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

Attorney Recognitions

• Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2007