MARTIN S. FRENKEL is a shareholder of the firm and Co-Chair of the Real Property and Mortgage Dispute Resolution Group. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1991 and Wayne State University Law School in 1994. Mr. Frenkel was formerly employed by the Michigan Department of Attorney General and has been with Maddin Hauser since 1997 where he specializes in real estate and financial services litigation and quasi-litigation matters including mortgage, banking, construction and title-related disputes.
Mr. Frenkel's publications include: Navigating the Waters of Real Estate Arbitration published in Commercial, Inc. Magazine, and Seven Common Mistakes in Selecting/Managing Outside Counsel in the Mortgage Industry which was published as a three part series in the Mortgage Bankers Association News Link.
Mr. Frenkel was a speaker at the 2009 Mortgage Bankers Association Legal Issues Conference where he delivered his presentation entitled, Reducing In House Counsel Frustrations and Creating Cost Savings in Litigation Defense: The Outside Counsel Perspective. He developed the program entitled, The Litigation Tsunami and the Mortgage Banking Industry, a case study on the need to control spending on outside counsel for use by in-house counsel within the financial services industry. He has also developed the Mortgage Defense Optimizer - a tool for use by mortgage banking clients to streamline the handling of litigation matters.

 

Education

• WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan, Juris Doctor, 1994
• UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, B.A., with high distinction, 1991

Professional Memberships

• State Bar of Michigan
• Admitted to practice in Michigan and in the Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.
• Firm Representative to the national Mortgage Bankers Association
• Firm Representative to the Law Firm Alliance (A worldwide network of boutique mid-sized law firms.)
• Member of the national Mortgage Bankers Association Litigation Sub-Committee
• Member of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of Michigan
• Affiliate Member of the Associated General Contractors of Michigan
• Selected in 2008 by his peers as one of Michigan's Rising Stars as noted in Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine