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Michael L. Biehl's primary areas of practice are commercial real estate financing and real estate lender servicing, including loan underwriting, origination, documentation, servicing, foreclosures, workouts and bankruptcy.  Typical loan transactions over the last twenty-five years regularly include: commercial office buildings, shopping centers, residential/commercial/mixed use condominiums, apartment buildings, subdivisions, high end residential, hotels and golf courses.

His secondary focus of practice includes construction development counseling for developers, contractors and design professionals, and construction litigation on behalf of lenders, sureties, developers, contractors, architects and engineers.

He is a frequent lecturer in the areas of commercial real estate loan origination, loan workouts, lender servicing, and construction litigation.

He was the primary attorney involved in liquidating GE Capital Hawaii's $800MM portfolio.

Practice Areas
Real Estate
Construction Finance
Commercial Finance
Lender Law
Foreclosures
Commercial Workouts
Construction Litigation

Education
Arizona State University, J.D., 1971
Arizona State University, B.S., 1968

Admitted to Practice
State Courts of Hawaii
U.S. District Courts of Hawaii
State Courts of Arizona

Memberships
Hawaii State Bar Association (Real Property and Financial Services Section, Director)
Board of Bar Examiners, Hawaii Supreme Court, 1984 - 1990