PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS

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
• PNC Bank, N.A.
• 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, America's Leading Lawyers for Business

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)