About Anca I. Pop
Anca Pop practices in the areas of family law, criminal defense, civil, commercial, real estate and business litigation, and appeals.
Anca has over 19 years’ experience in litigation and appellate work and enjoys strategic problem solving for her clients. She is well-versed in all aspects of criminal and civil litigation, and adheres to the highest professional standards while assisting clients navigate through challenging times.
Anca is a former federal prosecutor. She handled complex criminal investigations and prosecutions of a wide range of federal criminal cases, working with various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Anca handled federal criminal cases at every stage—from investigation to criminal charges, grand jury practice, motion litigation, trial, sentencing, appeal and post-conviction relief petitions.
She litigated several jury trials and briefed and argued numerous federal appeals.
Anca also served, both nationally and internationally, as a Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Attorney Advisor for the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training and represented the Department of Justice as a diplomat and legal advisor at U.S. Embassies in numerous countries in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe and Central Asia.
Before serving as a federal prosecutor, Anca worked on a wide variety of complex legal issues involving civil, constitutional and criminal law, while serving as a judicial clerk for Justice Stephen Markman at the
Michigan Supreme Court. There, she developed excellent research and writing skills and an astute ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal matters, while working on published orders and opinions and amendments to various rules.
As a Prehearing Attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals, Anca reviewed a high volume of briefs and transcripts, conducted legal research, drafted research reports and proposed opinions for Court of Appeals judges in a wide variety of criminal and civil cases.
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Defense
- Family Law
- Civil, Real Estate, Business & Corporate Litigation
- Appeals
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 2006
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits
Education
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan
1. Juris Doctor 2006
2. Honors:
- summa cum laude
- top 1% of her class
- Dean King Scholar for outstanding academic achievement
- Jurisprudence Achievement Awards in Property, Contracts II, Secured Transactions, and Decedents’ Estates and Trusts
3. Published 2006 article, Anca Iulia Pop, Criminal Liability of Corporations — Comparative Jurisprudence, at https://www.law.msu.edu/king/2006/index.html.
Babeş-Bolyai University College of Law, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1. Juris Doctor/Diploma de Licenta, 2002
2. Honors:
- summa cum laude
- Top 5% of her class
- Merit Scholarship and Fellowship for outstanding academic achievement
Languages
- English (fluent)
- Romanian (fluent)
- Italian (intermediate)
- French (intermediate)
- Spanish (beginner)
Pro Bono Activities
- Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association, Immediate Past President
- Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association, Women’s Lawyers Association, Past President
- State Bar of Michigan Judicial Qualifications Committee, Member
- State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly, 13th Circuit Representative
- Rotary Club of Traverse City, Board Member
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan –Great Lakes Bay Region, Past President
- Bay City Morning Rotary Club, Past Board Director
- Do-All Inc., Past Board Member
- Save Our Shorelines, Past Board Member
- Federal Bar Association, Tucson, Arizona Chapter, Past Treasurer
- American Inns of Court, Past Member
