Michelle H. Bass

Michelle H. Bass is a partner at Wolfson Bolton Kochis PLLC in Troy, Mich., where she manages its consumer bankruptcy practice group. She represents both debtors and creditors in consumer bankruptcy proceedings and has represented individuals reorganizing under chapter 11, including under subchapter V. She helps with stopping foreclosures, stripping secured liens and cramming down loans on collateral for individuals seeking to reorganize under chapters 13 and 11. Ms. Bass has successfully defended appeals in the Federal Eastern District for the State of Michigan and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of ABI, the Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Association and the Oakland County Bar Association, and she is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law. Ms. Bass has been named by Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly as one of 2019’s 30 Women in the Law, by Crain’s Detroit as one of 2021’s Notable Women in the Law, and by The Best Lawyers in America from 2023-25 for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. She also has been consistently recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Consumer Bankruptcy from 2014-22, as a Super Lawyer in Consumer Bankruptcy from 2023-25, and by Leading Lawyers from 2023-25 for Individual Bankruptcy Law. Ms. Bass served on ABI’s “40 Under 40” Program Steering Committee in 2023 and 2024, and she chaired the Michigan IWIRC Network from 2017-21. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.