News & Events

August, 2023

Michael E. Baum, Howard M. Borin, Kim K. Hillary, and John Stockdale, Jr. were named to the 2023 SuperLawyers list as SuperLawyers in Business Bankruptcy. 

Joseph K. Grekin was named to the 2023...

August, 2023

The Schafer and Weiner team of Joseph K. Grekin and John Stockdale, Jr. represented a US distributor of German prosthetics and its sole member.  When the distributor suffered financial distress,...

August, 2023

The Schafer and Weiner team of John Stockdale, Jr., Joseph K. Grekin, and Brandi M. Blasses represented a real estate purchaser in a lawsuit brought by the real estate seller for breach of contract that...

August, 2023

John Stockdale, Jr., representing a lender, obtained an order declaring a debt owed by an individual chapter 13 business debtor to the lender nondischargeable and implementing a repayment plan.  The...

July, 2023

Not all insolvency options require court action or bankruptcy.  Occasionally, the best option for a struggling business is to just close its doors and dissolve its business under applicable corporate...

July, 2023

John Stockdale, Jr. filed an automotive repair shop located in Detroit, Michigan for an assignment for the benefit of creditors (“ABC”) in Wayne County Circuit Court.  An ABC is a...

June, 2023

John Stockdale, Jr. and Michael E. Baum represented an independent distributor of new and used telephone equipment in its Subchapter V case.  The case was filed to resolve intellectual property...

June, 2023

Subchapter V Bankruptcy Cases ordinarily take six (6) months or longer.  But with pre-planning, the case can move much more quickly. John Stockdale, Jr. and Michael E. Baum represented an independent...

May, 2023

Daniel Weiner, Michael Baum, Howard Borin, Joseph Grekin, and Kim Hillary represent a real estate company and its individual owner.  The plaintiff in an action previously decided in arbitration accused...

April, 2023

There is a right way and wrong way for a company to close its doors when its assets are heavily encumbered by secured debt. Here, the Debtor did not work with the secured creditor or its landlord to...

April, 2023

Joseph K. Grekin and John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a purchaser of service station businesses with a complex transaction involving several gas stations.  The transactions involved, among other things,...

April, 2023

John Stockdale, Jr. and Kim K. Hillary filed an independent distributor of new and used telecommunications equipment in a subchapter V chapter 11 bankruptcy case in the United States Bankruptcy Court for...

March, 2023

John Stockdale, Jr., Joseph K. Grekin, and Kim Hillary exemplified the power of teamwork when they successfully brought a pre-answer motion for summary judgment.  Schafer and Wiener represented the...

March, 2023

Two individuals formed a partnership to acquire an existing company. One of the individuals expected to receive an interest in the acquired business and a job for his otherwise unpaid services to the...

March, 2023

Schafer and Weiner, PLLC represented a chapter 11 debtor.  The State of Michigan timely filed a proof of claim asserting certain tax claims against the debtor. After the deadline to amend its proof of...

January, 2023

The New Year is time for new beginnings and many business transactions are structured during this time.  Whether starting, closing, buying or selling a business, Schafer and Weiner, PLLC can help you...

January, 2023

John Stockdale, Jr. and Brandi M. Dobbs assisted local restauranteurs resolve credit card debt related to their business.  During the Covid-19 shutdown, the restauranteurs obtain an individual line of...

December, 2022

John Stockdale, Jr. and Joseph K. Grekin represent a trucking company in its liquidating subchapter V chapter 11 case.  Many of the debtor’s tractors and trailers are secured by a loan from...

December, 2022

A judgment debtor paid 100% of the judgment after John Stockdale, Jr. and Brandi M. Dobbs created significant holiday litigation pressure on him and his non-debtor spouse.  In 2020 and after...

November, 2022

Joseph K. Grekin and John Stockdale, Jr. filed a fourteen-tractor trucking company under subchapter V of Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.  The...

August, 2022

Six attorneys at Schafer and Weiner have been selected as 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers®.  Super Lawyers® recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice, and...

August, 2022

Since 2017 and under Michigan law, a properly perfected assignment of rents prohibited a debtor from using its rents in a bankruptcy case because the rents were absolutely assigned to the lender. ...

August, 2022

Schafer and Weiner’s experience is not limited to insolvency matters.  Schafer and Weiner regularly assists clients in business litigation, including shareholder disputes.  John Stockdale,...

