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Wayne State University Law School (J.D., Cum Laude, 1974) Michigan State University (B.A., 1971) Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification. Earle I. Erman founded the firm in 1976. His practice area focuses on insolvency-related matters, representation of debtors, creditors' committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and other parties in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy matters. Mr. Erman also has had extensive specialized experience in representation of union fringe benefit funds under ERISA, principally in the construction trades industry and in the collection of fringe benefit contributions owing under collective bargaining agreements, both in the United States District Courts and in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Erman acted as a bankruptcy trustee, as a member of the Panel of United States Trustees for the Eastern District of Michigan, from 1975 through 1991. In that capacity, he acted as a liquidating and operating trustee in a broad range of bankruptcy matters. Mr. Erman also has significant litigation experience in bankruptcy and commercial matters. Mr. Erman is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and is admitted to practice in numerous federal courts. He is a member of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan (Debtor/Creditor Rights Committee), the Commercial Law League of America, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Erman has been named in The Best Lawyers in America - Bankruptcy. | 