James Plemmons

Practice Areas

James A. Plemmons has been a trusted advisor and counsel to numerous automotive OEMs and suppliers for many years in supply chain, troubled supplier, bankruptcy, and other commercial matters. He has in-depth knowledge of the automotive industry and is a former chair of Dickinson Wright's Automotive Industry Team. He has represented numerous insurance companies with regard to workout, foreclosure and bankruptcy matters and have been counsel to numerous secured lenders, unsecured lenders, bankruptcy trustees, debtors, shareholders, and investor groups in all nature of bankruptcy, restructuring, and workout proceedings, including corporate and individual reorganization and liquidation proceedings. Jim is a current member of the firm's Management Group.

Professional Memberships

Michigan Bar Association; Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of Michigan; American Bankruptcy Institute; Tennessee Bar Association.

Publications

Co-Author, "Managing Uncertainty Through Financial Crisis Requires Proactive Guidance," Dickinson Wright Client Alert; Author, “Distressed Suppliers: How Your Company Can Deal with the Problem,” Equipment Leasing Newsletter, December 2016; Co-Author, “A Tale of Two Industries and the Bankruptcy Code,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, August 2016; Author, “Business Triage: Can Your Company Survive?” The Bankruptcy Strategist, August 2016; Co-Author, Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures: Closing, Reorganizing or Selling the Business (ICLE).

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