Stephen B. Grow

Partner | sgrow@wnj.com | V-Card Grand RapidsT 616.752.2158F 616.222.2158 Stephen Grow's practice is concentrated in workouts, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He has represented both secured lenders and borrowers in out-of-court workouts, and trustees, debtors, creditors committees, secured lenders and other parties in complex bankruptcy cases. Stephen has counseled clients in bankruptcy cases pending throughout the United States. Stephen is Chair of the Firm's Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group.

Stephen Grow's practice is concentrated in workouts, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He has represented both secured lenders and borrowers in out-of-court workouts, and trustees, debtors, creditors committees, secured lenders and other parties in complex bankruptcy cases. Stephen has counseled clients in bankruptcy cases pending throughout the United States. Stephen is Chair of the Firm's Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group.
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Education

  • University of Illinois J.D. 1986 cum laude
  • Wheaton College B.A. 1981    

Admitted

  • 1986, Michigan

Courts

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan in 1990
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan in 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit in 1991
  • U.S. Supreme Court in 1991

Honors and Awards

  • Mergers & Acquisitions Adviser National Turnaround of Year Award (2009)
  • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy Law, 2007-Present
  • Named a Michigan Super Lawyer 2008-2010
  • Recognized for "Turnaround of the Year" in 2006 Turnarounds & Workouts
  • Member, University of Illinois Law Review

Bar Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Michigan

Experience

  • Lead counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee In Re OutdooResources, Inc., resulting in the sale of substantially all assets of several affiliated debtors under a confirmed plan of reorganization
  • Lead Debtor's counsel in In Re Hastings Manufacturing, Inc., resulting in a 363 sale of substantially all assets of the Debtor
  • Local counsel to the Debtor in In Re Aurora Oil & Gas Corporation and Hudson Pipeline & Processing Company, successfully confirming a plan to restructure $120 Million in secured debt
  • Local counsel to the second lien lenders in BHM Technologies Holdings, Inc., who were owed in excess of $72 Million
  • Special insurance counsel in In Re Gainey Corporation, Inc.
  • National bankruptcy counsel for Whirlpool Corporation, managing bankruptcy cases throughout the United States
  • Represented automotive suppliers in virtually every major automotive bankruptcy case in the United States
  • Represented secured creditors, including banks and other financial institutions, in foreclosures, receiverships, and out-of-court workouts

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