Edgar C. Howbert

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Detroit Office

ehowbert(at)dickinsonwright.com

Phone: 313.223.3517

Fax: 313.223.3598

Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  • Ann Arbor Railroad
  • Altarum Institute (formerly Environmental Research Institute of Michigan)

Prominent Assignments

  • Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in numerous credit-based and asset-based loan transactions
  • Counsel to JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Agent in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Aetna Industries, Inc, Zenith Industrial Corporation, The Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, Fleming Packaging Corporation, and others
  • Counsel to Debtors and Creditors Committees in Chapter 11 proceedings

Education

  • L.L.B. (cum laude), Harvard Law School, 1965
  • A.B. (cum laude), Princeton University, 1959

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1966

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Member of Board of Directors and General Counsel, Turnaround Management Association (1993-2005)
  • General Counsel, Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals, Inc. (1996-2005)
  • Member, Debtor and Creditor Section of Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Former President, Board of Trustees, Franklin-Wright Settlements, Inc.
  • Former President, Board of Trustees, Friends School in Detroit
  • Former member, Board of Trustees, University Liggett School
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Youthvile Detroit

Publications and Presentations

  • Digest of Commercial Laws of the World, "State Variations of Commercial Law for Michigan"
  • Co-author of Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures, American Law Institute and American Bar Association, 2004

Acknowledgements

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy)
  • Michigan SuperLawyers (Banking)