Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm Selected as President of Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys

DETROIT, Michigan (Oct. 2, 2013) – The Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys is pleased to announce that Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm was elected as President of the organization at its Annual Meeting held in Detroit September 20, 2013.

Grigg Bluhm, who has served as MAMA’s Vice President for the past two years, said she was honored to be selected as president and excited about the excellent MAMA programs that have been initiated to improve the complicated and multi-faceted municipal law practice. 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 (http://www.mama-online.org/) 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).

For additional photos of Grigg Bluhm and Robinson to this Michigan Municipal League set on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michigancommunities/sets/72157636056579944/.

About the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys: The Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys (MAMA) is a chartered section of the Michigan Municipal League, which is a Michigan non-profit corporation. MAMA was established in 1935 as an affiliated organization of the League. The Association is governed by a Board of Directors elected by the member municipal attorneys. Membership consists of every city and village attorney, who represents a member of the Michigan Municipal League, their deputies and assistants, and League staff members duly admitted to practice law in the State of Michigan. Any attorney admitted to practice law in Michigan who has a substantial interest in municipal law may become an associate member upon application and approval by the Board of Directors. Any student enrolled in a recognized law school may be a law student member upon application and approval by the Board of Directors.