August, 2022

In connection with a Macomb County strip mall’s bankruptcy proceeding, John Stockdale, Jr. and Brandi M. Dobbs brought a petition before the Michigan Tax Tribunal to reduce the taxable value of the...

August, 2022

The complexity of a case cannot be judged by the size of the business. Here, the debtor operated an 11-room motel in McDermitt, Nevada, which closed because a neighboring landowner cut and capped its...

August, 2022

John Stockdale, Jr., as pro bono counsel, represented an unemployment benefits claimant before an Unemployment Insurance Agency (“UIA”) administrative law judge (“ALJ...

May, 2022

Schafer and Weiner, PLLC represents a real estate holding company in a subchapter V bankruptcy proceeding.  A business operating in bankruptcy must seek authority to use its cash and cash collateral....

March, 2022

In June 2022, John Stockdale, Jr. will serve as a panelist at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 2022 Central States Bankruptcy Workshop.  John will participate in a discussion entitled “...

March, 2022

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted with the purchase of a parcel of commercial real estate in Pontiac, Michigan.  This project involved negotiating and drafting of a purchase agreement as well as transaction...

March, 2022

John Stockdale, Jr. and Michael E. Baum helped an eleven-room motel file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada.  The debtor is involved...

March, 2022

John Stockdale, Jr. and Jeffery Sattler assisted a flooring sales and installation company serving the Detroit-metro area with an out-of-court restructuring of its debt.  With Schafer and Weiner’...

November, 2021

Daniel J. Weiner, Michael E. Baum, and John Stockdale, Jr. attended two-day advanced mediation training for those attorneys named to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan...

November, 2021

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan named John Stockdale, Jr. to its bankruptcy court mediation panel.  Under local bankruptcy rules, the bankruptcy court...

November, 2021

After experiencing setbacks in certain intellectual property litigation, Schafer and Weiner was retained to assist two related novelty product companies restructure their operations and resolve the...

November, 2021

In connection with the resolution of litigation between an insolvent franchisee, its franchisor, and another. John Stockdale, Jr. and Brandi M. Dobbs assisted the insolvent franchisee with the consummation...

October, 2021

Prior to and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, John Stockdale, Jr. represented a single location Italian restaurant in Brighton, Michigan.  John has significant experience representing restaurants in...

September, 2021

Schafer and Weiner has been retained to represent the largest unsecured creditor in a single asset real estate case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia. ...

July, 2021

Builder cases are tough because angry homeowners assert claims under the Michigan Builder's Trust Fund Act. Michael Baum, Kim Hillary, and John Stockdale, Jr. attacked the various aspects of this...

July, 2021

 Single asset real estate cases can be tricky.  Mortgage lenders have significant rights under their assignment of rents provisions and section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Daniel Weiner,...

July, 2021

Covid-19 almost shut down an executive transportation/limousine company with a full fleet of party buses, vans, and limos.  Customers were simply too afraid to travel, revenue plummeted and vehicle...

July, 2021

Michael E. Baum was recognized by DBusiness as a Leading Lawyer.  Less than 5% of all lawyers licensed in Michigan have earned the Leading Lawyer distinction.  The Leading Lawyer...

July, 2021

Michael E. Baum and John Stockdale, Jr. filed subchapter V chapter 11 cases for SD Import, LLC and Select Distributors, LLC on July 6, 2021, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of...

July, 2021

Daniel J. Weiner received two preeminent recognition awards.  First, Martindale-Hubble awarded Dan the AV rating, which is “the highest possible rating on both legal ability and ethical standards...

June, 2021

John Stockdale Jr. assisted a small investment bank and resolved a complex priority dispute with a factoring company regarding priority over a debtor’s accounts receivable.  A priority dispute...

May, 2021

Joseph Grekin presented at the Oakland County Bar Association Seminar entitled We Can Work It Out: Receiverships In The Age Of Covid-19 And Beyond.  Mr. Grekin spoke about practical concerns...

April, 2021

John Stockdale, Jr. represented a mail and caging company servicing the nonprofit fundraising sector in its chapter 11 bankruptcy case.  The bankruptcy case was dismissed when the Debtor was unable to...

April, 2021

Joseph Grekin and John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a pair of debtors operating a tiki-themed restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan in confirming a subchapter V plan of reorganization in In re Authentiki, LLC...

