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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Bankruptcy
Commercial & Business Litigation
Real Estate
Representative Clients
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Borders Group, Inc.
E.I. duPont deNemours & Company
FANUC Robotics North America, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Samuel Son & Co., Limited
AT&T Inc.
SPX Corporation
Visteon Corporation
Yazaki North America, Inc.
Prominent Assignments
Bankruptcy/workouts/creditor rights?lenders, unsecured creditors, debtors, trustees, automotive cases, creditors' committees, purchasers, lessors, and adversary proceedings
Education
J.D. (cum laude), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1988
B.A., University of Michigan, 1985
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1988
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1988
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1988
Professional and Community Involvement
Federal mediator, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 1997-present
Elected member of State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly, 1990-1996
Active in the Debtor-Creditor sections of the Federal and Detroit Metropolitan Bar Associations
Publications and Presentations
Co-author of book, Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures (American Law Institute and American Bar Association), 2004
National and local bankruptcy conferences, speaker and moderator
University of Michigan Law School, Wayne State University, guest lecturer
Co-author of article, "Preference Audits in Bankruptcy: Searching for Evidence," ABI Journal, September 1993
Awards
Listed in 2007 Michigan Super Lawyers.
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