Scott K. Lites



Scott K. Lites
Partner

Plunkett Cooney

Licensed Since: 1986
Joined Firm: 2001


38505 Woodward Ave.
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

TEL: (248) 901-4074
FAX: (248) 901-4040

slites@plunkettcooney.com

Bloomfield Hills partner Scott K. Lites currently serves as a member of Plunkett Cooney's Board of Directors and is Chairman of the firm's Finance Committee.

Mr. Lites, a member of the firm’s Business Law Practice Group, focuses his practice in the areas of corporate law, banking and finance, real estate and healthcare law.

Mr. Lites represents clients in all aspects of commercial transactions, including the negotiating and drafting of complex business agreements related to the sale, purchase and leasing of real estate, franchise operations, business dispositions and all related financing issues.

A member of Michigan and Texas bar associations and the American Health Lawyers Association, Mr. Lites is also a certified player agent with the National Hockey League Players Association and a member of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Representative Client Work

  • Counsel for publicly owned company in $100,000,000 syndicated loan

  • Counsel for borrower in $14,000,000 conduit financing of 105,000 square foot medical building in Oakland County, Michigan

  • Counsel for publicly owned company in refinancing $35,000,000 line of credit

  • Counsel for publicly owned company in issuance and complete conversion of $6,000,000 convertible debenture

  • Counsel for privately owned auto supplier in refinancing $19,000,000 line of credit

  • Counsel for developer in land acquisition and development of 300-unit condominium project in northern Florida

  • Counsel for charter school in acquisition of college campus facility

  • Counsel for charter school in $13,500,000 bond issuance

  • Special counsel for employees' retirement system in $6,000,000 private placement

  • Co-counsel for developer in acquisition of 180,000 square foot shopping center in Macomb County, Michigan


Professional Certifications

Certified Player Agent, National Hockey League Players' Association

 

Professional Affiliations

  • State Bar of Michigan

  • State Bar of Texas

  • American Health Lawyers Association

Publications and Lectures

  • “Protecting Your Assets: Safeguarding Yourself, Your Family and Your Business Interests,” The Detroit Medical Center Risk Management Department, May 2005

  • “Mold: The Trespassing Tenant in Your Leased Property,” Plunkett & Cooney Client Seminar, April 2003

  • “Negotiating The Landlord’s Lease,” Little Caesars National Convention (1988, 1992, 1997)

  • “Succession Planning in The Closely Held Business,” Little Caesars National Convention (1995)

 

Publications


Covenants not to compete are permissible for Michigan physicians


News


Three shareholders elected to Plunkett Cooney’s Board of Directors

Areas of Practice
Banking, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Law
Business Enterprises Law
Family Law
Franchise Law
Healthcare Law
Real Estate Law
Education
University of Detroit, 1985, J.D.
University of Michigan, 1982, B.G.S.
Bar & Court Admissions
Michigan, 1986
Texas, 1994
 






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