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West Legal Directory Profile - Firmsite Lisa S. Gretchko 
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
phone (248) 723-0396
(248) 645-1483
fax (248) 645-1568
email
lgretchko@howardandhoward.com
lsg@h2law.com
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Ms. Gretchko concentrates her practice in creditors' rights and commercial litigation.  She has represented nearly every constituency in bankruptcy courts around the country, including secured creditors, unsecured creditors' committees, landlords, licensors of intellectual property, business debtors and trustees and has litigated many of the issues which arise in the context of bankruptcy law.  She has lectured extensively for many organizations on various creditors' rights issues.  Ms. Gretchko also has experience in real estate litigation.

She received a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from the University of Michigan in 1976 and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.  She received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Detroit School of Law, where she was awarded the National Order of the Barrister and an elected member of the Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society.  In addition, Ms. Gretchko was an associate editor of the University of Detroit's Journal of Urban Law.  As a recent adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School, she taught Bankruptcy Law and Creditors' Rights.

Ms. Gretchko was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.  She is currently a  member of the Business Law Advisory Board for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, where she is a contributing editor to "Last in Line," a column in its monthly journal.  She is a former council member and secretary of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan and was chair of the Oakland County Bar Association Creditors' Rights Committee.

Areas of Practice:
Bankruptcy
Commercial Litigation
Creditors' Rights and Business Bankruptcy
Litigation
Real Estate
Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 1979
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1979
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1986
Education:
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, MI , 1978
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 1976
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Honors: With Distinction


Published Works:
Numerous Articles, The American Bankruptcy Institute Journal


Numerous Articles, Michigan Real Property Reveiw & Laches


Contributing Editor, Last in Line, a Monthly Column in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 1996 - present


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Bankruptcy Law and Creditors' Rights, Wayne State University Law School, 2001 - 2003


Honors and Awards:
Order of the Barrister, Frank Murphy Honor Society, 1978


William Boesky Award for Outstanding Community Leadership, 1989


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Wayne State University Law School, 2001 - 2003
Adjunct Professor of Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Law


United States Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Michigan, 1994 - 2002
Member, Advisory Committee


State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section, 1992 - Present
Member


State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section, 1996 - 2002
Governing Council Member


Oakland County Bar Association, 1992 - Present
Member


Oakland County Bar Association, 2001
Chairperson, Federal Courts and Bankruptcy Committee


American Bankruptcy Institute, 1992 - Present
Member


Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Business Advisory Board


Past Employment Positions:
Pepper Hamilton, Partner, 1989 - 2003


Hertzberg, Jacob & Weingarten, P.C., Partner, 1985 - 1988


Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C., Associate, 1979 - 1985


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Beta Kappa
Birth Information:
1954, Detroit, Michigan


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