Creditors’ Rights

commercial lenders, investors, and others in a range of creditors’ rights and related commercial finance matters.

The firm advises and advocates for clients in mortgage foreclosure and receivership proceedings; asset recovery efforts, including post-judgment collections; commercial litigation related to real property and contract enforcement; institutional compliance defense litigation; consumer law litigation, and appeals regarding issues of creditor rights.

Partner Steven A. Jacobs is instrumental in Schenk & Bruetsch’s creditors’ rights practice, with a background in finance and business economics and more than two decades of legal experience handling these high-stakes matters. Legal cases involving questions of creditors’ rights tend to be procedurally complex and aggressively opposed. Schenk & Bruetsch offers a depth of legal knowledge and powerful advocacy on which our clients have come to rely.

★★★★★

“I called upon the services of attorney Matthew Schenk of Schenk & Bruetsch to help me with an extremely urgent and difficult matter to expedite the processing of some critical documents by the city (Detroit), county (Wayne) and state (Michigan). Even under the best times, this is something that would have taken weeks. I needed results in a few days. To make matters more difficult, this was during COVID, so instead of even weeks, I was told by government officials that it would likely take 2-3 months. Having known Mr. Schenk’s background and reputation, I asked if there was anything he could do to help, as I had reached dead ends on all fronts, and failure in this matter was not an option for me. He promptly began making calls to his close connections at all government levels, and within three days (!!) I had everything completed. Amazing.”

– John T., Royal Oak, Michigan

★★★★★

“During my tenure as SVP & General Counsel for Litigation for a major financial institution, I worked with local Detroit and national firms on a regular basis. Tom Bruetsch was one of the Detroit attorneys that I worked with on several matters. I found him to be accessible, an excellent strategist and reasonable in his advice and the time he spent on our projects. As the in-house counsel, I appreciated the fact that Tom understood that I was ultimately responsible for the outcome of the matter and he worked very diligently to ensure I was part of the litigation team. I was involved in most, if not all, strategy and preparation sessions and was provided plenty of time to review significant pleadings prior to their being filed with the court. Such attention to the client relationship was not something that I found across attorneys I worked with. Tom had that in spades. I would highly recommend him for your litigation matters.”

– Terri R.

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