J. Benjamin Dolan, Dickinson Wright Attorney
Did Dickinson Wright Collude with a Receiver?
Did Lawyers at the Firm Collude With a Court-Appointed Receiver to Get a Borrower's Bankruptcy Proceeding Dismissed?
A Court Appointed Receiver Owes A Fiduciary Duty to the Property Owner. This is the Highest Level of Duty and Trust Under the Law!
Ben Dolan Secretly Summoned the Colluding Receiver
It Was Learned Five Months After the Borrower's Chapter 11 Filing Was Dismissed that Dickinson Attorney, Ben Dolan, Had Secretly Summoned the Receiver, Matthew Mason, to Prepare for the September 13, 2017 Bankruptcy Hearing at Dickinson Wright's Offices
Dickinson Wright CEO Michael Hammer
Dickinson Wright's Secret Emails and Meeting with a Receiver
Did Dickinson Wright CEO Michael Hammer Also Secretly Meet With and Co-Opt A Receiver to Get A Borrower's Bankruptcy Petition Dismissed?
The Receiver, Matthew Mason, Was from McKinley Inc.
Emails Discovered Years Later
The Receiver, Matthew Mason Confirmed That He "will be with Ben [Dolan] tomorrow afternoon prepping for the hearing."
Dickinson and the Allegedly Neutral Receiver Were "Fired Up"
Before the hearing, Dickinson Wright CEO, Michael Hammer, and Matthew Mason, the Receiver, Were Both Sent an Email with a Link to Battle Songs from the Hedge Fund, Lender, Canyon Partners, Which Has a Pattern of Defrauding Borrowers
The Truth Comes Out
The Collusion Was Admitted By the Receiver Years Later
Years Later in His Deposition in a Related Matter, Matthew Mason, the Receiver, Admitted He Prepared His Bankruptcy Court Testimony at Dickinson's Offices
Multiple Dickinson Attorneys Secretly Met with the Receiver
Matthew Mason, the Receiver, Remembered "Some Dickinson Attorneys" at the Secret Prep Session. Did Dickinson CEO Michael Hammer also attend?
Clear Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Collusion
The Receiver's CEO and Canyon's Counsel Celebrated Victory
If There Is Any Doubt That the Receiver Was Biased, Acted in Bad Faith, Breached its Fiduciary Duty and Colluded with Dickinson Wright, When the Bankruptcy Was Dismissed, the Receiver's CEO at McKinley Inc., Albert Berriz, and His Employees Were Celebrating with Dickinson and Their Client!
The Receiver Acted at the Service of Dickinson's Client Rath
It Was Also Discovered After the Bankruptcy Dismissal that Matthew Mason, the Receiver, Had Told Canyon that "I am at your service for whatever you need."
The Receiver Offered Kickbacks
It Was Later Discovered Too that Matthew Mason, the Receiver, Had Been Inviting the Hedge Fund's Personnel to University of Michigan Football Games
The Receiver Bought Wine Gifts For Canyon
It Was Discovered Later that the Collusion Ran Deep
The evidence shows that the Receiver bought gifts for and socialized with the hedge fund lender and had dozens if not hundreds of calls and meetings with attorneys at Dickinson Wright in clear collusion with the receiver