Representing financial services companies, my focus is helping clients understand the inherent risks at play in each matter to empower them to best manage that risk. After all, in addition to being an advocate in court, we are risk managers. A litigation strategy that might work for one client might not be the best route for another. Whichever path a matter takes, I maintain an objective approach in keeping my clients informed and well prepared.
Thomas Van has more than 20 years of experience representing financial service companies in litigation, title insurance matters, and regulatory compliance.
Wielding a depth of industry knowledge, Thomas represents client interests spanning the mortgage banking, loan origination and servicing, title insurance, trustee services, asset management, landlord-tenant, and compliance contexts. His success includes resolving and litigating multi-million dollar cases ranging from insurance bad faith to property disputes.
Thomas’s financial services practice takes a particular focus on the “alphabet soup” of federal mortgage banking regulation, as well as state analogs to the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), California Homeowner’s Bill of Rights, and others.
In title and real estate litigation, Thomas manages issues involving everything from lien position, property partitions, lot line disputes, easements and encroachments, to title and loan fraud.
Having previously managed practices and supervised litigation teams, Thomas prides himself on the balance he brings to his work: both on behalf of clients and on behalf of the attorneys and professionals around him. He strives to help his team balance competing needs and demanding work to create an efficient flow and optimize the end result.