Cases
Representative Cases/Matters: Represented Billnat Corporation dba Sav-On Drugs in the sale of its regional drugstore chain to CVS in a successful 363 sale.
Represented the Receiver for Royal Oak Industries in the sale of its medical subsidiary as a going concern
the winddown
disposition of its other businesses.
Represented Lee Steel in the consolidation of its operations
the 363 sales of the restructured business to Union Partners
its excess manufacturing facility to Hilco Industrial
Hilco Real Estate in a transaction fully paying the lender
earning the TMA Chicago/Midwest Small Deal of the Year 2016.
Represented Futuramic Tool & Engineering Co. in the purchase of Hubert Global Systems, Inc. in an Article 9 Sale
Represented Contech Castings, LLC in the sale of its assets to Shiloh Die Cast Midwest, LLC
Represented the Receiver of Recellular, Inc. in the sale of its assets
business
Represented Aarkel Tool
Die, Inc. of Canada in the sale of its stock to Zynik Capital Corporation
Represented SMW Manufacturing, Inc. in its Article 9 acquisition of the assets
business of AZ Automotive.
Represented Awrey Bakeries, LLC in its going concern Article 9 sale to Minnie Marie Bakers, Inc.
Represented Kazi Foods of Michigan, Inc., et. al, owner of 140 KFC
other quick serve franchise food restaurants in five states in chapter 11 restructuring culminating in a successful 363 sale that preserved over 2,000 jobs.
Represented Burlington Technologies, LTD, a Canadian auto supplier in a successful out-of-court restructuring with its OEM customers
its lender.
Represented GETRAG Transmission Manufacturing LLC - Automotive supplier with $650 million in debt shut down due to termination of contracts resulting in confirmation of a plan.
Acted as counsel to Cadillac Casting, Inc. in a successful restructuring via a recapatilization, loan restructuring
obtaining revised terms from its customer.
Represented Continental Plastics Co. in the acquisition of several distressed auto suppliers, both in
out of bankruptcy,
in its sale to Magna Exteriors & Interiors USA, Inc.
Represented National Archive Publishing Co. in a successful sale of its manufacturing division to its sole customer
the subsequent sale of its remaining obligations in an Article 9 sale that was the Crain's/ACG Deal of the Year for 2009.
Amcan Consolidated Technologies Corporation
Grenville Castings, Ltd. - Represented companies as special counsel to deal with accommodations with automotive customers in Canadian insolvency proceedings resulting in a successful wind-down of one entity
the sale of the other.
Tarpon Industries-Acted as counsel to publicly traded Debtors in chapter 11 proceedings resulting in confirmation of plan of reorganization.
O-J Transport Co., Inc. - Utilized chapter 11 to sell the company in a manner that did not aversely impact the other operations of the parent company, James Group International, Inc., enabling the other operations to continue to grow.
Represented Mayco Plastics, Inc. A multi-location plastics supplier to the automotive industry in a successful chapter 11 section 363 sale
plan confirmation.
Gonzalez Design Group - Represented the company's printing affiliate in a wind down that was accomplished in a manner that did not impact the other businesses' continuing operations
represented the remaining entities in the restructuring of its secured debt so that its debt service was in line with its funds flow.
UniBoring Company, Inc. - Represented the company in a successful st
alone chapter 11 reorganization in the early in 1980's, acted as its corporate counsel as it grew through the late 1980's
the 1990's,
represented it in a chapter 11 proceeding in 2004, which culminated in a successful 363 sale
plan confirmation.
Engineered Plastic Products, Inc. - Represented the company, a multi-state tier one auto supplier, in its chapter 11 process, which resulted in a successful wind down
confirmation of a chapter 11 plan after a sale as a going concern could not be culminated.
Rush Trucking Corporation - Represented the company in its original acquisition of the work of Wolverine Transport Co., as well as the purchase of other distressed transportation suppliers both in
out of bankruptcy.
Represented Nationwide Communications, Inc., the largest privately held owner of payphones in Michigan, Ohio
Wisconsin in its successful chapter 11 section 363 sale.
Represented the Unsecured Creditors Committee for Eagle Trim, a tier one automotive supplier subsidiary of Eagle Picher, which successfully completed a sale
confirmed its plan.
Served as counsel to the Unsecured Creditors Committee of PLC Fountainwalk, a large suburban mall with over $55 million in secured debt in a greatly undersecured situation that resulted in a distribution to unsecured creditors.
Represented Buffalo Molded Plastics dba Andover Industries, a tier one plastic injection molder with plants in three states, in its successful section 363 sale.
Reported Cases: In re Spearing Tool & Mfg. Inc. 171 B.R. 578 (Bankr. ED Mich. 1994).
In re F&M Distributors 197 B.R. 829 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 1995).
In re Mayco Plastics, Inc., 379 B.R. 691 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2008).
In re Mayco Plastics, Inc., 389 B.R. 7 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2008).
