Phone: 248-268-7800
Fax: 248-268-7880
Email: dino@korolaw.com
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Michigan State University College of Law, 1997
Member, Law Review 1996-1997
B.S., Wayne State University, 1994
K. Dino Kostopoulos
Partner
K. Dino Kostopoulos is the founder and managing partner of KORO. Dino is a unique attorney in that he has extensive experience in transactional matters as well as first-chair experience in both high-stakes "bet the company" litigation. Dino represents clients in a variety of industries including international franchisors, auto suppliers, private equity firms and regularly acts as general counsel to several small and middle-market companies. He has been regularly recognized by his peers as a top lawyer by the Best Lawyers in America, Michigan Super Lawyers and DBusiness.
Prominent Assignments
Regularly acts as outside ‘general counsel’ to several middle-market closely held companies.
Extensive experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, business law, franchise law, real estate, and banking and finance law, advising and counseling clients with respect to a wide range of transactional matters.
Extensive experience representing domestic and international franchisors in a variety of actions and proceedings nationwide, including franchisee terminations and the enforcement of post-termination covenants as well as compliance matters.
Extensive experience in counseling owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and lenders, on all matters related to construction projects.
Wide spectrum of experience ranges from representing Fortune 500 businesses in complex multi-jurisdiction litigation to counseling closely-held businesses, financial institutions, private equity firms, entrepreneurs, and start-ups concerning a wide range of formation, governance, securities, financing, mergers, and acquisitions matters.
Extensive experience in representing creditors in debtor-creditor issues and receiverships in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts involving commercial enterprises and income-producing real estate.
Extensive experience in a wide variety of capital raising transactions representing investors, as well as various parties in a variety of corporate, securities, and financial transactions. His practice includes representation of issuers in connection with venture capital transactions, shareholder and other equity holder agreements, private placements and secured and unsecured loan transactions.
Extensive experience in handling complex business and commercial litigation matters, in state, federal and bankruptcy courts throughout the Midwest, with particular emphasis in loan workouts, contract disputes, shareholder disputes, business break-ups, trademark/Lanham Act claims, franchise disputes, sales commissions claims and disputes involving automotive concerns, particularly supplier-manufacturer disputes.
Extensive experience in all aspects of real estate matters, including transactional, financing, and litigation.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
Acknowledgments
Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2023
Michigan Super Lawyers, 2014-2024, in the areas of Franchise Law, Business Law, and Commercial Litigation
DBusiness Top Lawyer, 2014-2024
America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators
Professional AND COMMUNITY Involvement
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation
Member Since: 2009-present
Fellow, Oakland County Bar Association
Member since 2013-present
State Bar of Michigan
Member, Litigation Section
Member, Oakland County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Member, Franchise Law; Commercial and Business Law Sections
Oakland Hills Country Club
President 2024-2025 - Board of Directors
Gray's Reef (Supporting Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan)
Board Member
Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation
Advisor, Fundraising and Development Committee
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Trustee, Endowment Fund
Serves as Case Evaluator in Oakland and Macomb County Circuit Courts
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, State of Michigan
Certified Contract Advisor (Agent) - National Football League Players Association
