John Lange is a founding member of the law firm and is now semi-retired.  He currently serves as Of Counsel to Gold, Lange, Majoros & Smalarz, P.C.  His primary area of practice has been bankruptcy law almost exclusively since 1986. He has helped Detroit area residents and small businesses overcome serious financial struggles. He has decades of experience in individual chapter 7 and 13 cases and also in business chapter 7’s and 11’s. He has also represented creditors in all bankruptcy chapters. He is frequently engaged in bankruptcy litigation.
Since 1986, he has helped thousands of people discharge their debts and while still being able to keep their exempt assets. He has helped people stay in their homes and saved them from foreclosure. Mr. Lange has relieved his clients of hundreds of millions of dollars of consumer and business debt. He has also helped people eliminate millions of dollars in federal and state income tax liabilities.
Over the last three decades Mr. Lange has earned the respect of both his clients and his peers. His law firm has earned a Preeminent peer and Client Review Rating from Martindale-Hubble. He was voted onto the Super Lawyer list several times. He has frequently been chosen to lecture on bankruptcy topics to large audiences of attorneys, judges and other professionals.

Areas of Practice

90% Bankruptcy – Debtor
10% Bankruptcy – Creditor

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1986
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1987
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1987