Education
Law School: University of Michigan
College: University of Michigan
Major Cases
Mikel Bistrow represents lenders and developers in connection with the financing of large condominium, hotel, office, industrial, mixed-use, timeshare/club and other projects, such as the San Diego projects known as Horizons, Park Place, The Legend, the San Diego Children's Museum, Bridgeworks Hilton Hotel, Parkloft, Paseo de Mission Hills, among others.
Professional Background
Bistrow is a partner at the national law firm of Ballard Spahr LLP and is located in its San Diego office. Bistrow practices in the areas of commercial finance and lending, real and personal property secured transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, creditor's collection and related remedies, bankruptcy, insolvency and work-outs.
Bistrow' s practice emphasizes representing lenders and borrowers in documenting, negotiating and enforcing real and personal property loans and secured transactions, including revolving lines of credit, asset based and real property secured loans, securitized credits and construction financing. Bistrow is also board certified in business bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification and also is a member of the board of directors of that organization.
Professional Affiliations
Bistrow is a lawyer representative (alternate) for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; and is a member of the Commercial Transactions Committee of the California State Bar Business Law Section, and formerly served as a co-chair of that committee.