Patrick E. Mears is retired of counsel in the Grand Rapids, Michigan office of Barnes & Thornburg. He was a member of the firm's Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department and New York Law Practice Group.
Patrick concentrated his practice in distressed real estate, insolvency, workouts and restructurings, commercial finance, securitizations, and creditors' rights. He represented financial institutions as individual creditors and as members of loan syndicates in matters throughout the state of Michigan and the remainder of the country. Although his primary practice was representing financial institutions as secured and unsecured creditors, he also represented debtors and creditors committees in bankruptcy cases and out-of-court workouts.
Credentials
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1976
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1973
Bar Admissions
- Illinois (Retired)
- New York
- Michigan (Inactive)