Eric C. Bartley

Associate

bartley@millercanfield.com

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Eric C. Bartley represents financial institutions and special servicers in all stages of commercial real estate workouts and foreclosures for both securitized and portfolio loans primarily in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio and in connection with the interpretation, negotiation, and drafting of commercial loan documents. Eric handles a portfolio of loans with principal balances totaling in excess of $300 million and secured by a variety of property types including, multifamily, office, retail, industrial, manufactured housing communities, and hospitality.

Every case is different and each client has different goals and objectives in mind. Knowing that, I go to great lengths to listen and fully understand the ultimate business objective my client is seeking to achieve in any given situation. Starting with that objective, I work with my clients to plan the most efficient legal strategy to achieve their desired result.
Eric C. Bartley

Experience

Eric has experience in the following:

Deed-in-lieu Transactions
Deed-in-escrow Transactions
Forbearance Agreements
Loan Modification Agreements
Receiverships and Consensual Sales Through Receivers
Non-judicial and judicial foreclosures in state and federal courts in Michigan
Judicial foreclosures in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio

Eric has obtained numerous receiverships, and successfully pursued borrowers and guarantors in deficiency actions in both recourse loan documents and through carve-out violations in non-recourse loan documents. In addition, Eric has been intimately involved in successfully representing lenders in defending against lender liability claims.

Reported + Published Decisions

Livonia Property Holdings, L.L.C. v 12840-12976 Farmington Road Holdings, L.L.C., 717 F. Supp 2nd, 724 (E.D. Mich. 2010), aff'd. No. 10-1782, 2010 WL 4275305 (6th Cir. Oct. 28, 2010)

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Oakland County Bar Association

Honors + Awards

Michigan State University College of Law; magna cum laude; Michigan State Law Review, Senior Managing Editor; Trial Practice Institute, Certificate in Trial Practice; Concentration in Corporate Law; Jurisprudence Achievement Awards, Corporate Law and Policy: International Investment Transactions, Professional Responsibility, Business Law Society
Michigan Super Lawyers, Banking, Rising Star 2010, 2011

Publications

"And Federal Regulation for All: Federally Regulating the Mortgage Banking Industry," 2006 Mich.St.L.Rev. 479

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