FRANK R. SIMON

SIMON PLC
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS

363 W. BIG BEAVER ROAD, #410
TROY, MICHIGAN 48084
Telephone 248-720-0290

fsimon@simonattys.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Articulate and persuasive litigator with extensive experience in the legal system as a litigator, assignee, receiver, and counsel for receivers in business, civil, family, and criminal cases. Excels in obtaining resolution for complex scenarios involving real property, personal property and finances. Special capabilities in management, finance, banking, insolvency, and real estate, which is useful in the operation of closed or ongoing business concerns. Demonstrates excellent communication, management, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Admitted to practice in Illinois, Michigan, and New York.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Managing Member
SIMON PLC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS, Troy, Michigan 1998 — Present
  • Receiver/Counsel to Receiver/Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors in family, civil and criminal cases to effectuate the court’s orders and bring resolution from 2009 to present
  • Manage/operate ongoing business concerns of Receivership/Assignment Estates (i.e.: apartment buildings, hotels, gas stations, grocery stores, storage centers, commercial & industrial buildings, restaurants and bars, shopping centers, bowling alleys, golf courses and doctors’ offices)
  • Identify, seize/secure and liquidate real and personal assets to satisfy creditors (Highlights includes: (1) liquidation of prominent medical practice with six offices throughout Michigan, (2) oversaw management of 1,494,000 sq. ft. shopping center; (3) recovery of $500k insurance claim from theft at shopping plaza; and (4) identification of marital assets, valuation of assets and collection of $250k spousal award in divorce settlement
  • Negotiate and draft documents for the sale of real and personal property
  • Resolve tax, construction, fraudulent transfers and mortgage lien litigation involving real estate, personal property and liquor licenses
  • Successful recovery of child and spousal support thru collection efforts in receiverships
  • Represent debtors, creditors, and trustees in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings
  • Extensive history of successfully listing, negotiating contracts, and selling residential, commercial, and vacant land properties as a broker/realtor through Simon Property Disposition (2003 to current)
Real Estate Broker
SIMON PROPERTY DISPOSITION, LLC, Troy, Michigan 2003 – Present

Simon is a Real Estate Broker and has an active Brokerage practice handling sales of commercial properties on behalf of financial institutions and receiverships that includes sales of hotels, mobile home parks, restaurants, shopping centers and other real estate assets.

EDUCATION
• Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin (Graduate Degree in Banking 2003)
• University of Detroit School of Law (Juris Doctorate 1995)
• University of Michigan (B. A. with distinction 1991)
MEMBERSHIPS
• Michigan Bar (Admitted 1996)
• U.S. District Court (Admitted 1996)
• Eastern District of Michigan (Admitted 1996)
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan (Admitted 1996)
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Admitted 2006)
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Admitted 2006)
• New York Bar (Admitted 2007)
• Illinois Bar (Admitted 2007)
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Michigan Banker’s Association
• Michigan Association of Community Bankers
• Commercial Receivers Association
• National Association of Federal Equity Receivers
• Turnaround Management Association
NOTABLES
• Appointed in 2024 as Certified Court Appointed Receiver in the State of New York in in the counties of Albany, Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Suffolk.
• Appointed Michigan Director of the Commercial Receivers Association (CRA). The CRA is a leading receivership association in the country that appoints leading experts in the field.
• The Turnaround Management Association recognized Receiver Frank R. Simon, Esq, and the entire Arcadia turnaround team for having completed the “Small Company Transaction of The Year” (June 2019) — Comerica Bank v Arcadia Services, Inc., et al. – appointed Receiver on 6/12/17
• Michigan Super Lawyers 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Michigan Rising Stars, 2008
• DBusiness Top Lawyer 2012-2013, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022
• Crain’s Detroit Business Top Attorneys in Michigan 2016
• Author of “The Unique Approach to Bank Litigation, Foreclosures, Collections and Insolvencies — Get Results” the Michigan Bankers Magazine
• Speaker for the 2010 Indiana Bankers Association Mega Conference
• Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Banking (2009 session)
• Speaker for 6th Annual Bank & Financial Institutions Special Assets Forum (2016 session)
• Speaker for Knowledge Group Webinar – Receiverships, Assignments and Other Bankruptcy Alternatives: What Lies Ahead in 2017
• Speaker at Business Court Judicial Seminar (Lansing) – topic: Receiverships, Dissolutions (May 2018)
• Speaker at Business Law Section Symposium on Corporate Oppression Actions (Detroit) — topic: Receivership as Remedy (November 2018)
• Speaker at Michigan State Bar Cannabis Law Section (Ann Arbor) in 2023
• Speaker at Michigan State Bar Real Property Law Section Conference (Mackinac Island) (July 2023)- topic: Cannabis
• Panelist – Commercial Receiver Association webinar — Cannabis Financials in Receiverships (September 2023)
• Speaker at Institute of Continuing Legal Education — “Receiverships in the Cannabis Market”; Cannabis Law Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan (September 2024)
• Speaker at the Inaugural Distressed Forum for Bank Special Assets in Dallas, Texas covering the complexities of litigation within distressed assets. (December 2024)
• Speaker at Financial Poise Webinar – State Court Commercial Receiverships — Asset Sales in Receivership (May 2025)

