Jehan Grashara Crump-Gibson

One of the most important things that Detroit-area attorney Jehan Crump-Gibson has learned is that she is walking the path that so many others have paved for her. With that notion, serving others has always been one of her fundamental aims. Albert Einstein once said that “only a life lived for others is the life worthwhile.” It is with this principle that she seeks to empower others and serve the community. Her work is her ministry.

Jehan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Great Lakes Legal Group PLLC, where she concentrates her practice in probate and estate planning, business, commercial and real estate matters. Great Lakes Legal Group is a growing black-owned law firm serving clients throughout the state of Michigan and in federal courts across the country. Prior to joining Great Lakes, Jehan served as Managing Member of C&G Solutions PLC (dba C&G Law). Founded in 2009, C&G operated as a specialized firm providing legal and consulting services.

Jehan has successfully represented clients through judgment in a variety of civil matters. She has also assisted a multitude of entities- both for-profit and nonprofit- with employment, contractual, compliance and operational issues, as well as performed legal and policy analysis on local municipal matters; including zoning approvals, government-sponsored tax incentives programs and contracts. Jehan regularly works with families on the preparation of important estate planning documents and legal issues concerning estate administration. She has served as Faculty for the National Business Institute and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education concerning business, nonprofit, probate and estate planning matters. Jehan is a legal analyst with Fox2 Detroit’s The Noon, a speaker and published author. She has also been featured in Forbes, Essence, Black Enterprise and Yahoo Finance.

Jehan served as President for the Wolverine Bar Association (WBA) and Wolverine Bar Foundation (WBF) during the 2016-17 Bar Year. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Michigan, Board Member for the Belle Isle Conservancy, Member of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education Probate and Estate Planning Advisory Board, Member of the Michigan State Bar Foundation (MSBF) Project Grant Committee and a Member of the State Bar of Michigan Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. She is a Hearing Panelist for the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board, a member of The Renaissance (MI) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Detroit Alumnae Chapter (formerly initiated at Epsilon Epsilon Chapter at Michigan State University). Formerly, she chaired the Board of Directors for CitizenDetroit Action Group, the Special Events Committee for the Wayne State Law Alumni Association Board of Directors, served as Secretary of the Rising Achievers Advisory Board for Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan and mentored with Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program (WOT).

After earning dual bachelor degrees in Political Science and English from Michigan State University, Jehan obtained her Juris Doctorate from Wayne State University Law School. Strongly committed to ethics and professionalism in practice, Jehan has been recognized eight times by the Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star. She has received several Martindale Hubbell ® Client Distinction Award and Martindale Hubbell ® Client Champion Awards. She was also recognized as one of Michigan Chronicle’s ’40 under 40’ and as a Woman of Excellence. In 2017, she was appointed by United States Senator Gary Peters to serve on the Michigan Eastern District Judicial Nominations Advisory Committee, formed to assist in making recommendations to the President to fill vacancies on the federal bench. In 2022, she was selected to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Class of Leaders in the Law. Jehan is admitted to practice law in Michigan and before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.