Earle I. Erman
Earle I. Erman is a shareholder in Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C.'s Creditor Rights, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice Group. Widely recognized as one of Michigan’s top bankruptcy and insolvency lawyers, Mr. Erman’s practice focuses on insolvency-related matters inside and outside of bankruptcy.
Mr. Erman has successfully handled a wide range of creditor-related matters, contract disputes, mediations, receiverships, representation of debtors, creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and other parties in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy matters.
From 1975 through 1991, Mr. Erman served as a member and bankruptcy trustee of the Panel of United States Trustees for the Eastern District of Michigan. In that capacity, he acted as a liquidating and operating trustee in a broad range of business bankruptcy matters.
With his significant litigation experience in bankruptcy and commercial matters, Mr. Erman possesses particular expertise as a mediator, facilitator and arbitrator in a wide range of contract disputes and has facilitated settlements in many complex commercial cases. Mr. Erman has acted as counsel for receivers and as the receiver on numerous occasions at the request of various institutional parties and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In 2006, 2013 and 2015, Mr. Erman was appointed as a member of the Judicial Selection Committee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In this role, he made recommendations for the selection of bankruptcy judges for the Eastern District of Michigan. Additionally, Mr. Erman co-chaired the panel in 2013.
Mr. Erman is AV rated in Martindale Hubbell. He has been named in the Best Lawyers in America® in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy since 1995, and has been recognized in the Michigan edition of Super Lawyers® in the practice areas of business bankruptcy, business litigation and creditor/debtor rights. He is also board certified in Business Bankruptcy by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification.
AV rated in Martindale Hubbell
- Listed in Michigan edition of Super Lawyers®
- Named in the Best Lawyers in America® in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy since 1995
Southfield, Michigan 48037-0215
