Representative Matters

Debt Restructuring and Insolvency Cases

• Currently represents a telecommunications company in a Chapter 11 reorganization proceeding.
• Represented the Bankruptcy Trustee in a $105 Million “Ponzi Scheme” case.
• Currently represents a nation-wide trucking company in litigation against the Liquidation Trustee, Gainey Transportation Services, Inc.
• Currently represents a fruit processing company in an out-of-court debt restructuring (Turnaround Managers Association restructuring engagement of the year for 2011).

Automotive

• Currently represents Tier 1 automotive supplier to Ford Motor Company in access and accommodation negotiations with sub-suppliers.
• Represented the purchasers in two recent section 363 sales transactions: one in the Plastech, Inc. bankruptcy case and the one in Noble, Inc. bankruptcy case.

Litigation

• Currently represents the Bankruptcy Trustee in fraudulent transfer (leveraged buyout) litigation in the Fuel Systems, Inc. bankruptcy case.
• Currently represents a telecommunications company in an appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court involving dedicated transmission facility payment obligations.
• Represented the prevailing party in a bankruptcy related appeal to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (In re Hechinger Investment Company of Delaware, Inc. (Hechinger v. Universal Forest Products, Inc.), 489 F.3d 568 (3rd Cir. 2010). 
• Currently represents an ambulance company in litigation against the Michigan Department of Community Health over licensing regulations and agency responsiveness.

Recognition & Rankings

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2010

Bar Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• Michigan Supreme Court
• All Michigan Lower Courts

Community Activities

• Member of the Board of Opera Grand Rapids
• Recent director of the Turnaround Managers Association Chapter in Grand Rapids

Mike is a frequent commentator on local radio and television, National Public Radio, and other venues.