- Successfully overturned judgment on appeal finding that client’s claim was time-barred.
Representing a national mortgage servicing company, was successful in getting a judgment finding that the client’s foreclosure claim was time-barred reversed on appeal.
- Persistence and a Lean, Long-Term Strategy Made the Difference in Opening the Way for Charter Schools in New Orleans
Where we started: When Hurricane Katrina devastated the City of New Orleans, it destroyed most of the city’s public-school buildings. The planned rebuilding of the city’s education system included a prominent role for charter schools – a watershed moment for primary and secondary education in Louisiana. Teachers’ unions opposed the plan because charter schools replacedMore
- Getting Royalty Interests Right: Appeal Preserves Longstanding Industry Interpretations of Mineral Interests
Where we started: Our client, a global petrochemical company, was the holder of an overriding royalty interest (ORRI) valued at hundreds of millions of dollars on an oil field on the outer continental shelf adjacent to Louisiana. After years of litigation, a federal district court held that the mineral instruments creating the ORRI did notMore
- Clarification of Florida’s Lis Pendens Statute
Ober v. Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, 218 So.3d 952 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017). The firm was successful in overturning a trial court judgment that adversely impacted title to all property in Florida when a foreclosure sale is involved.
- Payment Enforcement under Real Estate Contracts
Rothschild Reserve Intern., Inc. v. Silver, 830 So. 2d 224 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). Represented party enforcing payment under a real estate contract and established new law regarding waiver of the right of equity of redemption in settlement agreements.
- Recoverability of Attorney’s Fees
Mutual Concepts, Inc. v. First Nat. Bank of Omaha (495 Fed.Appx. 514) Court of appeals reversed district court judgment awarding attorney’s fees against bank client because attorney’s fees were not recoverable under Nebraska law.
- Bisby v. Garza (342 Fed.Appx. 969)
Court of Appeals affirmed motion to dismiss granted to client American Correctional Association on the basis that claims for civil rights violations could not be brought against a non-state actor.
- Borrell v. Vital Weight Control, Inc. (2009 WL 783342)
Court of Appeals confirmed the decision of the trial court that the plaintiff could not recover against the client under a quantum meruit cause of action.
- Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. v. Obregon (2010 WL 4361765)
Court of Appeals affirmed decision that client financial services company did not breach settlement agreement.
- Defense of various national mortgage lenders and credit card issuers in class actions alleging that pre-screened mailers violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act
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