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77 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation - Bankruptcy

Biography

Brian R. Trumbauer focuses his practice in the area of debtor-creditor rights and bankruptcy, with a particular emphasis on representing banks and other financial institutions in loan workouts, commercial bankruptcy cases and troubled credit situations.

He has represented secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, trustees, creditors’ committees and other interested parties in bankruptcy cases and debtor-creditor disputes. Mr. Trumbauer has served as a member of a standing Advisory Committee to the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and on a subcommittee that has worked with the bench on various revisions to the Local Rules for that Court. He also lectures frequently on bankruptcy law and debtor-creditor issues.

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77 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Marquette University, B.A.
  • University of Michigan, J.D.

  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan

  • Advisory Committee to the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member, E.D. Mich. Chapter and Member, Bankruptcy Committee
  • Detroit Bar Association - Member and Co-Chair of the Debtor-Creditor Section
  • State Bar of Michigan - Member
  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan
  • Advisory Committee to the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member, E.D. Mich. Chapter and Member, Bankruptcy Committee
  • Detroit Bar Association - Member and Co-Chair of the Debtor-Creditor Section
  • State Bar of Michigan - Member
  • Marquette University, B.A.
  • University of Michigan, J.D.

Client Testimonials

Brian is a trusted resource. He is extremely responsive, very knowledgeable, exhaustively detailed, and broadly experienced. I rely on his legal advice on a daily basis.

Elaine F. Frydrych (Comerica Bank)

Detroit, MI

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
Awards:
  • Michigan Super Lawyers 2016(Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights)
  • 2017 "Top Lawyer" by DBusiness magazine
  • AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

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