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BOSTON - Thursday, November
18, 2021 - Mayor Michelle Wu today announced appointments to top positions
in the City’s Law Department. Adam Cederbaum will serve as Corporation
Counsel, and Henry C. Luthin will serve as Senior Counsel. Cederbaum has
previously served the City as the Chief of Government Services, and Luthin as Corporation Counsel.
“As we work to build
a Boston for everyone, we need a legal team with the skill, passion, and
creativity to tackle our biggest challenges head on,” said Mayor Wu. “I’ve
had the opportunity to work alongside Adam Cederbaum for a decade in City
Hall, and I’m grateful to appoint this longtime friend and colleague,
brilliant attorney, and fierce advocate for the people of Boston as our
next Corporation Counsel. I am also delighted that Henry Luthin will
continue to guide our Law Department at this critical moment with wisdom
and experience built over a career of distinguished service to our city.”
Adam Cederbaum has
practiced in the City of Boston Law Department for fifteen years, serving as
the Chief of Government Services for the past six years. In that role, Adam
led the City’s in-house counsel team on its work of advising the Mayor and
City departments on municipal law and authority, negotiating contracts, and
representing the City’s regulatory bodies. His work has included
intergovernmental agreements about Greenway funding, various land
transactions, contracts for COVID-19 housing and shelters, and representing
the City in challenges to its short-term rental ordinance. Prior to that, he
served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston. Cedarbaum
and Mayor Wu were both students of Senator Elizabeth Warren in law school.
“I am deeply honored
by Mayor Wu’s appointment, and thankful for the opportunity to be a part of
her team and to serve as the Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston,”
said Cederbaum. “I will work to ensure transparency in our local
government, and am looking forward to continuing to serve the City in a new
way.”
Cedarbaum is a
1997 graduate of Harvard College and a 2004 graduate of Harvard Law
School. After graduating law school, he clerked for The Honorable Mel
L. Greenberg of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and for The Honorable
Judith A. Cowin of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Adam lives in
the South End with his wife and two children.
“It’s been an honor
to serve as Corporation Counsel and I am thrilled to help our new Mayor and
new administration,” said Luthin. “Together we can ensure the law is upheld
and our City staff can efficiently work to serve Boston’s residents.”
Before taking on the
role of Senior Counsel, Luthin was appointed Corporation Counsel in March
2021. Previously, he had been First Assistant Corporation Counsel for
Government Services. Luthin received the Shattuck Award from the Boston
Municipal Research Bureau in 2019. He lives in Brighton with his wife
Marianne Rea Luthin. They are the parents of three grown children.
The Law Department
works for the City of Boston’s government, offering strategic legal advice
to the Mayor’s Office, the Boston City Council, City Boards and
Commissions, and all other City departments and agencies. For more
information on the City’s senior legal team, visit here.
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