Overview
Mike Stewart represents lenders, investors, purchasers and contract counterparties in restructuring and insolvency matters, and in all aspects of structuring, documenting and collecting secured loans.
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Mike has represented secured and unsecured creditors' interests in major chapter 11 bankruptcy cases across the country.
Mike's experience in commercial transactions, non-bankruptcy work-outs, and general representation of banks and other secured creditors provide him valuable knowledge and insight in dealing with myriad issues in commercial finance and in corporate reorganizations. He has extensive experience in agribusiness lending and workouts.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Education
Harvard Law School
J.D. (1980)
Cornell College
B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude (1977)
Experience
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January 2018 2 min readCargill Wins Major Jury Verdict and Treble Judgment Under RICO ActAgribusiness Commodity Production and Processing Food & Agribusiness Product Liability Product Liability Litigation
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2017 1 min readU.S. Bank Trust Obtains Preliminary Injunction and Escrow of $55 Million in Delaware Chancery CourtBanking and Finance Financial Services Litigation & Dispute Resolution Corporate Trust
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2008 1 min readNinth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Decision for Agricultural CompanyTax Disputes Litigation & Dispute Resolution Appellate
Insights & Events
Latest
Other Perspectives
- Getting Paid and Avoiding Disgorgement
Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute, Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, Lake Geneva, June 2018 - Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel
Co-author of chapter on Workouts and Bankruptcy in book published by Thomson Reuters - Debtor-Creditor Handbook
Co-author of chapter on Tax Liens and Tax Claims in reference published by Minnesota CLE - Bankruptcy Practice in Minnesota Deskbook
Co-editor of reference published by Minnesota CLE - Lessons Learned: Tips From Workout Experts and Litigators
Panelist, CFA Minnesota Lunch and Learn, Minneapolis, March 2018 - Agribusiness Bankruptcies, Failures and Frauds — BFFs?
Panelist, Food & Agriculture National Conference, Faegre Baker Daniels, Minneapolis, May 2014 - Bankruptcy Practice in Minnesota Deskbook
Co-editor, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 2012
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Bankruptcy
- Debtor/Creditor
Professional Associations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association — Business Bankruptcy Committee; Business Law Section; and Commercial Financial Services
- Minnesota State Bar Association — Bankruptcy Law Section (Past Chairman and Past Vice Chairman); Business Law Section; Uniform Commercial Code Committee; Multijurisdictional Practice Task Force; and Minnesota Receivership Statute Committee
- Turnaround Management Association — Upper Midwest Chapter (Past President)
- District of Minnesota — Local Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee (Past Reporter)
- Commercial Finance Association
Firm Leadership
- Leader, Finance & Restructuring Practice Group, 2020-present
- Mike leads the firm's finance and restructuring group, serves on the steering committee for the financial services industry team, and co-leads the agribusiness finance and bankruptcy segment of the food and agribusiness industry team.
Honors
- BTI's Client Service All-Stars, 2019
- The Best Lawyers in America — Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, 1995-2020 (Minneapolis Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Lawyer of the Year, 2012, 2019)
- Minnesota Super Lawyers — Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2003-19
- American College of Bankruptcy — Fellow and Eighth Circuit Regent