Brett A. Border
Brett A. Border is the senior attorney in the firm’s bankruptcy practice area. In law school, he earned the Oral Advocate Award in the intra-school Moot Court competition and interned with the Sixty Plus Law Clinic in Lansing.
Brett has practiced bankruptcy law and consumer law since 2003. He has represented thousands of debtors, creditors, and the Chapter 13 Trustee Tammy L. Terry in every type of bankruptcy matter, including trials and appeals to the District Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brett teaches Introduction to Bankruptcy at Madonna University and has served as the Editor of the Consumer Bankruptcy Newsletter for the American Bankruptcy Institute. Brett served on the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy Court’s committee for Mortgage Modification. Additionally, he served on the planning committee for the Veterans Day Seminar for the American Bankruptcy Institute and on a mortgage modification panel at the ABI conference. Brett is currently a sitting board member for the Consumer Bankruptcy Association. He has attended and completed the ABI Central States Workshop each year since 2009 and the Veterans Day Seminar since 2008. Brett has attended workshops on trial practice, appeals, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 practice.
Brett enjoys running and being with his son and daughter.
Bar Admissions
- State of Michigan in 2003
- S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- S. District/Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, J.D., 2003
- Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, B.A.
- Psychology & Criminology
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