PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS

Primary counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in western Michigan loan restructurings, banking and bankruptcy related matters.

Lead bankruptcy counsel for the Debtors in successful Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings of Gainey Corporation, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan.

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

Counsel to various corporate clients, in commercial litigation matters involving fraudulent conveyances, successor liability and other related debtor/creditor affairs.

Former member of panel of private bankruptcy trustees for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; expert in corporate shutdown and liquidation related issues.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

• JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
• Fifth Third Bank
• Bank of America, National Association
• National City Bank

AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS

• Banking & Financial Services
• Bankruptcy
• Commercial & Business Litigation
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Restructuring
• Real Estate

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Martindale Hubbell "AV" peer reviewed
• Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007-2009 Bankruptcy, Creditor Rights & Banking

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• State Bar of Michigan
• Federal Bar Association, Western District, MI
• Admitted to Practice, Illinois, 1993

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Lecturer, Western District of Michigan Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Seminar, "Secured Claims and Section 1111(b)", 2009.
• Lecturer/Presenter, "Security Agreements, Perfecting Security Interests, and Understanding Priorities", ICLE Business Boot Camp I, Basic Training for Every Business Lawyer, 2009
• Lecturer, American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, "Forbearance Agreements, Negotiation and Enforcement," 2005
• Contributing Author, "Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures," ALI-ABA, 2004
• Lecturer, American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, "Multiple/Special Committees Under Section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code," 2002
• American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, "Advanced Chapter 11 Issues," 2000
• Lecturer, Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Seminar, "The Absolute Priority Rule and New Value," 2000
• Lecturer, National Business Institute, "Introduction to Bankruptcy Code and Rules," 2000

EDUCATION

University of Iowa, B.A. 1981

University of Iowa College of Law, J.D. 1983 (with distinction)