Peter D. Cronk

A member of the firm’s East Lansing office, Peter D. Cronk represents banking institutions, real estate developers, title companies, and utility companies. He concentrates his practice on real estate loan workouts for several Fortune 500 lenders, and represents many other clients in the areas of real property acquisition, commercial litigation in state and federal courts, corporate law and utility matters. 

Representative Client Work

• Represented a lender in a loan workout involving a $50,000,000 commercial loan.
• Represented a lender in a real and personal property foreclosure/receiver action involving three licensed nursing home facilities that were kept in operation and prepared for sale to third-party investor. 
• Represented a developer in a $100,000,000 redevelopment project of a historical building. 
• Represented a private utility company in multiple rate cases brought before the Michigan Public Service Commission. 
• Successfully pursued fraud and breach of contract claims against a title insurance agency on behalf of a title insurance carrier.
• Negotiated and drafted multiple purchase agreements for business acquisition transactions.
• Negotiated several international trade contracts between Chinese manufacturers and European and African purchasers. 

Professional Affiliations

• Eaton County Bar Association
• Ingham County Bar Association (Civil Litigation and Corporate Law sections)
• American Bar Association American Bar Association (Banking, Civil Litigation and Corporate & Business sections)

Publications

• Co-Author, “Evaluating Injuries and Damages,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, presented by Dennis M. Day, January, 2000