Creditor's Rights

 

Our services for creditors include:

• Bankruptcy litigation

• Pre-judgment claims and collections

• Judicial foreclosures

• Evictions

• Collection of existing judgments 

 

Our acheivements in this practice area include:

 

• Bankruptcy litigation (U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Cal., 2011 - 2013): Successfully defended or settled loan servicing liability claims under the Bankruptcy Code, including negotiating a number of settlements before any defense in court became necessary.

 

• Settlements for recovery of real estate (2009 - 2014): In numerous cases, resolved claims against secured creditors and REO servicers under terms that ensured their timely and secure recovery of possession of the subject collateral/property.

 

• Fraudulent real estate document cases (Cal. Superior Court, Sacramento County, Marin County, El Dorado County, 2014): Successfully cleared title to properties against false documents recorded in an effort to strip our client of its interest in the real estate. Returned the properties to saleable/insurable position.

 

Our speaking and publications in this practice area:

 

• Presenter, "The First Two Years of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights," Contra Costa County Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, 2015.

 

• Co-presenter, Collections: Seeking and Collecting a Judgment, National Business Institute, San Francisco, 2011