Attorney Profiles

Christopher Kouza

Law Experience

Representing a variety of clients, including banks and other financial institutions, capital placement firms, entrepreneurs, developers, closely held companies, business owners and individuals, in connection with litigation and transactional matters, including:

  • Representing banks and other financial institutions in connection with foreclosures, forfeitures, receiverships, debt restructuring, loan documentation, depositor relations, letters of credit, lender liability claims, real estate claims, workouts, forbearance agreements, and post-judgment collections
  • Representing court-appointed receivers in enforcement of receivership orders
  • Advising and providing strategic planning for banks and other financial institutions in connection with property management, asset management, leasing, construction, capital placement, refinancing and brokerage  
  • Representing clients in connection with acquisitions and dispositions of various property types, including without limitation shopping centers, office buildings, parking lots, hotels, multi-family apartments and raw land

Education

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Detroit, Michigan

J.D., 2002

 

Admitted

Michigan
Eastern District of Michigan
6th Circuit Court of Appeals

Work Experience

General Counsel, Peoples State Bank, Warren, Michigan, 2009 – 2010    

Law Offices of Christopher Kouza, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 2005 – 2009

Cohen, Lerner & Rabinovitz, P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, 2002 – 2005