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Anthony J. Kochis

PRACTICE LEAD – Litigation

Anthony J. Kochis

PRACTICE LEAD – Litigation

Anthony’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency, business disputes, and automotive supply chain issues.

Anthony has successfully represented Fortune 10 companies to closely-held businesses and individuals in state, federal, and out-of-court matters involving complex and diverse litigation matters.

Judicial intern to the Hon. Robert H. Cleland, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2007.

Education

Wayne State University Law School, J.D.
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif
University of Michigan – Dearborn, B.A.
- Honors: Distinguished Scholar with High Distinction
- Honor’s Scholar Award-Political Science

Admitted

Michigan
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court Of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Honors

The Best Lawyers in America (2024-25)
Michigan Super Lawyers, Debtor/Creditor Rights (2022 – 2024)
Michigan Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2010 – 2021)
Recipient of TMA Detroit nextGen Top of the Class Award (2016)
Recipient of Up & Coming Lawyer Award, Michigan Lawyers Weekly (2016)

Publications

“Give Me Back My Stuff! Mere Retention of Property Does not Violate the Bankruptcy Code,” State Bar of Michigan Litigation Newsletter, Summer 2021.
“Testing the Waters of the Safe Harbor,” American Bar Association – Business Law Today, January 2017
“Golden Guernsey: A WARNing to Directors and Officers,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 2016
“Unflopping the Debtor: Finding Fairness in Financing,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, November 2013
“Defending Against Preferential Transfers Post-BAPCPA: Understanding The ‘Ordinary Business Terms’ Defense,” The Michigan Business Law Journal, Volume 30, Issue 1 (Spring 2010)

Speaking Engagements

Receivership, TMA Mid-America Regional Conference (2024)
Section 523 Nondischargeability Litigation: Plaintiff and Defense Strategies, Strafford Publications, Inc. (2020)
Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Central States Virtual Conference (2020)
Shapero Cup Regional Moot Court Competition and Symposium, presenter, American Bankruptcy Institute and The Walter Shapero Symposium Committee (2019)
Defending § 523 Adversary Proceedings, Hon. Steven W. Rhodes Consumer Bankruptcy Conference (2018)
Limited Liability Companies & Fiduciary Duties: For Better or For Worse in Sickness & in Health, Western District of Michigan’s 30th Annual Bankruptcy Seminar (2018)
Chapter 7 Issues and Hot Topics, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Central States Conference (June 2017)

Professional Involvement

American Bankruptcy Institute
Turnaround Management Association
State Bar of Michigan Litigation Section
- Chair Elect (2023 – Present)
- Secretary (2022 – 2023)
- Treasurer (2021 – 2022)
- Governing Council (2016 – 2021)
State Bar of Michigan, Representative Assembly (2015 – 2018)
Pro Bono Attorney Volunteer, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2012 – present)
Access to Bankruptcy Court Ex-Officio Board Member

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