spostema@a2gov.org
Office Telephone #: (734) 794-6189
Stephen K. Postema was appointed City Attorney in 2003. He advises the Mayor, City Council, City Administrator and oversees the City Attorney’s Office.
Prior to his appointment, he was a partner at Bodman LLP, a Michigan law firm. At Bodman, he specialized in commercial and employment litigation and practiced regularly in the Federal Courts, the State Circuit Courts, and the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Mr. Postema also served as a judicial clerk to then Chief Judge John Feikens, U.S. District Court, E.D. MI. In law school, Mr. Postema was a judicial intern to a federal judge and a research assistant to the President of the University of Wisconsin.
Mr. Postema has served as an arbitrator, mediator, and facilitator in numerous employment, commercial, and negligence cases. He has also lectured and written about a variety of legal issues. He received the Distinguished Supreme Court Brief Award in 1998 for a Whistleblowers Act case he successfully argued before the Michigan Supreme Court.
Mr. Postema currently serves on the Board, as Vice-Chair, of the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys and as an election commissioner for the City of Ann Arbor.
Mr. Postema attended University of Wisconsin Law School, Harvard University, and Ann Arbor schools.
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