Michael W. Hile

Michael Hile concentrates his practice in business reorganization, workouts, and restructuring. Mike brings substantial transactional experience in bankruptcy matters, including structured financing, opinion practice, mortgage-backed securities, mergers and acquisitions, workouts, securities offerings, and debtor-in-possession financing.

Mike represents debtors, creditors, committees, trustees, and other interest-holders in bankruptcy cases throughout Indiana and across the country. He has participated in bankruptcy litigation, including defending and prosecuting avoidance actions and dischargeability matters, and has significant experience in commercial litigation focused on guarantor liability, receiverships, and secured transaction issues in state and federal courts.

Mike received his B.A. from Andrews University and his J.D. from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He served as a law clerk to Judge Kearns of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, after which he practiced in the bankruptcy group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. He later returned to Indiana, where he practiced as a member of Johnson Smith, LLP and subsequently Katz & Korin PC for fifteen years.

Mike has been recognized by Best Lawyers in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights, Insolvency, and Reorganization Law. He is admitted to the bars of Indiana and New York.