Steve Delie is a senior attorney at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and a member of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation legal team. He previously served as director of labor policy, policy advisor for Workers for Opportunity and My Pay My Say, and led the Center's government transparency efforts as the director of transparency and open government.

Steve is a graduate of Hillsdale College with a degree in political science. While there, he was a member of Hillsdale’s George Washington Fellowship Program, a competitive fellowship awarded to students for outstanding academic achievement, leadership and interest in public service.

Following college, Steve obtained his law degree from Michigan State University College of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude in the top 10% of his class. During law school, Steve also served as an Associate Editor of the Michigan State Law Review and as a teaching assistant. As a law student, he worked for former Chief Justice Young of the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. After passing the bar, Steve entered private practice, specializing in employment and labor law, municipal law, contract law, the Freedom of Information Act and business licensing.

Since joining the Center, Steve’s practice has focused on state and federal constitutional law, government transparency, First Amendment law, labor law, and local government matters.