Steven Postolka is a lawyer who graduated from Morningside in 2011. After graduating from Morningside, Postolka went to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) for three years to complete law school, graduating in 2014.

After graduating from law school, he worked as a court clerk for two years. A court clerk’s job is to maintain a record of the court proceedings and to administer oaths to witnesses.

After these two years, Postolka opened his private practice in Spencer, Iowa, where he worked for four years before coming back to Sioux City, where he now works for the city council.

When asked what the most difficult part of being a lawyer is, Postolka said, “The clients are the hardest part job because these are people that are coming to you on their worse day ever and they’re expecting you to help them out of it.”

When asked how Morningside helped him to succeed in his career, he said, “Morningside Prepared me for grad school because at Morningside you have to interact with your professor’s, which you have to do a lot of in law school, I was used to it while other people in my classes weren’t.” He also said that Morningside prepared him by helping him learn how to write clearly and concisely.

When asked how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his work, he said, “I’ve never made more money and worked less.” He says this because since the pandemic started, he has yet to try a case yet. He is, however, preparing a case that will be tried next month.