John A. MacNeal

Area Practice

• Advertising and Labeling
• Advertising Law
• False Advertising
• Marketing Law
• Outdoor Advertising
• Elder Abuse
• Elder Care
• Elder Law
• Elder Rights
• Dealer and Distributor Termination
• Distribution
• Distribution Agreements
• International Distribution
• Liquor Licensing
• Local Liquor Options
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• Unfair Trade
• Commercial Banking
• Commercial Credit
• Commercial Loans
• Consumer Banking
• Consumer Loans
• Escrow Agent Liability
• Escrow Law
• Interest and Usury
• Letters of Credit
• Loan Restructuring
• Loan Workouts
• Loans
• Secured Lending
• Business Arbitration
• Business Associations Law
• Business Development
• Business Dissolutions
• Business Enterprises
• Business Estate Planning
• Business Formation
• Business Fraud
• Business Litigation
• Business Mediation
• Business Organization
• Business Planning
• Business Regulation
• Business Reorganization
• Business Start-Ups
• Business Succession Planning
• Business Successions
• Business Torts
• Business Transfers
• Business Trusts
• Business Valuation
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Buying and Selling of Businesses
• Closely Held Business Estate Planning
• Closely Held Business Law
• Complex Business Litigation
• Emerging Business Law
• Emerging Growth Companies
• Entrepreneurial Business Law
• Family Business Law
• Family Business Mediation
• Family Business Successions
• International Business Law
• International Joint Ventures
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Company Law
• Minority Business Law
• Pass-Through Entities
• Private Business Law
• Privatization
• Professional Practices
• Small Business Law
• Sole Proprietorships
• Strategic Alliances
• Chancery Practice
• Commercial Collections
• Garnishments
• International Collections
• Post Judgment Collections
• Professional Collections
• Retail Collections
• Unsecured Collections
• Secured Collections
• Commercial Arbitration
• Commercial Bad Faith
• Commercial Fraud
• Commercial Liability
• Commercial Mediation
• Commercial Torts
• Commercial Transactions
• Commercial Transfers
• Commercial Trusts
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Negotiable Instruments
• Sale of Goods
• Secured Transactions
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Commercial Conveyancing
• Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions
• Commercial Real Estate Contracts
• Commercial Real Estate Development
• Commercial Real Estate Finance
• Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure
• Commercial Real Estate Litigation
• Commercial Real Estate Sales
• Commercial Real Estate Workouts
• Industrial Real Estate Law
• Computer Contracts
• Computer Software Law
• Information Technology Contracts
• Information Technology Licensing
• Software Licensing
• Freedom of Information
• Construction Claims
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Defects
• Construction Equipment Liability
• Construction Finance
• Construction Liability
• Construction Liens
• Construction Litigation
• Construction Mediation
• Contractors Liability
• Materialmens Liens
• Mechanics Liens
• Consumer Litigation
• Breach of Contract
• Commercial Contracts
• Contract Fraud
• Contract Litigation
• International Commercial Contracts
• International Contracts
• Copyright Licensing
• Closely Held Corporations
• Corporate Commercial Law
• Corporate Contracts
• Corporate Control Contests
• Corporate Dissolutions
• Corporate Ethics
• Corporate Fiduciary Law
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Formation
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Insurance Defense
• Corporate Investigations
• Corporate Litigation
• Corporate Organization
• Corporate Partnerships
• Corporate Planning
• Corporate Real Estate
• Corporate Reorganization
• Corporate Successions
• Corporate Tax Planning
• Corporate Taxation
• Corporate Trusts
• Corporate Workouts
• Family Corporations
• Foreign Sales Corporations
• Incorporation
• International Corporate Finance
• Nonprofit Corporations
• Professional Corporations
• Proxy Contests
• S Corporations
• Small Business Corporations
• Creditors Rights
• Debtor and Creditor Collections
• Debtor and Creditor Remedies
• Debtor and Creditor Rights
• Debtor and Creditor Workouts
• Secured Creditors Rights
• Unsecured Creditors Rights
• Equipment Finance
• Equipment Leasing
• Vehicle Leasing
• Asset Based Finance
• Asset Sales
• Commercial Finance
• Debt and Equity Finance
• Debt Finance
• Equity Finance
• Financial Restructuring
• Private Finance
• Secured Finance
• Securitization
• Structured Finance
• Unsecured Finance
• Automotive Franchises and Dealerships
• Dealership Law
• Franchise Law
• Franchise Licensing
• Franchise Litigation
• Franchise Mediation
• Franchise Regulation
• Franchise Termination
• Civil Fraud
• Fraud
• Adult Guardianship
• Advance Directives
• Conservatorship
• Elder Guardianship
• Guardian Ad Litem
• Guardianship
• Guardianship Administration
• Incompetency Proceedings
• Industrial Property Rights
• Intellectual Property Enforcement
• Intellectual Property Licensing
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Proprietary Rights
• Affirmative Action
