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| | Address | 40950 Woodward Avenue
Suite 100 | | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304 | | (Oakland Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Schafer and Weiner, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporate Reorganizations and Bankruptcy. Debtor-Creditor, Commercial Litigation, Secured Transactions, Mechanics Liens, Real Estate, Corporations, Condemnation. | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
A & K Railroad Materials, Inc.; Anderson Music Co.; The Brake Shop; Caribbean Telephone and Telegraph, Inc.; Carpenters Pension Trust Fund; Casino Windsor Limited; Clark Equipment Credit Corp.; Danny's Foods, Inc.; Doctors Hospital; Fab-All Prototype, Inc.; Fort Wayne Foundry Corp.; Grand Traverse Resort; Gregory Boat Co.; Helmac Products Corp.; Hertz Equipment Rental Corp.; Inland Steel; Key Plastics, Inc.-Official Committee of Creditors; Michigan Computer Institute, Inc.; Michigan Department of Transportation; Models & Tools, Inc.; North American Plastics; Point to Point, Inc.; Polymeric Processes, Inc.; RSA Corp.; The Selmer Co.; Southern Thumb Cooperative, Inc.; State Bank of Fenton; Summa-Harrison Metal Products, Inc.; Tecumseh Metal Products, Inc.; Trend Industries, Inc.; Trustee of Southwest Detroit General Hospital; Wesley International, Inc.; Zantop International Airlines. | | Arnold Schafer (Member) born Flint, Michigan, February 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan; 1976, U.S. Tax Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1971); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Author, Bankruptcy Issues in Family Law, Michigan Family Law and Practice, Cha. 9, Pub. 1997. Lecturer, Seminars: Financial Planning in Light of Medical Malpractice and Basic Bankruptcy, sponsored by ICLE, 1988; Defensive Planning/How to Protect Your Assets From Creditors, sponsored by St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, July, 1988. Member: Detroit, South Oakland, Oakland County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Section on: Business Law); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Commercial Law League of America; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Corporation Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law. Email: Arnold Schafer | | Daniel J. Weiner (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, November 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1983, Florida; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with high honors, 1977); Hofstra University (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Pre-Trial and Trial Litigation; Citation of Excellence, Trial and Pretrial Litigation, National Trial Advocacy Team. Co-Author: "Swords and Shields - Prepayment Premiums In and Out of Bankruptcy," The Michigan Business Law Journal, Fall 2003. Special Assistant Attorney General representing Michigan Department of Transportation in highway condemnation matters, 1987—. Mediation Panel, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Member: Detroit (Member, Debtor/Creditor Law Committee), Federal (Member, Section on: Litigation) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Finance and Business Law; Real Property; General Practice); American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Law League of America; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Languages: Hebrew and Spanish. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporation Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Daniel J. Weiner | | Michael E. Baum (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, July 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Tax Court; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Wayne State University (B.S., in Computer Science, with distinction, 1974; J.D., 1978); Beth Yehuda Rabbinical College (Ph.D., 1976). Director of Oral Advocacy, 1978. Member, Wayne Moot Court Board. Recipient, International Law Scholarship, Wayne State University. Author: "Bankruptcy v. Assignment of Rents: A Case to be Decided", Michigan Real Property Review, 1992. Co-Chairperson, Mediation Panel, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Chairperson, Advisory Board, Rules Subcommittee. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Real Property; Bankruptcy; Debtor/Creditor Rights Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; General Practice; Litigation). (Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification). Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Law. Email: Michael E. Baum | | Howard M. Borin (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, April 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1991); University of Michigan (J.D., 1994). Reported Cases: Strach v. Casino Windsor 351 F. Supp. 2d 641 (E.D. Mich 2004); Restaco, Inc. v. AMI Reichert, LLC, 356 F. Supp. 2d 835 (N.D. Ohio 2005). