Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  • Borders Group, Inc.
  • Visteon Corporation
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • National City Bank

Prominent Assignments

  • Extensive experience as counsel to banks and other institutional lenders in commercial lending matters
  • Negotiation and documentation of all types of loan transactions, from single-bank middle market credit facilities to lead counsel to agent bank in multibank, syndicated credit facilities, including secured and unsecured credits, leveraged buyouts, construction lending, foreign currency facilities and letters of credit
  • Secured lending experience in all types of real and personal property collateral
  • Counsel to borrowers in connection with various financing transactions, including secured borrowing, debt restructuring and off-balance sheet financing
  • Local counsel to out-of-state lenders and borrowers with respect to Michigan law matters

Education

  • J.D. (cum laude, Order of the Coif), Wayne State University Law School, 1989
  • B.A. in Finance, Michigan State University, 1986

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1989

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Member, State Bar of Michigan (Business Law Section)
  • Leadership Ann Arbor, 2002-2003
  • Instructor, Wayne State University Law School, Commercial Law Clinic, 1995 and 1996
  • Detroit Compact, Detroit Public Schools, 1995 and 1996

Acknowledgements

  • Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers
    - Leading individual, banking and finance

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