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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Banking & Financial Services
Real Estate
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
Listed in 2007 Michigan Super Lawyers.
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