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Steven Mann Senior Principal


Steven Mann is a senior principal with Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. practicing in the area of public finance and municipal law. Steve specializes in complex issues related to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Open Meetings Act (OMA).

Steve co-authored the Sunshine Laws and Local Government (OMA/FOIA) chapter of the Michigan Municipal Law handbook published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in 2012.

Steve has served as counsel for several amicus curiae briefs in both the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court, arguing on behalf of the Michigan Municipal League, the Michigan Townships Association, the Public Corporations Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and other municipal associations and their constituents. Steve served twelve years on the Charter Township of Plymouth Board of Trustees (2000-2012), including one term as Township Supervisor and two terms as Trustee. He received his law degree, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, and his B.B.A., summa cum laude, from Cleary University.