Wallace M. Handler

Wallace counsels business clients and individuals in financial management of their companies and personal assets. He represents debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees and other interested parties in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, and advises on the formation and implementation of liquidation, reorganization and recovery plans, both in and out of court. He is often retained as special counsel on creditors' rights issues in all types of proceedings.

He frequently serves as an Oakland County and Federal Bankruptcy Mediator. He is also the founding Co-Chairman of the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and a member of the Bankruptcy Court Committee for revision of Chapter 11 Rules.

Wallace has been frequently recognized for legal excellence by his colleagues, peers and clients. Since 1983, he has been continually listed in the Creditors' and Debtors' Rights and Bankruptcy Sections of The Best Lawyers in America by Woodward White, Inc. He has been awarded the ranking of Michigan “Super Lawyer,” by Thomson Reuters every year since 2006. Wallace also has been awarded and maintains the Martindale AV rating which is the highest rating available. He was the recipient of The Barbara J. Rom Award For Bankruptcy Excellence in November 2015.

He is a former adjunct professor at the University of Detroit College of Law, and a guest lecturer on bankruptcy and a moot court judge at the University of Michigan Law School. He is a member of the Commercial Law League of America and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Since 1964, Wallace has been actively involved in numerous committees of the Jewish Welfare Federation. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and President of the Congregation Shaarey Zedek, one of the largest conservative congregations in the Midwest, and has served in various positions of leadership continuously over the last 20 years. He was also a past member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Foundation of Detroit and the Home for the Aged and a past member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

Representative Clients

•PM Group
•DT Manufacturing
•Park Family Health

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•EIGHT SULLIVAN, WARD, ASHER & PATTON, P.C. LAWYERS RECOGNIZED IN THE 2018 EDITION OF THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA
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•ATTORNEY WALLACE M. HANDLER, RECIPIENT OF THE BARBARA J. ROM AWARD FOR BANKRUPTCY EXCELLENCE
November 2015
•9 SULLIVAN, WARD, ASHER & PATTON, P.C. ATTORNEYS LISTED IN LEADING LAWYERS

• Guest Lecturer, Bankruptcy Seminar

University of Michigan Law School, 1997 - 1999

• Lecturer, Amendments to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

Detroit Bar Association, 1999

• Lecturer, Young Lawyers Section, Marketing in Bankruptcy

E.D. Michigan Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1998

• Lecturer, Amended Local Bankruptcy Rules

Oakland County Bar Association, 1998

• Lecturer, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978

• Lecturer, Bankruptcy Practice, Detroit Bar Association

1989

• Lecturer - Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan

1988

• Lecturer, Basic Bankruptcy

Oakland County Bar Association, 1987

• Lecturer, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Representing the Real Estate Client in Bankruptcy, Michigan Practice and Procedure

1985