
Proskauer Rose LLP
United States
Lawyers

Michael Mervis
- Phone+1.212.969.3565
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Mike Mervis is the Vice-Chair of the Proskauer's Litigation Department and the immediate past head of the Commercial Litigation Group. He is also the head of Proskauer's Bankruptcy Litigation Group and co-head of Proskauer's Private Credit Litigation Group.
Mike is a veteran litigator who has tried dozens of cases in federal and state courts and before arbitral tribunals across the country. He represents clients in complex commercial matters, disputes over distressed debt and investments (particularly in contentious chapter 11 bankruptcy cases), real estate and entertainment industry disputes and intellectual property cases.
In bankruptcy matters, he represents lenders, ad hoc creditor groups and statutory committees, and debtors in complex chapter 11 cases in bankruptcy courts across the country. Mike has litigated the full spectrum of contested matters and adversary proceedings that arise during the lifecycle of complex chapter 11 cases.
Mike is the immediate past chair of the Firm’s Hiring Committee and co-chair of the Firm’s Summer Associate Program.