Charles R. Cuzydlo

Chuck Cuzydlo is an experienced attorney, offering diverse expertise in a full range of legal services for individuals and corporations, including both civil and criminal matters. But that’s not why people hire him. They hire him because he’s an enthusiastic advocate distinguished by his ability to identify creative and practical solutions to complex legal issues. People hire Chuck because he easily builds rapport, quickly builds trust, and has a proven record of delivering high-quality work with impressive turnaround time. People hire Chuck because they know upon meeting him he knows his stuff and he will get the job done.

Chuck has handled countless personal and corporate reorganizations and related litigation in Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of bankruptcy. Mr. Cuzydlo handles in- and out-of-court personal and corporate restructurings, debt for equity exchanges, workouts, sales and insolvency-related litigation of every size and complexity. He has also prosecuted and defended against fraudulent transfer, preferential transfer, dischargeability and successor liability actions — and has conducted many fraud investigations in connection with bankruptcy cases. When it comes to financial matters, Chuck is the attorney to call.

But he doesn’t just quit there. He applies the same tenacity, focus, and creativity to a full range of legal services for individuals and entities in nearly every aspect of the healthcare field. He represents a diverse array of clients, including many individual and group health care practitioners and practices and medical billing and management firms in various fraud and abuse investigations, defense and compliance counseling; patient privacy and confidentiality under HIPPA and other federal and state laws; Medicare and third-party reimbursement; health care professional certification/licensure and institutional accreditation; contract drafting and negotiation between providers and institutions and managed care organizations; corporate transactions; employment, employee benefits and personnel matters.

And when it comes to personal legal matters involving family and finance issues, Chuck gives all of his clients the same laser-sharp focus on his client’s needs. He offers a gamut of personal legal services in addition to all of the corporate services. You don’t need a separate lawyer for your business and personal matters. You need someone you can trust to take care of both areas. You need Chuck.

Since 1997, Chuck has built his practice from the ground up with unparalleled focus on cultivating and managing client relationships. Here are some of his successes:

• He defended a large Tier-2 Auto Supplier in a multimillion dollar shareholder derivative action, resulting in dismissal in client’s favor at the trial level and affirmed within the Court of Appeals.

• He decreased the recovery amount to less than 4% of the original demand while defending a large multi-state medical practice against charges of improper billing from a 3rd party insurer.

• Chuck represented a nationwide sundry distributor in enforcement of “missing” non-compete agreements.

• He exonerated a medical doctor against billing fraud brought by the Board of Medicine.

• He vindicated a group of dentists alleged to have billed a 3rd party insurer for services not provided.

• Chuck negotiated numerous medical contracts, resulting in millions of dollars in annual revenue for individual physicians.

• He represented debtors in bankruptcy adversary proceedings:

- Multimillion dollar lawsuit discharged.

- Lender agreed at the conclusion of one deposition to settle for 1.5% of the original demand.

• He resolved numerous loan workout cases, resulting in client savings and bankruptcy avoidance.

• And he has negotiated and drafted documents for numerous buyers and sellers of commercial property.

Chuck Cuzydlo went to Thomas M. Cooley Law school and has been admitted into Michigan U.S. District Court; Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan; U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Tax Court. He is eager to work zealously as your advocate on all personal and corporate legal matters. He will work closely with you to become a trusted adviser with a keen focus on your long-term needs.