Edgar C. Howbert
Member
ehowbert(at)dickinsonwright.com
Phone: 313.223.3517
Fax: 313.223.3598
Areas of Practice Emphasis
Representative Clients
- JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
- Borders Group, Inc.
- Altarum Institute (formerly Environmental Research Institute of Michigan)
Prominent Assignments
- Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in numerous credit-based and asset-based loan transactions
- Counsel to JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Agent in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Aetna Industries, Inc, Zenith Industrial Corporation, The Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, Fleming Packaging Corporation, and others
- Counsel to Debtors and Creditors Committees in Chapter 11 proceedings
- Counsel to Borders Group, Inc. in connection with its borrowing transactions
- Counsel to various corporations, e.g., Fred Sanders, Weaver Exploration Company, Palace Quality Service Industries, Inc. on general corporate matters, including both public and private offerings of stock
Education
- L.L.B. (cum laude), Harvard Law School, 1965
- A.B. (cum laude), Princeton University, 1959
Admitted to Practice
- Michigan, 1966
Professional and Community Involvement
- Member of Board of Directors and General Counsel, Turnaround Management Association (1993-2005)
- General Counsel, Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals, Inc. (1996-2005)
- Member, Debtor and Creditor Section of Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Former President, Board of Trustees, Franklin-Wright Settlements, Inc.
- Former President, Board of Trustees, Friends School in Detroit
- Former member, Board of Trustees, University Liggett School
- Director, Detroit Youth Foundation
Publications and Presentations
- Digest of Commercial Laws of the World, "State Variations of Commercial Law for Michigan"
- Co-author of Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures, American Law Institute and American Bar Association, 2004
Acknowledgements
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy)
- Michigan SuperLawyers (Banking)