April, 2021

A New York Federal Bankruptcy Judge answered this very question in a published opinion: In re Live Primary, LLC, 626BR171; 2021 Bankr LEXIS 459 (Bankr SDNY, Mar. 1, 2021).  Daniel Weiner...

February, 2021

Daniel J. Weiner and John Stockdale, Jr. helped a seventeen-unit, retail mall file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the eve of a foreclosure sale.  The mall was suffering from the results of...

January, 2021

Daniel J. Weiner and John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a high-end vegan restaurant with the sale of its assets to a hungry purchaser.  After the business closed in February 2020 prior to the coronavirus...

January, 2021

Joe Grekin will be presenting at a seminar titled, “Risks and Rewards for Landlords and Lenders” on January 27, 2021.  The seminar focuses on the considerable changes to the law, and...

December, 2020

John Stockdale Jr. and Howard M. Borin helped a technology company servicing the bond insurance industry to consummate a sale to a synergistic buyer.  Schafer and Weiner’s assistance included...

November, 2020

Five attorneys at Schafer and Weiner have been selected as 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers®.  Super Lawyers® recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice, and...

November, 2020

John Stockdale and Jeff Sattler represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in In re Inspired Concepts, LLC, Case No. 20-20034, which is pending before the Bankruptcy Court for the...

November, 2020

Joseph Grekin and John Stockdale Jr. assisted a pair of debtors that collectively operate a tiki-themed restaurant in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan with filing subchapter V, chapter 11, bankruptcy cases....

September, 2020

John Stockdale, Jr. represented Central Processing Services, LLC in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, which was dismissed on the request of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). ...

September, 2020

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a single-location restaurant in Brighton, Michigan with working out its bank debt.  Prior to the Coronavirus Outbreak, the restaurant had fallen behind on its SBA loan...

September, 2020

In late August, John Stockdale, Jr. spearheaded the confirmation of the Debtor’s plan of liquidation in In re Dream Big Restaurants, LLC in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of South...

August, 2020

John Stockdale, Jr. successfully guided a McDonald’s franchisee through the chapter 11 process in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina.  The franchisee operated...

May, 2020

Schafer and Weiner has teamed up with the Downtown Development Authority for the City of Farmington (the “DDA”) to help downtown Farmington businesses cope with the economic conditions caused by...

April, 2020

The Downtown Development Authority for the City of Farmington has contracted with Schafer and Weiner in order to obtain advice for its local businesses addressing financial problems from the COVID-19...

April, 2020

On April 9, 2020, Joe Grekin, John Stockdale, and Kim Hillary gave a presentation entitled, “Navigating Restaurant Ownership During Covid - 19”.  The three Schafer and Weiner partners spoke...

April, 2020

Restaurants and bars have been hit extremely hard by the State’s Shelter-in-Place order and the guidebook for responding to and recovering from the Covid-19 crisis is being written as we go. ...

March, 2020

On March 23, 2020, Daniel J. Weiner, Co-Founder and Senior Partner at Schafer and Weiner, PLLC, was a featured guest on a podcast hosted by Will Bachman of Umbrex, the first global community of top-tier...

January, 2020

Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School requested John Stockdale, Jr. teach a course in secured transactions during the term beginning January 2020.  Secured transactions provides an...

October, 2019

In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, John Stockdale, Jr. successfully argued against the Internal Revenue Service’s Motion for an Accounting, Disgorgement...

October, 2019

A bankruptcy and transactional practice often touches various federal, state, and local tax issues.  In a recent bankruptcy case, John Stockdale, Jr. assisted the debtor through a Michigan sales and...

October, 2019

When a business debtor files chapter 11 protection, it must seek authority to use its cash collateral (money, accounts receivable, and inventory) when that cash collateral secures its debt obligations....

September, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. and Kim K. Hillary assisted Dream Big Restaurants, LLC (“DBR”) in preparing its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, and filed a petition on its behalf on September 27, 2019 in the...

September, 2019

Six attorneys at Schafer and Weiner have been selected as 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers® – as either a Super Lawyer or Rising Star.  Super Lawyers® recognizes attorneys who have...

September, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. represented DPT Holdings, LLC in collection action against VLF Automotive, LLC and its affiliates and owner (the “Defendants”).  During this litigation, the...

September, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. and Kim Hillary successfully prosecuted a chapter 11 debtor’s claim objection against the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”).  Because this case involved...

August, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a small investment company sell a parcel of manufacturing real estate in Rochester, Michigan.  This project involved negotiating and drafting of a purchase agreement as...

August, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. and Leon N. Mayer represented a debt purchaser in litigation in Kent County Circuit Court involving claims of collateral conversion.  This litigation was complicated because the...

August, 2019

On behalf of a creditor-plaintiff, John Stockdale, Jr. litigated a collection case against several specialty automotive manufacturers and their principal.  The Defendants refused to adequately respond...

August, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a small investment company restructure its debtor-party store’s indebtedness.  This matter involved the structuring, drafting, and closing of (i) a redemption of...

August, 2019

John Stockdale Jr. assisted a local Korean market to sell its beer and wine and liquor licenses.  This project involved negotiating with the purchaser and drafting the purchase documents that effected...

August, 2019

Last Year, John Stockdale, Jr. and the Schafer and Weiner team resolved a non-profit high school music booster organization’s federal tax penalties for failure to file tax return.  This year,...

May, 2019

Kim Hillary published Out With the Old Limitation on the New Value Defense in the May 2019 issue of the Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor.  The article examines In re BFW Liquidations...

May, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. and Nicholas Marcus represented a married couple in difficult collection litigation involving breach of a promise to pay under a mortgage covenant where the statute of limitation had run...

May, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. represented an auto supplier, who acquired all of the assets of failing business in an article 9 transaction.  The auto supplier commenced business litigation in Oakland County...

May, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. and Leon N. Mayer completed their representation of the BCDG Priority and Unsecured Creditors Trust before the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa.  As a result of...

April, 2019

Daniel J. Weiner and Leon N. Mayer co-authored Can a Lone Creditor With a State Court Remedy Prosecute an Involuntary Chapter 7 Case?  which was published in the December 2018 issue of...

March, 2019

Jeffery Sattler represents a financially distressed marketing business.  He defended the client in two collection lawsuits.  Jeffery obtained a year-long forbearance under favorable terms in the...

March, 2019

Jeffery Sattler continues to assist a judgment creditor collect on its $250,000 judgment.  Jeffery took over collection efforts after another firm failed to recover any money.  As a result of...

March, 2019

Howard Borin and Jeffery Sattler defended a financial services firm and its principals in a collection matter brought by their former attorney’s probate estate.  After the clients’ former...

March, 2019

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a retiring business owner sell his business interests: a 50% member interest in an injection molder servicing the automotive sector and his 50% member interest in its real...

March, 2019

From April 2-4, Michael E. Baum, the Managing Member of Schafer and Weiner, and Jason L. Weiner will attend the INSOL International (the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency, and...

March, 2019

Joseph K. Grekin and John J. Stockdale, Jr. assisted a real estate development in Grand Blanc, Michigan in a restructure and refinance of its business paving the way for construction of the development...

March, 2019

John J. Stockdale, Jr. and Kim Hillary filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy case for Central Processing Services, LLC on March 6, 2019.  Central Processing Services, LLC provides print, mailing, and lockbox...

March, 2019

Michael E. Baum and John J. Stockdale, Jr. successfully guided a tier-one automotive supplier through its chapter 11 process. The debtors proposed a chapter 11 liquidating plan that contemplates full...

February, 2019

Following the acquisition of a failing auto supplier’s accounts receivable and other business assets in a Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 sale, John Stockdale, Jr. helped the purchaser negotiate a...

January, 2019

Jeffery Sattler counseled an industrial painting and sheeting subcontractor in connection with its account debtor’s chapter 11 filing in Delaware.  The account debtor filed its chapter 11 before...

January, 2019

Jeffery Sattler represented a municipal water and sewer department in a mobile home park’s chapter 11 proceedings.  When the debtor failed to satisfy its post-petition obligations to the client,...

January, 2019

A non-profit high-school music booster organization received a notice from the IRS asserting unpaid failure to file penalties and threatening tax liens against the non-profit. John Stockdale, Jr. and the...

January, 2019

In connection with a deli meat distributor’s post-sale dissolution, John Stockdale, Jr. aggressively negotiated a 45% reduction with a credit card company and a 45% reduction with a line of credit...

