Represented more than 150 plaintiffs (shareholders) as local co-counsel in litigation and settlement of multi-million dollar claims against the company they invested in and some of its directors and of...ficers for securities fraud, misrepresentation, and breaches of fiduciary duty.
Lawsuits and disputes
Settlement (investor)
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OUTCOME: Settlement of securities fraud, RICO, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claims against insiders of bankrupt company in which my client had invested.
Represented investor in litigation and settlement of securities fraud, RICO, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claims against insiders of bankrupt company in which my client had invested....
Lawsuits and disputes
Settlement (investor)
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OUTCOME: Settlement with manager of bankrupt company regarding whether the manager owed my client a debt that was non-dischargeable in the personal bankruptcy of the manager.
Represented investor in securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud litigation against manager of bankrupt company in which my client had invested. After the manager filed for personal bankr...uptcy, represented the investor in adversary action in Bankruptcy Court regarding whether the manager owed my client a debt that was non-dischargeable in the personal bankruptcy of the manager. The case settled shortly before trial.
Lawsuits and disputes
Default judgment (investor)
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OUTCOME: $367,385 default judgment for joint and several liability of the corporation my client invested in, as well as the corporation’s officers that solicited the investment.
Represented investor in litigation and obtaining $367,385 default judgment for joint and several liability of the corporation my client invested in, as well as the corporation’s officers that solicited... the investment. The claims included breach of contract, unlawful sale of unregistered securities, securities fraud, consumer fraud, and negligent misrepresentation.
Lawsuits and disputes
Settlement (lender)
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OUTCOME: Settlement resulting in immediate cash payment of $500,000 to my client.
Represented lender in litigation seeking declaratory judgment to reform a scrivener’s error because lender had mistakenly signed a release for a large, first position deed of trust (instead of for lend...er’s smaller, subordinate deed of trust that had been paid off). Reached settlement resulting in immediate cash payment of $500,000 to my client.
Bankruptcy and debt
Settlement (lender)
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OUTCOME: Stipulated agreement regarding disputed debt amount resulting in client’s recovery of $720,000 owed on the loans plus $25,000 attorney’s fees.
Represented secured lender in Chapter 11 bankruptcy of debtor. Reached stipulated agreement regarding disputed debt amount resulting in client’s recovery of $720,000 owed on the loans plus $25,000 att...orney’s fees.
Bankruptcy and debt
Settlement (lender)
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OUTCOME: Represented lender recovering $550,000 in foreclosure sale plus nearly the entire deficiency amount..
Represented lender in foreclosure and trustee sale of secured commercial property that resulted in lender recovering $550,000. Then represented lender in litigation and settlement of deficiency action... against borrowers that resulted in payment to lender of nearly the entire deficiency within a few months after filing the deficiency action without a trial and with relatively low litigation fees and costs.
Bankruptcy and debt
Settlement (lender)
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OUTCOME: Client lender's recovery of full debt plus attorney’s fees.
Represented secured lender in Chapter 11 bankruptcy of debtor. Reached stipulated agreement and Bankruptcy Court order to allow debtor to sell the secured property under 11 U.S.C. § 363 resulting in p...ayment to my client of $577,996, which paid in full the debt plus attorney’s fees.
Bankruptcy and debt
Settlement (lender)
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OUTCOME: Pursuant to the settlement, my client received partial payment upon settlement, scheduled payments, and in addition to the judgment liens, both judgments were secured in part by new deeds of trust on real estate.
Represented lender in breach of contract and fraud litigation to recover deficiency owed following lender’s foreclosure of the property that secured the loan. Reached settlement resulting in a $210,00...0 judgment for my client against borrower (an LLC) plus a $110,000 judgment against the LLC’s manager for part of the amount owed. Pursuant to the settlement, my client received partial payment upon settlement, scheduled payments, and in addition to the judgment liens, both judgments were secured in part by new deeds of trust on real estate.
Bankruptcy and debt
Settlement (lender) - nondischargeable debt
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OUTCOME: Bankruptcy Court order that the entire amount of the debt the LLC manager owed my client is non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and/or 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4).
Represented lender in adversary action in Bankruptcy Court and established that the judgment owed to my client by the manager of the LLC that had borrowed money from my client was non-dischargeable in ...the personal bankruptcy of the LLC manager. The case was settled before trial with the LLC manager’s stipulation and Bankruptcy Court order that the entire amount of the debt the LLC manager owed my client is non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and/or 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4).