Bodman PLC

77 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law Real Estate Law

Biography

Mr. Scavone is chair of Bodman’s Real Estate Practice Group. He has represented banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety of complex, multi-million dollar, secured loans and other financial arrangements involving real estate.

Such financings include mortgage loans, land acquisition and development loans, and construction financing for projects as diverse as shopping centers, apartment projects, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, residential developments, golf courses, ski resorts, and gas stations. Mr. Scavone also represents lenders in direct and syndicated mortgage warehousing lines of credit. Mr. Scavone also has extensive experience with commercial real estate loan workouts, foreclosures, receiverships, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and sales of REO.

In addition to banking and finance matters, Mr. Scavone represents clients in complex real estate transactions, including purchases and sales for cash, on land contract, with seller financing or otherwise, involving real estate from single family homes to multi-million dollar commercial properties. He has handled numerous commercial leases for landlords and tenants, including leases of office, retail and manufacturing space, ground leases, and subleases. He has represented owners and developers in construction related matters.

Mr. Scavone is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (Real Property Law and Business Law Sections) and the American Bar Association (Real Property Law Section). He is Vice Chair of the Council of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar and a member of the Michigan Land Title Standards Committee.

Bodman PLC

77 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., graduated 1992
  • University of Michigan, A.B.

  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan

  • American Bar Association - Real Property Law Section
  • Michigan Land Title Standards Committee - Member
  • State Bar of Michigan Real Property Section Council - Vice Chair
  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan
  • American Bar Association - Real Property Law Section
  • Michigan Land Title Standards Committee - Member
  • State Bar of Michigan Real Property Section Council - Vice Chair
  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., graduated 1992
  • University of Michigan, A.B.

Client Testimonials

I have worked with Nick Scavone for over a decade. He is an excellent attorney, who always has his client's best interest in mind.

Rob Marr (Comerica Bank)

Detroit, MI

Nick Scavone is a professional, responsive attorney, who provides valuable expertise in the specialty business of residential mortgage warehouse lending.

Rob Marr (Comerica Bank)

Detroit, MI

Bodman is a great real estate firm and Nick Scavone is absolutely the best real estate lawyer around, hands down, from his knowledge to his determination to do the absolute best for his clients. He is very through in his work and detailed to protect the client's best interests, but not to the point where he is a deal breaker, he is a deal maker! He is crisp, clear, and concise and can communicate with anyone at any level. He is a humbled attorney who is one of the most ethical people that I know. He is a person of great trust and is a true relationship builder. His billing is always more than fair and he is a person of great ethics, even when he knows that his advice will cost him legal billing. But he only looks for the client's best interests, and many times will place himself in the place of his clients and make decisions from there.

Randy Oram (International Outdoor, Inc. )

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
  • Asset-Based Lending
  • Bankruptcy and Workouts
  • Commercial
  • Commercial Landlord Tenant
  • Construction Finance
  • Distressed Debt Transactions
  • Finance
  • Foreclosures
  • Interstate
  • Leasing
  • Mortgage
  • Mortgage Warehousing
  • Real Estate
  • Real Property Law
  • Residential
  • Secured Transactions
  • Transactions
Awards:
  • AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
  • Chambers USA 2017 (Real Estate-Michigan)
  • Michigan Super Lawyers 2007 - 2015 (Real Estate)
  • Dbusiness magazine 2017 “Top Lawyer” (Real Estate)

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