- Michael E. Baum
- MBaum@schaferandweiner.com
- Michigan
- Phone: +1 248-540-3340
- Fax: + 1 248-282-2157
- PRACTICE AREAS
- Bankruptcy Law
- Commercial Law
- ADMISSIONS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Michigan, 1978
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1980
- 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, J.D., 1978
- Wayne State University, B.S., Computer Science with distinction, 1974
- Beth Yehuda Rabbinical College, Ph.D., 1976
Michael E. Baum
Senior Partner
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Two years after Schafer and Weiner, PLLC was founded, the late Arnold Schafer and Daniel Weiner extended an invitation to Mr. Baum to join the firm and assist with its growth.
More than two and a half decades later, the firm enjoys an excellent national reputation with a broad range of national and local clients involving insolvency, bankruptcy and litigation. The firm’s clients include automotive suppliers, hospitals, health care facilities, auto dealerships, gaming entities and real estate developers.
Mr. Baum has a reputation for unbridled creativity. He is known to both formulate and implement answers and solutions in many challenging and difficult situations.
Balancing his toughness in a courtroom, Mr. Baum is well regarded as an expert in work-out with superb negotiating skills. As counsel to debtors, trustees, unsecured creditors’ committees and secured creditors, Mr. Baum has worked diligently and consistently to obtain results beyond the expectations of clients. In addition to being a contributing editor to the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Mr. Baum has also published articles for the Michigan Real Property Review and the Michigan Practitioner Series. He has also lectured in many seminars sponsored by numerous professional associations including the ABI.
Mr. Baum has served on the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and currently serves as the chairperson of the Rules Subcommittee. Additionally, Mr. Baum is the Co-Chair of the Mediation Panel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
PUBLICATIONS
Author: Bankruptcy v. Assignment of Rents: A Case to be Decided, 19 Mich Real Prop Rev 7 (1992)
Schafer, Baum & McWhorter, Michigan Practitioner’s Series: Family Law and Practice, Divorce and Bankruptcy Law, Chp. 9 (West. Pub. 1997)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
State Bar of Michigan Sections on: Business Law; Real Property; Bankruptcy; Debtor/Creditor Rights Committee
American Bankruptcy Institute; Contributing Editor
American Bar Association Sections on: Business Law; General Practice; Litigation
Mediation Panel, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan Co-Chairperson
Advisory Board, Rules Subcommittee, Chairperson
Wayne State University Law School Moot Court Board; Director of Oral Advocacy, 1978
OTHER DISTINCTIONS
Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification, Speaks Hebrew
Selected as a Super Lawyer, 2009