Three Erman Teicher Attorneys Recognized on 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers® List

May 30, 2012 - PRLog -- For the third year in a row, three attorneys from Southfield-based Erman, Teicher, Miller, Zucker & Freedman P.C. were named to the 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers list: Earle I. Erman, Julie Beth Teicher and David H. Freedman.

Erman, who founded the firm in 1976, has been recognized among the Michigan Super Lawyers for each of the publication’s six years rating attorneys in the state.  He focuses his practice on insolvency-related matters, representation of debtors, creditors' committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and other parties in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy matters.  Erman also has extensive specialized experience in receivership and trustee matters.  He acts as a certified mediator for the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and is board certified in business bankruptcy.  He also has served on the Merit Selection Panel for Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.

The Wayne State University Law School alum is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and is admitted to practice in numerous federal courts. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan Debtor/Creditor Rights Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute and Federal Bar Association.

Teicher, a shareholder at the firm since 1991, earned recognition from Michigan Super Lawyers for the third consecutive year. Her practice area is concentrated in the area of debtors' and creditors' rights, principally in business bankruptcy, and general insolvency and commercial litigation matters.  She also has significant experience representing receivers in both Federal and state courts, debtors, creditors and creditors' committees in business reorganization cases.  A certified Bankruptcy Court mediator, she also is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School, where she earned her juris doctor.

Teicher is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and Federal Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, on which she is the former co-chair, and the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy Bench Bar Committee.  She is admitted to practice in the Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Like Teicher, Freedman is a three-time Michigan Super Lawyers selection.  A shareholder at the firm since 1996, he practices in the areas of corporate and business law, real estate law, debtor and creditor rights, out-of-court workouts and state and Federal court receiverships.  He also counsels clients on a wide variety of corporate, business, real estate and receivership matters, with an emphasis on transactional and contract work.  He also provides consulting and drafting services for all types of business and related transactions, including choosing and creating the right business entity, buying or selling assets, real estate or business interests, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, employment agreements and general business planning.

The Wayne State University Law School alum is involved in a variety of debtor and creditor rights matters including workouts and liquidations, transactional acquisition and sale matters involving insolvent entities and their owners, and a variety of business and contract litigation, including general collection matters.  Freedman is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.

The attorneys featured in Michigan Super Lawyers magazine are selected though a multi-step process.  Candidates are nominated through a survey of more than 30,000 attorneys, direct contact with law firms and by reviewing trade journals, periodicals, databases and online sources.  A blue ribbon panel of the top attorneys in each respective practice area evaluates the candidates.  The final selection is then made by dividing the candidates by their firm size and selecting the top five percent.

For more than 35 years, Erman, Teicher, Miller, Zucker & Freedman, P.C., has helped businesses and individuals achieve favorable results in a wide variety of insolvency-related, business, commercial and real estate matters.  For more information, go to www.ermanteicher.com.