Michael R. Mills
Partner
Mike is a Partner in Dorsey's Trial Group and also performs work in the Business Group. Mike represents businesses facing financial difficulties who need restucturing assistance, businesses being bought or sold, and businesses (and individuals) involved in complex ownership or contract disputes.
Representative Experience
- Commercial Litigation
- Transactional Matters
- Chapter 11 Cases (Debtor Counsel)
- Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Cases (Trustee and Creditor Counsel)
Representative Clients
- B&J Investments, LLC
- Calkins & Burke, Ltd./C.B. Magnum, Inc. (Vancouver)
- Chenega Management
- Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
- Forest Heights, LLC
- FMI Food Marketers International (Vancouver)
- Inlet Fisheries, Inc./Inlet Fish Producers, Inc.
- Janicki Industries, Inc.
- Partusch Plumbing & Heating
- Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (America), Inc.
- Seacor Holdings, Inc. (Era Helicopters, Era FBO)
- Sitnasuak Native Corporation
- Stock Building Supply
- United Freight & Transport
Admissions
Honors

- Ranked one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers USA, 2007 & 2010
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
- Co-Chair of Bankruptcy Section of Alaska Bar, 1995-1997
- Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights
Honors
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America
Education
- University of Michigan
J.D., 1987
- University of Queensland, Australia
1984, Rotary Foundation Fellowship
- University of Notre Dame
B.A., 1983, Classics
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