FRANK R. SIMON
SUPPLEMENT TO CURRICULUM VITAE

SUMMARY OF SAMPLE CASES

Receiverships:
Business
  • WFG National Title Insurance Company v Peak Title of Michigan, Inc., et al — taking over a title agency due to a suit filed by the underwriter for allegations of fraud, misappropriations. Tasked to review all closings and financials and work on completing transactions and compliance [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 5/7/25]
  • The Huntington National Bank v C & J Trucking, Inc., et al. — manage and liquidate assets of a trucking company and scrap yard [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 11/28/22]
  • Burr Oaks Property, LLC v Extreme Wood Products, LLC, et al- management of home association disputes/litigation [Montmorency County Circuit Court — appointed 4/21/22]
  • Taylor Quick Lube, LLC et al v Bassem Ghosn, et al — manage and operate oil change facility [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 3/25/21]
  • The Estate of Donna Daldin — asset freeze recovery of helicopter aircraft and boat [Oakland County Probate Court — appointed 3/25/2019]
  • Huntington National Bank v Harper Retail, LLC — manage, construction, sell property and other assets [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 2/1/19]
  • Jamal Jamil v Precious Physical Therapy — manage, stabilize, and maintain value of physical therapy business [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 6/12/17]
  • Comerica v Arcadia Services, Inc. – manage, stabilize, create value, staff nursing locations with over 25,000 employees in multiple states, and sell health care business [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 6/12/17]
  • American National Insurance Company v Haggerty-Palmer II, LLC – manage, stabilize, and maintain value of business [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 5/31/17]
  • Kajy Development v Michael Beydoun – manage, stabilize, and sell assets of business [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 3/27/17]
  • Steven Davis v Dimension Machine Technologies, LLC — manage large manufacturing business [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 12/19/16]
  • Prestige, LLC — operate and manage liquor store, sell liquor license
  • Rainbow Center — operation of methadone clinics and sale of medical practice due to shareholder dispute
Cannabis
  • JJack, LLC v PB2020, LLC, et al. – management of cannabis operation and sale of same [Kent County Circuit Court — appointed 6/27/24]
  • Union Bank v Windsor Township OG, LLC, et al. — management of significant cultivating and processing facility situated on 17 acres [Jackson County Circuit Court — appointed 6/10/24]
  • CBR Funding, LLC v Transcend Harvest Park, LLC, et al. – management of cannabis operation and sale of same [Eaton County Circuit Court — appointed 4/10/23]
  • MedMen Enterprises, Inc. v. Uldaman, Inc., et al. – management of cannabis operation and sale of same to pay off judgment creditor [Washtenaw County Circuit Court — appointed 11/21/22]
Collections
  • Saucon Resources, LLC v Fort Iron & Metal, Inc., et al. — collection on judgment, investigate fraudulent transfers and complexity of hidden assets [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 12/2024]
  • River Ridge Office Building II, LLC v Advance Resource Managers Inc., et al — collection on post judgment [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 6/24/24]
  • Diane Querbach v Samia Khazbak — collections on post judgment [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 5/15/23]
  • J&B Medical Supply Co., Inc. v Stat Emergency Medical Services, et al— collection and disposition of assets [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 10/23/23]
  • Rudi Gammo v Harris Clothing, LLC — collection on Judgment [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 8/29/22]
  • Clark Hill, PLC v The Janitorial Agency Service Corp, et al — collection on Judgment obtained against multiple parties on multi-million dollar loans [Ingham County Circuit Court — 8/4/21]
  • City of Detroit v Lombardo Heritage, LLC — collection on Judgment [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 1/26/21]
  • City of Detroit v SVC Properties, LLC – collection on Judgment [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 1/26/21]
  • City of Detroit v Ridge Building Co., LLP, et al – collection on Judgment [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 1/26/21]
  • City of Detroit v Superior Linen Service, Inc., et al. – Detroit properties – collection of unpaid taxes [Wayne County Circuit Court – appointed by Chief Judge on 2/21/20]
  • Chemical Bank v Tony Cappussi — collect on Judgment [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 9/23/19]
  • Larry Eddy vs. Angela Min — collection case
  • L. Hatchett vs. Anthony & Angela Smith — collection case
Divorce
  • Diane Barns v Gregory Barns – manage and dispose of assets in a divorce action [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 11/3/21]
  • Safaa Kousibati v Ayman Asayd — manage very complicated divorce with numerous assets, both real property and personal, manage and maintain value of assets and liquidation [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 5/19/20]
Gas Stations
  • Eastland Realty, LLC v Brenda Nelson — gas station/convenience store [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 9/7/23]
