Allen S. Katz
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I recognize the business that my client is in and that it’s my job to come up with a legal strategy which is practical from a business standpoint, rather than giving the client a legal scenario which they need to fit into their business. My clients know that I want to give them a strategy which is practical. Most of all, I want any outcome to set them up to avoid being in the same situation in the future.

Allen Katz has tried more than 100 jury trials to verdict. He has represented individual and commercial clients in both state and federal courts in Florida. With an extensive background in complex litigation, Allen represents clients in the areas of commercial litigation, consumer financial services litigation, creditors’ rights, real estate litigation, insurance disputes, taxation, licensing, and regulatory issues. His experience in accounting, business, and regulatory matters assists in his representation of clients in all phases of the litigation process.

Allen has extensive experience in cases involving complex consumer and commercial finance litigation, including those involving counterclaims or non-routine matters, such as Quiet Title claims, alleged violations of consumer protection statutes, origination fraud, straw purchases, and state and federal claims brought against clients. He has advised on matters involving the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), among others. He also represents clients in appellate matters.

Allen has acted as arbitrator in more than 75 alternative dispute proceedings on behalf of the National Arbitration Forum.

Representative Experience

  • Barnsdale Holdings, LLC v. PHH Mortgage Corp., 170 So.3d 863 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015), successfully represented lender on appeal after trial court struck third party purchasers pleadings without notice to them. Appellate Court agreed that a party who purchases property after the recording of a lis pendens is a stranger to the case unless they move to intervene under the relevant statutory scheme within 30 days of the recording of the lis pendens.  
  • Catalina West Homeowners Assoc. et al. v. Federal National Mortgage Assoc., 188 So.3d 76 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016): successfully represented first mortgagee on appeal resulting in the first published opinion articulating that Florida’s safe harbor protection statute shields first mortgagees from liability for attorney’s fees, court and collection costs, as well as other charges incurred by associations. 

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