Attorney Profiles

cjb@msblaw.com

Christopher Breay is a partner of McShane & Bowie, with 15 years of experience in counseling businesses on legal issues arising in their ongoing operations, and representing businesses and individuals in the litigation of disputed matters through trial and on appeal. He has recently been engaged in the litigation of disputes relating to the interrupted supply of goods in the automotive industry, defending several national financial institutions against lender liability claims, and assisting various clients in disputes involving commercial real estate.

Industries:

Automotive

Banking

Commercial Real Estate

Consumer Real Estate

RMBS

Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation

Automotive Litigation

Commercial Real Estate Litigation

Consumer Real Estate Litigation

Consumer Financial Services Litigation

Lender Liability Defense

Representative Clients:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

U.S. Bank, N.A.

Grand Rapids Plastics

Adtegrity.com, Inc.

Furniture Resource Group

Representative Experience:

Represented seller of automotive business in litigation to recover from buyer who defaulted on purchase agreements. After targeted discovery to disprove buyer’s fraudulent inducement defense, won summary judgment for seller in excess of $1.5M, which included full amount owed by buyer and all attorneys’ fees incurred by seller.
 

Defended real estate developer sued by general contractor for breach of contract and to foreclose construction lien in amount exceeding $.5M. Focused factual and legal analysis, as well as vigorous defense in litigation, forced early settlement resulting in full discharge of lien and developer paying nothing to contractor.
 

Represented lender in judicial foreclosure of $8M mortgage covering three properties, forcing payoff on two and conveyance of sheriff's deed on third.
 

Regularly successfully defend national financial institutions against lender liability claims.

Education:

Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1994
Law Review: Wayne Law Review, Associate Editor, 1993 - 1994
Law Review: Wayne Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1992 - 1993

Albion College, A.B., 1991
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: Albion College Fellow
Major:  History
Major:  English

Published Works:

A Practical Guide to Commercial Evictions - Michigan,
Contributing Author, 2006