Marian Faupel

Marian Faupel is a Michigan lawyer at Marian Faupel, Attorney at Law, with more than 40 years of courtroom experience in family law and complex civil disputes. Her practice includes family law, appeals, adoptions, general litigation, real estate, and construction law. She has handled cases in numerous Michigan counties and has appeared in federal court. Her work has included constitutional issues, custody disputes, commercial litigation, and matters involving property rights.

Marian earned an A.B. in English from the University of Michigan. Her undergraduate studies included minors in Latin and Psychology. She later received her J.D. from Wayne State University Law School. During law school, she served as a senior editor of the Wayne Law Review, where numerous articles written by her were published.

Marian worked with Detroit-area law firms before establishing her own practice in 1990. She represented the birth parents in the nationally known “Baby Jessica” custody case, which reached the United States Supreme Court. She later taught Family Law as an adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School for 16 years. Her litigation experience extends to family, constitutional, real estate, construction, commercial, and appellate matters.

Marian Faupel continues to practice in Michigan with a focus on litigation and family-related disputes. She is admitted in Michigan, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the United States Supreme Court. Her professional recognition includes the Michiganian of the Year Award and the Richard J. Barber Wayne Law Review Alumni Achievement Award. Her background combines courtroom advocacy, legal scholarship, teaching, and decades of litigation experience.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Marian Faupel, Attorney at Law
• Member, State Bar of Michigan

Licensed State

• Michigan

Education

• Wayne State University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Michigan
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)