College London, UK., May 2014
Recognition
- Featured in Urban Milwaukee as the “Newaukeean of the Week”, December 31, 2018
- “Ahmad Murrar: Milwaukee’s special sense of community and hope for its more equitable future” Wisconsin Muslim Journal, January 18, 2019
Community Engagement
- Milwaukee Global Shapers
- 2019 Fellow, Milwaukee New Leaders Council
- Milwaukee Urban League of Young Professionals
- 2018 Fellow, American Muslim Civil Leadership Institute
- 2015 and 2016 Minneapolis Urban Scholar
Admissions
Ahmad is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.