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. Email: Howard M. Borin | | Joseph K. Grekin (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, December 6, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., with high distinction, 1991; J.D., cum laude, 1994). Best Brief in Docket Award, Moot Court, 1992-1993. Judicial Clerk for Chief Justice James H. Brickley, Michigan Supreme Court, 1994-1995. Guest Lecturer: Rhetoric, Pennsylvania State University. Member: Oakland County (sits on Continuing Legal Education Committee) and Federal (Eastern District of Michigan Chapter) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member: Litigation Section; Appeals Section). Reported Cases: Chmielewski v. Xermac, Inc., 457 Mich. 593, 580 NW 2d 817 (1998); Bartell v. Lohiser, 215 F.3d 550 (6th Cir. 2000); Bradacs v. Jiacobone, 244 Mich. 263, 625 N.W.2d 108 (2001); Guzzo v. Thompson, 393 F.3d 652 (6th Cir. 2004); Stocker v. Tri-Mount/Bay Harbor Bldg. Co., Inc., ___ Mich. App. ___, ___ N.W.2d ___ (2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Commercial Law. Email: Joseph K. Grekin | | Michael R. Wernette (Member) born Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8, 1962; admitted to bar, 1996, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1993); Wayne State University (J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law; Creditors Rights. | | Daniel V. Smith (Member) born Grayling, Michigan, December 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., 1995; J.D., 1998). Member, Moot Court. Speaker: "Protecting Your Assets," Michigan Osteopathic Association, May 2000. Guest Professor, Business Law, Davenport College, 2003. Lecture, "Breakthrough Mortgage Foreclosure Techniques in Michigan," 2004. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Real Property Section). Reported Cases: Restaco, Inc. v. AMI Reichert, LLC, 356 F.Supp2d 835 (N.D. Ohio 2005); Stocker v. Tri-Mount/Bay Harbor Bldg. Co., Inc., 2005 WL 2290582 (Mich App). Practice Areas: Real Property; Commercial Transactions; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. | | —————————— | | Leon N. Mayer (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, June 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1999, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A. with distinction, 1982); Detroit College at Michigan State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Recipient: DCL.MSU Jurisprudence Achievement Awards in: Commercial Transactions, Criminal Law, Basic Income Taxation and Professional Responsibility; Michigan Consolidated Gas Award, Amy D. Bloomer Memorial Award, Distinguished Alumni & Memorial Scholarship Award and Dean Charles H. King Scholarship. Author: Case Note "Durant v. State of Michigan: The Interaction of Headlee Amendment to the Michigan Constitution and Funding for Special Education provided by the State to Local School Districts," Spring, 1999. DCL.MSU Law Review Member. Certified Public Accountant, 1984. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Corporate Law; Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Leon N. Mayer | | Kenneth Beams (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, March 11, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1998); Wayne State University (J.D., 2001). Member, Federalist Society. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Business Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Business Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Real Property. Email: Kenneth Beams | | Ryan D. Heilman (Associate) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 29, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif. Co-Author: "Swords and Shields - Prepayment Premiums In and Out of Bankruptcy," The Michigan Business Law Journal, Fall 2003. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Reported Cases: In re 5900 Associates, LLC, 317 B.R. 332 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2004); Guzzo v. Thompson, 393 F.3d 652 (6th Cir. 2004); In re 5900 Associates, LLC, 326 B.R. 402 (E.D. Mich. 2005); In re. G-P Plastics, 320 B.R. 861 (E.D. Mich. 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Appellate Practice. Email: Ryan D. Heilman | | Kim K. Hillary (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Debtor and Creditor; Bankruptcy Trustees; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. | | Tracey L. Porter (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2003); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Assistant Editor, 2004-2005 and Senior Articles Editor, 2005-2006, The Wayne Law Review. Judicial Intern to Justice Robert P. Young, 2005-2006. Intern, The Law Office of Mona Asiner, 2003. Student Attorney, Free Legal Aid Clinic, 2004-2005. Law Clerk, Sommers Schwartz, PC, 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Debtor Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. |
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