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Practice Department Manager: Banking, Bankruptcy and Tax Groups.
Co-Counsel for Agent in Progressive Moulded Products, Ltd. Chapter 11 and CCAA Proceeding in Ontario.
Co-Counsel for Agent in Blue Water Plastics Chapter 11.
Represented Lender in Steel Parts Corporation Chapter 11.
Represented Agent for Bank Group in Key Plastics, LLC Chapter 11.
Represented Thornapple Valley Inc. it's Chapter 11 filing.
Represented Agent for Bank Group in F&M Distributors, Inc. Chapter 11.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA
Fifth Third Bank
Citizens Bank
National City Bank
Ghafari Associates
Bank of America, N.A.
The PrivateBank
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Acquisition and Sale of Distressed Businesses
Automotive
Bankruptcy
Chapter 11 Reorganization
Creditor Rights
Loan Workouts and Corporate Restructures
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Best Lawyers in America
Michigan Super Lawyers
Chambers USA
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
State Bar of Michigan
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Eastern/Western Districts of Michigan
American Bankruptcy Institute
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
The Tenth Annual Conference on Distressed Investing, panel speaker, "Buying Automotive Suppliers," 2003
American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Workshop, speaker on Buying and Selling Assets
American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Workshop, speaker on Conflicts of Interest in Bankruptcy
Turnaround Management Association - Detroit Chapter, speaker on Debtor-in-Possession Financing Issues
Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, speaker on Lender Liability
Western District of Michigan Federal Bar Association Annual Seminar, speaker on Recent Developments in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Laws
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, B.G.S. 1975 (with high distinction)
Wayne State University Law School, J.D. 1978 (magna cum laude).
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