• Age Discrimination in Employment
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Covenants Not To Compete
• Employee Privacy
• Employee Rights
• Employment at Will
• Employment Breach of Contract
• Employment Claims
• Employment Contracts
• Employment Defense
• Employment Disability Discrimination
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Law
• Employment Litigation
• Employment Mediation
• Employment Rights
• Employment Termination
• Executive Employment Law
• Executive Severance Contracts
• Executive Transfers
• Fair Labor Standards
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Harassment
• Management Employment Law
• Minimum Wage Law
• Negligent Hiring
• Noncompete Litigation
• Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation
• Personnel Policies
• Restrictive Covenants
• Retaliatory Discharge
• Sexual Harassment
• Wage and Hour Law
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Wrongful Termination
• Wrongful Termination Defense
• Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law
• Commercial Leasing
• Evictions
• Industrial Leasing
• International Leasing
• Landlord and Tenant Law
• Lease Finance
• Lease Terminations
• Leasing
• Leveraged Leasing
• Office Leasing
• Retail Leasing
• Shopping Center Leasing
• Unlawful Detainer
• Libel Defense
• Civil Litigation
• Defense Litigation
• Business Acquisitions
• Business Divestitures
• Leveraged Acquisitions
• Leveraged Buyouts
• Merger Reorganization
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Premerger Notification
• Spin-Offs
• Commercial Mortgages
• Mortgage Finance
• Mortgage Foreclosure
• Mortgage Lien Foreclosure
• Mortgage Refinancing
• Mortgage Securitization
• Mortgage Workouts
• Charitable Gambling
• Charitable Giving
• Charitable Limited Partnerships
• Charitable Organizations Law
• Charitable Trusts and Foundations
• Nonprofit Organizations Law
• Private Foundations
• Public Charities
• Tax Exempt Organizations
• Family Partnerships
• Limited Liability Partnerships
• Limited Partnerships
• Partnership Dissolution
• Partnership Formation
• Partnership Organization
• Ancillary Probate
• Probate Administration
• Probate Litigation
• Probate Taxation
• Personal Property
• Personal Property Leasing
• Economic Development
• Industrial Development
• Industrial Development Bonds
• Adverse Possession
• Boundary Disputes
• Community Association Law
• Condominium Association Law
• Condominium Development
• Condominium Law
• Conservation Easements
• Conveyancing
• Easements
• Homeowners Association Law
• Land Acquisitions
• Land Sales
• Land Trusts
• Quiet Title
• Real Estate Acquisitions
• Real Estate Arbitration
• Real Estate Collections
• Real Estate Contracts
• Real Estate Development
• Real Estate Exchanges
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate Foreclosure
• Real Estate Fraud
• Real Estate Investment
• Real Estate Joint Ventures
• Real Estate Leasing
• Real Estate Litigation
• Real Estate Mediation
• Real Estate Partnerships
• Real Estate Restructuring
• Real Estate Sales
• Real Estate Secured Lending
• Real Estate Settlements
• Real Estate Tax Appeals
• Real Estate Tax Assessment
• Real Estate Tax Foreclosure
• Real Estate Tax Liens
• Real Estate Taxation
• Real Estate Title
• Real Estate Valuation
• Real Estate Workouts
• Real Property
• Real Property Acquisitions
• Real Property Development
• Real Property Finance
• Residential Real Estate
• Residential Real Estate Acquisitions
• Residential Real Estate Development
• Residential Real Estate Finance
• Residential Real Estate Foreclosure
• Residential Real Estate Sales
• Right of Way Easements
• Shareholder Agreements
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Shareholder Disputes
• Shareholder Rights
• Shareholders Law
• Estate and Gift Taxation
• Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
• Like Kind Exchanges
• Property Tax
• Property Tax Assessments
• Tax Deferred Exchanges
• Transfer Tax
• Trusts and Estates Taxation
• Technology Joint Ventures
• Technology Licensing
• Technology Protection
• Technology Transfers
• Theft of Trade Secrets
• Trade Secret Misappropriation
• Contested Trusts and Estates
• Decedents Estates
• Estate Administration
• Estate Litigation
• Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children
• Estate Planning for the Disabled
• Estate Planning for the Elderly
• Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
• Estate Settlements
• Family Trusts
• Family Wealth Transfer
• Fiduciary Law
• Fiduciary Liability
• Fiduciary Litigation
• Financial Planning
• Living Trusts
• Personal Planning
• Powers of Attorney
• Retirement Planning
• Special Needs Trusts
• Trust Administration
• Trust and Estate Collections
• Trust Law
• Trust Litigation
• Trust Planning
• Unfair Competition
• Contested Wills
• Inheritance
• Living Wills
• Missing Heir Searches
• Land Conservation

Education

Law School Attended:

Wayne State University
Class of 1974
J.D.
cum laude

University Attended:

University of Michigan
Class of 1971
B.B.A.
with distinction

Membership

Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association

State Bar of Michigan.

Additional Info

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