Troy city attorney selected association president

 The Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys announced Thursday that Troy city attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm was elected as president of the organization at its annual meeting held in Detroit Sept. 20.


 Grigg Bluhm, who has served as MAMA’s vice president for the past two years, said she was honored to be selected as president. Grigg Bluhm succeeds past MAMA President Randall L. Brown. Kalamazoo city attorney Clyde Robinson was named MAMA Vice President. Additionally, Catherine Mish, Grand Rapids city attorney, was elected to serve on the board, and Midland city attorney James Branson was re-elected.
 “I hope to carry on the tradition of exemplary leadership,” Grigg Bluhm said. “In my term as president, I hope to encourage greater interest and participation in the Academy of Municipal Attorneys, the municipal externship program, our active legislative committee and publications committee and the wonderful educational opportunities, all of which directly benefit local government.”

Grigg Bluhm was appointed Troy city attorney in 2001 after previously serving the city as its assistant city attorney since 1995. She is a member of the Board of Public Corporations Section of the State Bar of Michigan and served as past chairperson. She has been a certified fellow of the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) since 2004 and was a graduate of the inaugural class of the MAMA Academy of Municipal Attorneys. In addition, she is past chair of the municipal law committee of the Oakland County Bar Association and member and past president of the Troy Kiwanis Club.

Grigg Bluhm, a native of Clare, Michigan, received a bachelor’s degree from Albion College in 1989 and graduated from Wayne State University Law School in 1992.

During the Sept. 20 meeting, the association  also honored past MAMA president Stephen K. Postema and immediate past president Randall L. Brown. Postema was honored for his dedication and service to the boards of directors of the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys and the Michigan Municipal League Legal Defense Fund (2006-2013) and as the president and chair (2009-2011). Brown was honored for his dedication and service to MAMA and the MML Legal Defense Fund as the president and chair (2011-2013).

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