Service Areas
- Business
- Real Estate
- Litigation + Trial
- Workouts + Foreclosures
- Governments + Nonprofits
- Real Estate
Education
- Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.
- Michigan State University, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
U.S. District Courts
- Western District of Michigan
- Eastern District of Michigan
Megan Odell’s practice is concentrated in commercial real estate workouts and foreclosure litigation in state court and bankruptcy court, primarily in Michigan, but also in Ohio and Indiana. She represents financial institutions and special servicers in all phases of the workout process, whether resolved consensually or through contested proceedings for securitized and portfolio loans. The principal balances of the matters she handles range in size from $300,000 to $20 million with the bulk of matters in the $500,000 to $3 million range.
“I have a clear understanding of my clients' business objectives, which allows me to anticipate my clients' needs and offer them efficient and practical solutions while at the same time staying ahead of the opposition.”
Megan B. Odell
Experience
Megan is experienced in judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, receiverships, pursuing borrowers and guarantors on deficiency claims through full recourse loan documents and through carve-out violations in non-recourse loan documents. She has experience handling these matters for a variety of commercial property types including office, retail, multi-family and residential. Megan also has extensive experience representing creditors and lenders in commercial bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings, including single asset real estate cases, as well as out-of-court workouts.
“By maintaining an amicable relationship with opposing counsel I am able to obtain very favorable results for my clients.”
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- State Bar of Michigan
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
Honors + Awards
- Syracuse University College of Law; cum laude; Syracuse Law Review, Associate Editor/Business Editor, Distinguished Service Award; Certificate in Law, Technology & Management; International Moot Court; Technology Transfer Reserach Center; Mediation Assistance Program, Class Senator, Senate Distinguished Service Award; Dean's List
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