Maxwell Dunn, PLC

Maxwell Dunn, PLC is a Detroit-based business and bankruptcy law firm serving entrepreneurs, startup founders, established companies, individuals, and families throughout Michigan. The firm advises clients on day-to-day business decisions, long-term planning, financial restructuring, and disputes that can affect operations, ownership, and growth. Its work combines business law, commercial problem solving, and bankruptcy representation to help clients protect assets, resolve financial pressure, and move toward practical business or personal objectives.

Maxwell Dunn, PLC approaches each matter with personalized strategies based on the client’s goals, finances, risks, and available options. The attorneys emphasize clear communication, responsiveness, careful preparation, and solutions that create measurable value. The firm works to identify problems early, avoid unnecessary litigation when possible, and develop plans that account for both legal and business considerations. This practical approach helps clients make informed decisions while managing contracts, creditor issues, ownership conflicts, restructuring needs, and other significant challenges.

Maxwell Dunn, PLC provides business formation, incorporation, contract drafting and review, outsourced general counsel services, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, collections, and commercial dispute representation. The firm handles shareholder and vendor conflicts, contract enforcement, business purchases and sales, employment-related agreements, and business succession concerns. Its bankruptcy practice includes personal and corporate matters under Chapters 7, 11, and 13, along with Subchapter V reorganizations, foreclosure and garnishment issues, debt restructuring, and alternatives to bankruptcy.

Maxwell Dunn, PLC is led by founder Ethan Dunn and managing attorney Alexander Berry-Santoro, with Brenda J. Maxwell serving as an emeritus advisor. The firm’s attorneys bring experience in business turnarounds, litigation, appellate work, bankruptcy, corporate transactions, estate planning, and mediation. The official website reports service to dozens of high-growth metro Detroit businesses and more than 1,800 families, with substantial assets protected. By combining legal advocacy with business insight, the firm supports clients through important financial and operational decisions.