  • Soaring Pine Capital Real Estate and Debt Fund II v Qazi Properties, LLC – manage, stabilize, and maintain value of business, and sale of same [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 1/4/18]
  • 4407 Fort, LLC — gas station / convenience store / restaurants / service bays / car wash
  • Southgate Service Center — gas station / convenience center / service bays
  • Rita K’s, LLC – gas station / convenience center
  • Canton Center Properties, LLC – gas station / convenience center
  • AJ’s Enterprise, LLC – gas station / convenience center
Hospitality/Banquet Centers
  • Tittabawassee Resort, LLC, et al. v Robert Edwards, et al. — manage popular operating resort, banquet center, wedding venue and restaurant with liquor license due to shareholder dispute [Gladwin County Circuit Court — appointed 4/23/24]
  • Wilmington Trust, National Association (CW Capital) v Coldfoot, LLC – manage fully occupied operational Hampton Inn hotel [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 8/10/21]
  • Etter Amalgamated, Inc. v Bearclaw Coffee, et al. — manage business [Washtenaw County Circuit Court — appointed 5/27/21]
  • Comerica Bank v Ellis & Sloan, Inc., et al. – manage bar/restaurant and sell property [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 2/15/20]
  • Tim Hortons — franchise / manage and sell [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 9/8/15]
  • CYFH, LLC— manage and sell branded (flagged) hotel [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 5/9/12]
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank v Mourtous Enterprises — banquet hall / golf course [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 1/6/11]
  • Papa Joe’s Bar & Grill — restaurant / bar
  • Darlin, LLC — restaurant business
  • Jude Enterprises, LLC — deli / convenience center
Insurance
  • Velda Banks, Marchea Hedgespeth v Liberty Mutual Group — insurance claim [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 5/9/16]
  • Deveron Truitt and Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance — distribution of benefits [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 3/8/16]
Liquor Store
  • 4-Score Inc., et al. v Parkside Detroit, Inc., et al – operation of liquor store, shareholder dispute [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 5/14/25]
  • Gus Liquor, LLC, et al. v GTJJ, Inc., et al – operation and disposition of liquor store [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 11/16/22]
  • Last Stop Party Store v First Stop Party Store — operation and disposition of liquor store [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 10/12/18]
Real Estate — Commercial / Retail / Multi Family
  • Situs Holdings LLC v CCA CBD Detroit, LLC — manage and oversee approximately a 300 multi-family unit building with retail component and urban development working with servicer and conduit lender [appointed 6/30/25]
  • Island Lane Capital LLC v Eastpointe Apartments II, LLC, et al. — manage, deferred maintenance and disposition [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 12/3/24]
  • John Secco, et al. v Maximiliano Palacio, Corevest American Finance Lender, LLC, et al. — manage and handle all construction, renovations and sale of over 500 apartments consisting of 14 buildings [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 3/28/24]
  • Martin M. Younce, et al. v Patrick Tortora, et al. – manage dispute between the parties and seek equitable sale of oil change/brake shop and commercial properties [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 8/22/23]
  • The Huntington National Bank v Meza, LLC, et al. — liquidate assets of retail store front [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 11/27/22]
  • NABA Management, LLC v City of Trenton — closed hospital issues with developer and city [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 9/27/19]
  • MUFG Union Bank v Sinai, LLC – sell property and other assets [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 8/16/19]
  • Wells Fargo Bank v William Gardella — retail strip center [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 6/12/19]
  • Hox Investments, LLC v Phillip Hoxsey — value and sale of real estate; monitor the horse barn [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 4/22/19]
  • State Treasurer v Carey Koch — sell property and liquor license [Berrien County Circuit Court — appointed 12/7/18]
  • Kelly Denha and Molly Holdings, LLC v Gran-Burke Development, LLC, et al. — sell property [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 9/20/18]
  • Oak Arbor Drain Assoc. v Knorrwood Ridge Homeowners Assoc. — assessments/liens [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 4/18/18]
  • Comerica Bank v Frank J. and Dorothy J. Nazar Family LLC – sell property and other assets [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 12/21/17]
  • Kara Bongiovanni v Joseph Farris — sell property and other assets [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 6/27/17]
  • Comerica v Healthy Water, Alan Bossio, Eugene Pallisco — commercial real estate [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 5/6/16]
  • AE & SM, LLC — commercial building/scrap yard; environmental issues; liquidation of property [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 3/14/16]
  • MPG Enterprises – commercial real estate with a tenant [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 4/29/15]