December, 2018

Jeffery Sattler represented a family-owned golf course when its note became due and owing and the bank threatened foreclosure.  Jeffery negotiated a year-long forbearance under favorable terms. ...

December, 2018

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a post-judgment guarantor settle a judgment and stop the collection activity against him.  Several years ago the guarantor first retained Schafer and Weiner regarding a...

December, 2018

Joseph K. Grekin and Jason L. Weiner, with court authority, closed the sale of the real property of Evans Tempcon, Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 701 Ann, LLC purchased the company’s real property,...

November, 2018

John Stockdale, Jr. and Nicholas Marcus represented a logistics company and its owner as defendants in a state court breach of contract and fraud litigation.  Without filing a responsive pleading,...

November, 2018

Michael E. Baum and John Stockdale, Jr. filed Scott Industries, Inc. under Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on November 13, 2018.  Scott Industries, Inc. is an...

November, 2018

Daniel J. Weiner and John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a veteran-owned Tier 2/3 auto-supplier obtain tax lien subordination.  This second-generation auto supplier incurred more than $700,000 in unpaid 941...

October, 2018

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a real estate investor with an all-cash sale of one of the few remaining parcels of heavy industrial property in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  John assisted the seller with...

October, 2018

Joseph K. Grekin and Shanna M. Kaminski filed a motion for summary disposition based on res judicata, on behalf of a corporate client and its indirect individual owner in the Wayne County Circuit Court....

September, 2018

On October 25, 2018,  Joseph K. Grekin and Shanna M. Kaminski will serve as panelists for the Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Association’s seminar entitled Evidentiary Issues in Bankruptcy...

September, 2018

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a widow with the sale of her husband’s deli meat distributor’s assets and accounts.  This transaction involved difficult negotiations with the buyer and the...

September, 2018

Leon Mayer was appointed by Eastern District of Michigan Chief Bankruptcy Judge Philip J. Shefferly to represent a debtor in an adversary proceeding to except from discharge over $50,000 of alleged...

September, 2018

Seven attorneys at Schafer and Weiner have been selected as 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers® – as either a Super Lawyer or Rising Star. Super Lawyers® recognizes attorneys who have distinguished...

August, 2018

John Stockdale Jr. represented a private equity firm with acquiring the assets of a failing auto supplier.  Schafer and Weiner analyzed various options to complete the proposed acquisition where the...

August, 2018

John Stockdale Jr. represented a merchant cash advance claimant in Premier PCS of Texas, Inc.’s Texas bankruptcy case.  Premier proposed a plan of reorganization that was not satisfactory to the...

August, 2018

One of the primary benefits of filing for bankruptcy is the automatic stay, which stays, among other things, actions to collect pre-petition debt from a debtor.  A creditor that violates the automatic...

August, 2018

Shanna M. Kaminski convinced the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey to dismiss a preference and fraudulent conveyance action filed against a merchant cash advance company.  The Court...

August, 2018

Daniel J. Weiner and Leon N. Mayer helped an auto dealership client preserve and maximize value in a complicated out of court SBA loan workout.   Schafer and Weiner was retained when the bank was...

August, 2018

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted an investment bank with acquiring industrial property in Auburn Hills, Michigan.  This matter involved drafting the real estate purchase agreement, clearing conditions to...

July, 2018

Mr. Grekin moderated a cross-border insolvency panel discussion at the NAFER (National Association of Federal Equity Receivers) Offshore Insolvency and Asset Recovery Conference in Chicago. As moderator, Mr...

July, 2018

On July 27, 2018, Jason L. Weiner attended the 2018 NAFER (National Association of Federal Equity Receivers) Offshore Insolvency & Asset Recovery Conference in Chicago. Mr. Weiner co-presented on...

July, 2018

Schafer and Weiner represents a leading towing and recovery company in downriver Detroit.  A chapter 11 debtor filed an adversary proceeding against the tow company claiming ownership in, and seeking...

June, 2018

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a real estate developer with the acquisition of industrial real estate in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  This engagement included, among other things, the formation of a single...

June, 2018

Schafer and Weiner represents a single-location restaurant in its chapter 11 restructuring.  A merchant cash advance creditor brought an out-of-state lawsuit against the restaurant’s responsible...

