James A. Plemmons

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Detroit Office

jplemmons(at)dickinsonwright.com

Phone: 313.223.3106

Fax: 313.223.3598

Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • JP Morgan Chase Bank
  • Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
  • Chrysler LLC
  • Johnson Controls, Inc., and its affiliates
  • Lear Corporation
  • Magna International Inc., and its affiliates
  • Visteon Corporation

Prominent Assignments

  • Counsel to Chrysler LLC in troubled supplier and bankruptcy matters
  • Counsel to JP Chase Morgan Bank in bankruptcy and debtor/creditor affairs
  • Counsel to the unsecured creditors committees in Windward Industries, Inc. (Micro Manufacturing), Caribbean Telephone & Telegraph, Inc., and D&C Industries, Inc.
  • Counsel to Magna International Inc. and its affiliates in troubled supplier and bankruptcy matters
  • Local counsel to Bristol Myers Squibb in the Dow Corning bankruptcy
  • Have represented numerous insurance companies in regard to workout, foreclosure and bankruptcy matters such as Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Travelers Insurance Company, and Nationwide Life Insurance Company
  • Counsel to numerous secured lenders, unsecured lenders, bankruptcy trustees, debtors, shareholders, and investor groups in all nature of bankruptcy, restructuring, and workout proceedings, including corporate and individual reorganization and liquidation proceedings
  • Counsel to Johnson Controls, Inc., and its affiliates in troubled auto supplier matters
  • Counsel to Visteon Corporation in troubled auto supplier and bankruptcy matters

Education

  • J.D., American University's Washington College of Laws, 1989
  • B.A. (with honors), Michigan State University, 1986

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1989
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, 1989

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Member, Michigan Bar Association
  • Member, Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Member, Rotary International and Past President, Trenton Rotary Club
  • Advisor, John McKay Scholarship Fund
  • Board Member, Tom Shumate Endowment Fund for the Arts
  • Leadership Detroit Class XXVIII

Publications and Presentations

  • Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures, 2004
  • Closing, Reorganizing or Selling the Business (ICLE),co-author, November 1993

Honors

  • Martindale-Hubbell Rating: A/V
  • Life Member, The National Register of Who's Who
  • 2004 BTI Client Service All-Star Team