United States District Court, Northern District Of California granted summary judgment for national mortgage servicing entity on plaintiffs' claims for intentional and negligent misrepresentation and promissory estoppel relating to allegations that defendant mishandled the loan modification and foreclosure forbearance processes. Read More
Plaintiffs sued national bank alleging that the bank improperly placed an extended hold on a deposited item in violation of Reg CC. The Shasta County Superior Court judge granted summary adjudication for the bank, rejecting plaintiffs’ claim. Read More
Claimant sued the bank for damages arising from the alleged mishandling of a deposit. The Arbitrator rejected claimant’s claims, ruling for the bank completely. Read More
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge granted the bank’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims that the bank allowed unauthorized withdrawals from a deposit account. Read More
After a multi-week trial, a jury returned a complete defense verdict, rejecting plaintiffs’ claims that the servicing company was negligent in handling their loan modification review and engaged in fraud. Plaintiffs sought $3.5 million in damages. Read More
A Sutter County Superior Court judge granted summary judgment for national mortgage servicing company on plaintiffs’ claims that they were not properly review for a loan modification pursuant to HAMP Guidelines and breached the terms of a “Trial Payment Plan” by failing to offer a permanent loan modification. Read More
Plaintiff sought $5 million from national bank for aiding and abetting embezzlement scheme by plaintiff’s Chief Financial Officer. A Los Angeles County Superior Court trial judge granted the bank’s motion for summary adjudication, dramatically reducing that amount of plaintiff's claim by applying the relevant statute of limitations and the Uniform Commercial Code. The ruling facilitated a settlement for pennies on… Read More
After a two week trial, a jury rejected plaintiff’s multi-million dollar claim arising from his claims that the mortgage servicing company mishandled his loan modification request. Instead of the millions plaintiff sought, the jury pointedly awarded plaintiff just $523.14 – a complete adoption, to the penny, of Severson’s evidence at trial. Read More
After just one hour of deliberations, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury rendered a complete defense verdict in favor of a national bank and one of its employees. The jury unanimously rejected plaintiff’s claims that the bank and its employee had discriminated against him based on his age and ethnicity. Plaintiff had sought $5 Million in damages. Read More
South Carolina court entered an order granting summary judgment for national bank on plaintiff’s claims under Uniform Commercial Code sections 3404, 3405, 3406 and the UTP. Plaintiff sought to recover damages for checks totaling over $1 Million drawn by a former employee and deposited via ATM into her personal accounts at different institutions. Read More
The Santa Clara County Superior Court trial judge granted summary judgment for the national bank on plaintiff’s breach of privacy claims relating to alleged disclosure of account information. Read More
In the underlying case, summary judgment was granted in favor of a national bank on plaintiff’s claims that his account was wrongfully debited. In subsequent litigation, the Los Angeles County Superior Court granted an anti-SLAPP motion for defendants, rejecting plaintiff’s claims arising from the successful defense of the bank in the first suit. Read More
A jury in the United States District Court, Eastern District, unanimously found in favor of national mortgage servicing company on borrower’s claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing arising from his claims that defendant mishandled his loan modification application. In one of the first trials in the state on claims arising under the California’s… Read More
Claimant was the victim of a business email compromise fraud. Claimant’s Financial Controller initiated several large wires transfers in reliance on fraudulent email instructions. Claimant brought claims against its bank under Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, alleging that the bank did not have commercially reasonable security procedures in place. The Arbitrator rejected all of claimant’s claims, entering an… Read More
Plaintiff sought to strip multi-million dollar lien, alleging mortgage lender’s security interest was void under the Subdivision Map Act. After defendant-lender and trustee successfully moved for summary adjudication on plaintiff’s claims for slander of title and unfair business practices, the trial court entered judgment in favor of defendants on the remaining quiet title and declaratory relief claims. The court completely… Read More
Represented mortgage warehouse lender in all aspects of enforcing rights after default by mortgage bankers and liquidation of mortgage loan portfolios. Read More
Represented mortgage warehouse lender in all aspects of preparing and documenting credit facilities secured by real estate secured loans. Read More
Represented lender in litigation and settlement of failed real estate construction development project financed by Mello-Roos bonds, including claims of bondholders, municipality, contractors and developer. Read More
Represented automobile manufacturer in obtaining and documenting private label financing facilities from independent bank. Read More
Represented GSE lender to banks subject to FDIC receivership. Read More
