James A. Plemmons

Member and Practice Department Manager: Automotive, Family Law, Product Liability Litigation and Telecommunications

PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS

Counsel to Chrysler Group LLC in supplier and bankruptcy matters.

Counsel to Johnson Controls, Inc. and its affiliates in supplier and bankruptcy matters.

Counsel to Magna International Inc. and its affiliates in supplier and bankruptcy matters.

Counsel to Visteon Corporation in supplier and bankruptcy matters.

Represented more than 15 suppliers in General Motors' bankruptcy.

Represented numerous suppliers in Lear Corporation's bankruptcy.

Represented Chrysler Group LLC in all aspects of the Metaldyne Corporation matter.

Represented Johnson Controls, Inc. in all aspects of the Plastech Engineered Products, Inc. bankruptcy and ultimately JCIM LLC in the acquisition of the interiors division of Plastech Engineered Products, Inc.

Represented Chrysler Group LLC in the Collins & Aikman bankruptcy.

Represented Meadville Forgings Co. in the Iverson Industries, Inc. liquidation.

Counsel to Bristol Myers Squibb in the Dow Corning bankruptcy.

Counsel to the Unsecured Creditors Committees in Windward Industries, Inc. (Micro Manufacturing), Caribbean Telephone & Telegraph, Inc., D&C Industries, Inc., and Global Technovations, Inc. bankruptcies.

Have represented numerous insurance companies with regard to workout, foreclosure and bankruptcy matters such as Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Travelers Insurance Company, and Nationwide Insurance Company.

Counsel to numerous secured lenders, unsecured lenders, bankruptcy trustees, debtors, shareholders, and investor groups in all nature of bankruptcy, restructuring, and workout proceedings, including corporate and individual reorganization and liquidation proceedings.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

Advics North America, Inc.

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation

Chrysler Group LLC

Johnson Controls, Inc. and its affiliates

Visteon Corporation

Magna International Inc. and its affiliates

Mitsubishi International Corporation

Multicraft International Limited Partnership d/b/a Trillium International

Niles America Wintech, Inc. and its affiliates

Sumitomo Electrical Wiring Systems, Inc. and its affiliates

Piston Automotive, LLC and its affiliates

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Michigan Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of Michigan
American Bankruptcy Institute

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Past President, Trenton Rotary Club
John McKay Scholarship Fund, Advisor
Tom Shumate Endowment Fund for the Arts, Board Member
Leadership Detroit Class XXVIII

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Closing, Reorganizing or Selling the Business (ICLE), co-author, November 1993
Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures, 2004