  • Orion Pointe, LLC – commercial real estate with tenants [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 12/16/15]
  • Northland Center Michigan, LLC — shopping mall [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 9/29/14]
  • DM Associates — commercial building [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 2/13/12]
  • Village Plaza Holdings, LLC – commercial building [Oakland County Circuit Court – appointed 8/2012]
  • GGP Investments, LLC — shopping plaza with residential apartments
  • West Village Commons — shopping plaza
  • Lincoln Park Plaza — shopping plaza
  • Ajluni Property — commercial / medical building
Residential Real Estate (Homes/Apartments/Condominiums)
  • Doerr Law Firm PLLC v Zenmuse, LLC – manage and liquidate a well-known celebrity lake front estate in Grosse Pointe [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 9/23/23]
  • Dobbie Bacon v Jim Wellington and Premium Real Estate Solutions — dispute over sale of home [Macomb County Circuit Court — appointed 5/16/23]
  • Pointes Realty LLC v Paula Baljian – manage, control and sell assets, including a residential home and personal property [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 7/21/22]
  • Comerica Bank v Lodge Investments, LLC — manage business, sale of real estate [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 12/21/21]
  • John Leak, Jr. v Clairessia Leak — residential sale [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 4/26/21]
  • Alexander Knight v Lansing Building Real Estate, LLC — manage and rehab of apartments [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 3/25/21]
Shareholder Disputes
  • Jeffrey S. Seskin v Leslie A. Pollack — partner dispute — resolve issues between parties and manage restaurant [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 11/9/23]
  • Homeworx Services, LLC v Samuel H. Blumenstein – operate and manage businesses including real estate involving share holder disputes [Oakland County Circuit Court – appointed 8/26/21]
  • Hussein Baydoun and Rabih Baydoun v Mr. Suds Auto Wash and Orlando Perez – shareholder dispute -management and operating car wash [Wayne County Circuit Court — appointed 6/7/19]
  • Steven Kherher v Dennis Jaboro — membership interest [Oakland County Circuit Court — appointed 11/30/18]
Federal Appointments
  • Thomas E. Perez v Farid Fata, Michigan Hematology-Oncology, PC, et al. (U.S District Court Eastern District of Michigan; 2:15-cv-12583-VAR-MKM — appointed October 2015) – medical practice: served as assignee for the benefit of creditors for 4 businesses run by Dr. Farid Fata. Dr. Fata was arrested and charged with health care fraud and while the criminal case was pending, Mr. Simon wound down the businesses and preserved the contents of their six satellite locations. The wind down included liquidation and collection of certificates of need, rebates and refunds of medications, furniture and equipment, and accounts receivable. When the Assignee took control of several of the facilities there were numerous boxes of unopened medicine and pharmaceuticals. The Assignee returned these medications to the various suppliers and obtained a refund in excess of $1.5 million dollars. The Assignee also took control of thousands of medical records and was able to preserve and coordinate release of the records to the victims and to the United States Department of Justice. Established a claims process and reviewed and administered hundreds of claims to the assets in the estate. As part of this process, he coordinated resolution of claims among a number of state and federal agencies, as well as individuals. Along with his role as assignee, and at the request of the United States Department of Labor, Mr. Simon also served as a special fiduciary of the businesses’ retirement plans. In this role he administered and liquidated the plan accounts in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and court orders.
Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
  • Ravenwyck Development Center, LLC — office building
  • Michigan Radiation Institute, LLC — medical practice
  • United Diagnostics, PLLC — medical practice
  • Vital Pharmacare, LLC — pharmacy
  • 898 S. Telegraph, LLC — office plaza
Counsel for Receiver
  • Comerica Bank v VMV of Michigan, LLC — advising and counseling the receiver on legal ramifications of receivership on operating a large sports/fitness facility
  • Warren Comfort Suites — manage and sell branded hotel
  • Comerica Bank v PCT Brands, LLC and Deviceadvice, LLC — business assets
  • C & U Plaza, LLC — shopping plaza
  • MRJP, LLC – gas station / convenience center / service bays
  • AMA Investment – gas station / convenience center
  • Elite Auto & Wheels — retail store / service bays
Umpire
  • Lillian & Michael Williams v USAA Casualty Insurance Co. — resolve insurance and homeowner dispute [Wayne County Circuit Court – 12/12/18]
Discovery Master
  • FCA US LLC v Midwest Steel Inc. — discovery dispute [Wayne County Circuit Court — 2/23/23]
  • Slavik Building & Development, LLC v Mission Pointe Development — real estate [Wayne County Circuit Court – 10/5/21]
  • Abe’s Real Estate, LLC v Safe Place Transition Center, Inc. — real estate [Wayne County Circuit Court – 1/17/20]
  • Alexander Knight v Real Bundle Investment Holding – resolving partner/investor disputes in real estate [Wayne County Circuit Court — 6/25/20]