Michael P. Menton

ABOUT Michael represents and advises national and regional banks, institutional lenders and servicers, real estate investment companies, and real estate joint ventures in all aspects of real estate and personal property secured loans, including real property title/environmental issues, title review, title claims, negotiation and drafting of real estate purchase/sale contracts, oil and gas rights, loan workouts, loan and security instruments, liquidation, foreclosure, bankruptcy, federal and state litigation, UCC issues, SBA and USDA liquidation/foreclosure processes, eviction, and estate administrations. Michaels practice includes both commercial and consumer loans as well as unsecured loans. Michael represents clients on commercial and residential real estate foreclosures and includes examination of title and underlying documents, drafting all legal documents, assessing and resolving title issues pre and post foreclosure, property tax issues, negotiating and drafting real estate purchase contracts and correlating documents through final disposition and closing. His hobbies include playing guitar, writing songs, and spending time with his wife and son. Michael is of counsel with Settle Pou. Pragmatic and efficient, he works hard, communicates clearly, and doesnt waste time posturing in the courtroom or with clients. AREAS OF PRACTICE Creditors Rights & Bankruptcy Real Estate Commercial Litigation Financial Services Litigation EDUCATION University of Texas-Dallas, B. A., 1997 Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J. D., 2004; International Law Review ADMISSIONS & HONORS Selected in Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Edition, published by Thompson Reuters (2013, 2014) Texas State Bar Admittance, 2004 ASSOCIATIONS Dallas Bar Association Dallas Association of Young Lawyers ARTICLES & PRESENTATIONS Author, From Commercial Lender to Residential Landlord: The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, Bankers Digest Speaker, The Automatic Stay: An Overview and Common Issues, presented at the Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar, and the Dallas Area Paralegal Association, Bankruptcy Section Meeting, Belo Mansion, Dallas, Texas Author, The SBAs Right of Redemption Following Non-Judicial Foreclosures: Lenders, Fear Not, Settle Pou Newsletter