May, 2018

Daniel J. Weiner and John Stockdale, Jr. successfully restructured a troubled auto supplier outside of bankruptcy.  This second-generation company suffered a maturity default, lacked sufficient working...

May, 2018

John Stockdale, Jr. and Michael E. Baum’s article Unpaid FICA in Chapter 11: Navigating the Minefield was published in the Spring 2018 issue of the Michigan Business Law Journal, which is a...

December, 2017

Joesph K. Grekin and John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a residential real estate developer with clearing a cloud on title to unimproved land intended as a future subdivision.  The cloud on title arose from...

December, 2017

Jason L. Weiner, President-Elect of the Detroit Chapter’s nextGen Board of Directors, was selected by the Turnaround Management Association’s (TMA) Detroit Chapter to attend and represent...

December, 2017

Through a Chapter 11 case, an ongoing business may be sold free and clear of liens, claims and encumbrances through the magic of Bankruptcy Code section 363.  Sometimes problems occur.  Michael E...

November, 2017

Employee embezzlement happens.  A home improvement company suffered catastrophic losses due to embezzlement by its chief financial officer.  The company came to Schafer and Weiner thinking it...

November, 2017

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted six brothers with the sale of vacant land in Jackson, Michigan.  The purchaser intends to develop the property as part of cross-state hiking and bicycle trail.  John...

September, 2017

Joseph K. Grekin and John Stockdale, Jr. successfully represented a minority shareholder in her minority shareholder oppression suit against her sibling-shareholders involving a 140-year-old construction...

September, 2017

Not all insolvency matters conclude with a bankruptcy.  John Stockdale Jr. assisted the seller with the sale of a distressed party store located in Plymouth, Michigan.  To close the transaction,...

August, 2017

Joseph K. Grekin and Jason L. Weiner of Schafer and Weiner, PLLC, with court authority, closed the going concern sale of the assets of Evans Tempcon, Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company engineers...

June, 2017

Schafer and Weiner, PLLC represents a Michigan-based auto supplier in its lawsuit against its Italian director for breach of fiduciary duty.  The Italian director moved to dismiss the claims against...

May, 2017

In a chapter 11 case before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the State of Michigan, Department of Treasury filed a proof of claim consisting of withholding tax,...

May, 2017

Only four months after a former husband entered into a consent judgment of divorce, he sought chapter 11 protection in the Eastern District of Michigan to renegotiate the terms of the consent judgment of...

May, 2017

On behalf of the Unsecured Creditors Committee of BCDG, LP, Schafer and Weiner, PLLC confirmed a combined plan of liquidation and disclosure statement before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the...

April, 2017

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted long-time client divest a multi-unit commercial building located in Howell, Michigan.  This engagement involved negotiations with the buyer toward the purchase agreement...

January, 2017

Fourteen days before a hearing on a motion to sell all of the debtor’s property, Schafer and Weiner, PLLC was retained as counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors of BCDG, LP. ...

January, 2017

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted a non-profit, limited liability company with the acquisition of vacant land in Michigan.  The non-profit plans to build its new headquarters and laboratory facilities on...

December, 2016

John Stockdale, Jr. assisted an aluminum truck-body manufacturer with analyzing various insolvency-related exit strategies.  When management identified a purchaser, John worked with lender’s...

November, 2016

Access to Bankruptcy Court (“ABC”) is a nonprofit organization that provides individuals below the poverty line with no-cost bankruptcy services.  Schafer and Weiner actively...

November, 2016

At the request of the United States Trustee, John Stockdale, Jr. presented at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division’s Chapter 11 Roundtable on...

September, 2016

Michael E. Baum and John J. Stockdale, Jr. successfully guided a Medicaid-dependent nursing-home business located in Detroit, Michigan and its related real property holding company through the jointly...

July, 2016

Daniel J. Weiner and Jeffery J. Sattler published their article, “Unforgiven No Longer: Ninth Circuit BAP Authorizes Discharge of Old Tax Debt from Untimely Returns,” in the July 2016 edition of...

June, 2016

Joseph Grekin, John Stockdale, Jr. and Shanna Kaminski recently assisted a deli meat distributor with the sale of a portion of its business.  The matter involved detailed negotiations with purchaser...

June, 2016

Michael Baum, John Stockdale, Jr. and Kim Hillary helped a debtor sell a Detroit nursing home in a chapter 11 bankruptcy auction process.  The auction was spirited and involved multiple bidders,...

June, 2016

Joseph Grekin, John Stockdale, Jr. and Jeffery Sattler’s article Applying Claim Preclusion in Michigan: A Call for Clarity was published in the Spring 2016 issue of the Michigan Business Law...

June, 2016

John Stockdale, Jr. served as a panelist at the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants’ Anti-Fraud, Litigation & Business Valuation, and Mergers & Acquisitions Conference in...

June, 2016

Michael Baum, John Stockdale, Jr. and Kim Hillary helped a debtor sell a Detroit nursing home in a chapter 11 bankruptcy auction process.  The auction was spirited and involved multiple bidders,...

June, 2016

Joseph Grekin, John Stockdale, Jr. and Shanna Kaminski recently assisted a deli meat distributor with the sale of a portion of its business.  The matter involved detailed negotiations with purchaser...

May, 2016

Joseph K. Grekin and Jason L. Weiner participated on the TMA nextGen “Receivership Theater: Victor Posner’s Crown Jewel” panel discussion. The panel addressed several essential topics of...

May, 2016

John Stockdale, Jr. served as a panelist at the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants’ Anti-Fraud, Litigation & Business Valuation, and Mergers & Acquisitions Conference in...

April, 2016

Joseph Grekin, John Stockdale, Jr. and Jeffery Sattler’s article Applying Claim Preclusion in Michigan: A Call for Clarity was published in the Spring 2016 issue of the Michigan Business Law...

February, 2016

The Schafer and Weiner team represented individual debtors facing tax debt approaching $1 million filed  in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Bay City. ...

February, 2016

In February 2016, the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers (“NAFER”) admitted Joseph Grekin and Jason Weiner as full members. NAFER is a member-only organization that selectively...

January, 2016

The Schafer and Weiner team represented the Committee of Unsecured Creditors in In re Continental Surfaces of Pittsburgh, LLC filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of...

March, 2015

After foreclosure by advertisement of investment real estate, Schafer and Weiner successfully resolved an action brought by the lender in Lapeer County Circuit Court against a business and the business...

March, 2015

The Schafer and Weiner team filed Shanta Corp. d/b/a St. Anne’s Nursing Center under Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on March 26, 2015.  The Debtor is a 78...

March, 2015

On March 30, 2015, Schafer and Weiner hosted the 7th Annual Michigan State University College of Law Jewish Legal Society Alumni and Student Networking Night.  The Jewish Legal Society...

March, 2015

Daniel J. Weiner, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, will present borrower’s strategies at an advanced panel discussion, “Critical Concepts for Avoiding Lender Liability (what all lenders should...

February, 2015

Leon N. Mayer and the Schafer and Weiner team recently filed North Toledo Graphics, LLC under Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio on February 13, 2015.  The Debtor is a...

January, 2015

The Schafer and Weiner team helped Venture Technology Groups, Inc. (Venture), a local company distributing valves for use in the gas and oil industries and acting as a manufacturer’s representative,...

January, 2015

Schafer and Weiner helped to resolve a shareholder dispute between two 50% shareholders of a closely held corporation. The dispute arose from differences between the managing shareholder and the non-...

January, 2015

Joseph K. Grekin and Jeffery J. Sattler published an article in the Summer 2014 issue of The Michigan Business Law Journal: “Expert Witnesses in Bankruptcy: Avoiding a Trap for the Unwary.”...

December, 2014

Schafer and Weiner designed a strategy that allowed a partnership to refinance a Michigan office building from its existing lender to a new lender during December 2014.  Through creativity and...

December, 2014

In the Chapter 11 case of In re SSI Technology, Inc. (Detroit), a Midwest defense industry supplier, S&W represents the official committee of unsecured creditors.  On December 23, 2014 the...

December, 2014

In the Chapter 11 case of In re Latex Foam International, LLC (Connecticut), an East Coast foam mattress manufacturing company, S&W represents the official committee of unsecured creditors....

October, 2014

John Stockdale, Jr., for the debtor, successfully objected to a class action plaintiff’s purported class proof of claim, which substantially reduced the claim pool by...

October, 2014

On October 30, 2014, Leon Mayer and John Stockdale, Jr. attended the SRR Intellectual Property Symposium.  The symposium included a seminar titled “IP Licenses and Value Issues in Bankruptcy,...

