Activities
Activities
- Update author and consultant: 2010 to present Two volume text Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and Foreclosure Litigation Continuing Education of the Bar
- Sutton v Eagle Vista [ND Cal 2020) 2020 US Dist LEXIS 20447: Kept client in her home five years after trustee sale and then secured grant from land trust. This allows client to remain in home for rest of her life
- MTC Financial v Nationstar Mtge (2018) 2018 Cal App LEXIS 46—Secured surplus at trustee sale for homeowner instead of junior lender
- In re: Tamara Reeder
(2019 N.D.Calif BK #16-40949) With the assistance of bankruptcy attorney James Shepherd, we persuaded the bankrupt court to allow contempt proceedings against creditor and his attorney to proceed when they sought to avoid the bankruptcy discharge and secure a judgment against the revocable trust created by the debtor. Counsel for the creditor paid $32,000 to the debtor and her trust in return for dismissal of the contempt claims. and creditor is prohibited from seeking any monetary relief against the debtor or her trust.
- Fonteno v Wells Fargo Bank (2014) 228CaI App 4th 1358---Borrower entitled to remain in home after trustee sale and lender on FHA loan must Grant borrower face to face meeting to discuss all loan modification options
- Pfeifer v Countrywide Home Loans (2012) 211 Cal App 4th 1250—Borrower entitled to remain in home while pursuing wrongful foreclosure action and entitled to prevail when lender fails to comply with federal regulations incorporated by reference in the deed of trust
- United States v Alden (9th Cir 1988) 838 Fed 2d 1510---Secured a new trial for a taxpayer who was found in contempt for failing to comply with Summons issued by Internal Revenue Service and enforced by District Court.
