PRACTICE LEAD – Consumer Bankruptcy
PRACTICE LEAD – Consumer Bankruptcy
Michelle H. Bass is a partner at Wolfson Bolton Kochis PLLC, where she manages the consumer bankruptcy practice group.
As an American Board Certified Consumer Bankruptcy attorney, Michelle represents both debtors and creditors in consumer bankruptcy proceedings.
She primarily represents individual consumer debtors in Chapter 7 liquidations and Chapter 13, Chapter 11, and Chapter 11 Sub V reorganizations. Representative clients span from small business owners and high net-worth / high income-earning individuals, to individuals seeking to prevent foreclosure or repossession of secured collateral. This includes individuals who qualify to reorganize under Sub Chapter V of the recently enacted Small Business Reorganization Act under Chapter 11. She also represents both debtors and creditors in divorce-related bankruptcy proceedings, and is a frequent speaker on the intersection of bankruptcy and family law disputes.
She has been extremely successful in practice stopping foreclosures, stripping secured liens, and cramming down loans on collateral for individuals seeking to reorganize under Chapters 13 and 11.
She has successfully defended appeals in the Federal Eastern District for the State of Michigan and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
American Bankruptcy Institute 40 Under 40 Steering Committee Member, 2023, 2024.
Western District Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Seminar Planning Committee Member, 2024.
Oakland County Bar Association Debtor/Creditor Committee Chair, 2021 – 2023; Professional Development Committee liaison to the Debtor/Creditor Committee, 2020-2021.
American Bankruptcy Institute Consumer Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair, 2021-2023; Newsletter Editor 2020-2021; Membership Relations Director 2019-2020.
International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (MI-IWIRC) Michigan Network Co-Chair, 2017 – 2021.
Consumer Bankruptcy Association, Member, 2008 – Present.
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