Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Banking & Financial Services
• Real Estate
• Private Equity

Representative Clients

• JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
• Fifth Third Bank
• LaSalle Bank Midwest, NA
• Export Development Canada
• Detroit Investment Fund
• Detroit Commerce Bank
• Terex Corporation
• First National Bank of Arizona

Prominent Assignments

• Counsel to banks and various other institutional lenders, borrowers and other parties in commercial lending matters, including senior unsecured, asset-based, and mezzanine loans
• Extensive experience in all types of loan transactions, from single-bank middle market credit facilities to large syndicated credit facilities, including secured and unsecured credits, leveraged buyouts, capital expenditure and working capital financing, construction lending, mortgage loan warehouse facilities, foreign currency facilities, letters of credit (including credit enhancement for industrial development bonds), and loan participations
• Secured lending experience includes all types of real and personal property collateral, including aircraft, watercraft, securities, and intellectual property
  
• Extensive experience in intercreditor arrangements
• Local counsel to out-of-state lenders and borrowers with respect to Michigan law matters

Education

• J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1987
• B.A. in Economics (with honors), University of Michigan, 1984

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1987
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1987

Professional and Community Involvement

• American Bar Association ? Member, Business Law Section; Committees on Commercial Financial Services, Secured Transactions, Loan Documentation, Uniform Commercial Code, Syndications and Lender Relations and Lender Liability
• Michigan Bar Association - Member, Business Law and Real Property Law Sections
• Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association
• Volunteer, Grosse Pointe Public Schools
• Former Co-Chair, Dickinson Wright Mentoring Program