July, 2014

Daniel J. Weiner and Jeffery J. Sattler recently published an article in the June 2014 volume of the Journal of Corporate Renewal -- "When the New Sheriff Comes to Town:  Michigan's Emergency...

June, 2014

Joseph K. Grekin and Jason L. Weiner successfully helped a client and its owner preserve the company’s value by filing a Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction to prevent...

June, 2014

John Stockdale, Jr. negotiated with a regional South Carolina bank to resolve a $250,000 obligation for unimproved lots on Johns Island, South Carolina. The resolution was made difficult because, while the...

June, 2014

After many months of difficult negotiations with a large Pension Fund, Daniel J. Weiner and John Stockdale, Jr. finalized a settlement of $2.6 million in withdrawal liability.  The settlement resulted...

June, 2014

On June 6, 2014, Joe Grekin and John Stockdale attended the Business Law Institute, a day-long seminar presented by the Business Law Section of the Michigan State Bar.  The topics discussed at the...

June, 2014

Michael Baum and Joe Grekin recently presented the seminar to two different accounting firms, one in Grand Rapids, and one in Bloomfield Hills.  The subject of the seminar is the process through which...

June, 2014

On May 30, 2014, Latex Foam International, LLC, Purelatex Bliss, LLC, Latex Foam International Holdings, LLC and Latex Foam Assets Acquisition, LLC filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code...

April, 2014

Schafer and Weiner, PLLC successfully represented a corporation and its shareholders in a nondischargeability action based on a former shareholder/officer’s frauds, breaches of fiduciary duty and...

April, 2014

Leon Mayer recently guided a group of four related companies based in Northern Ohio in the shipping, warehousing, transportation, packaging and logistics industry through a Chapter 11 reorganization in...

April, 2014

Schafer and Weiner will continue to participate in the Access to Bankruptcy Court program during 2014 as a member of its governing board.  Through this program, Schafer and Weiner (and many other...

April, 2014

After nearly one year of negotiation, the firm recently recovered the contract amounts due a national insulation materialman related to municipal redevelopment activity after making a claim against the...

April, 2014

The firm recently obtained a chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge for the owner of a dissolved construction company.  In paving the way for entry of the discharge order, John Stockdale, Jr. negotiated...

February, 2014

Daniel J. Weiner was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2013), the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

November, 2013

In a lawsuit brought by a lender against Schafer and Weiner’s client seeking to enforce promissory notes, guaranties and mortgages, Joseph Grekin and Tracey Porter successfully opposed the lender...

November, 2013

Brendan Best and Jeffery Sattler published an article entitled “In the Sixth Circuit, Landlords Beware!” in the November 2013 newsletter for the Real Estate Committee of the American...

November, 2013

Michael Baum was a presenter at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 9th Annual Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference.  Mr. Baum, a Co-Chairman of the Mediation Panel for the...

October, 2013

Joseph Grekin presented a breakfast seminar entitled "What They Don't Tell You - The Secrets to Being a Great Expert Witness" to a group of accounting and consulting professionals at...

January, 2013

An equipment creditor sought to deny a debtor-business owner a chapter 7 discharge on the basis that the Debtor undervalued several business interests in his bankruptcy petition. The creditor claimed that...

January, 2012

Ms. Hillary specializes in representing companies and individuals in Chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings and workouts. Ms. Hillary has represented clients in a broad range of...

December, 2011

In 2011, the Michigan legislature amended Michigan's limited liability company act, MCL § 450.4101 et seq. to permit the conversion of a domestic corporation to a domestic limited liability company...

November, 2011

Joe Grekin and Tracey Porter successfully obtained a preliminary injunction enjoining a business partner from entering the premises of a local company and forbidding him from participating in the day-to-day...

September, 2011

Ms. Hillary has been designated as a Board Member at Large for the Michigan Chapter of IWIRC (International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation). Ms. Hillary is also a member of the...

September, 2011

A nursing home filed suit against the wife of a former resident to collect the debt incurred by the former resident. Mr. Stockdale prepared a motion for summary disposition on the basis that the nursing...

August, 2011

Michael E. Baum and John Stockdale, Jr. represent local home construction company, which was beset by state court litigation and unprofitable contracts, in its chapter 11 bankruptcy case. While this case is...