Practice Areas
REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE LENDING
- Mortgage Loan Document Preparation and Review in all 50 states
- Compliance – Federal, State, and Secondary Market
- On-Site Custom Training
- Warehouse Facility Consultation and Opinions
- Affiliated Business Relationships
- Broker Agreements
- Branch Manager and Originator Agreements
- Compliant Marketing Agreements and Strategies
- Licensing and Agency Approvals
- Title Documentation
- Default Management and Loss Mitigation
- Loan Modifications
- Restructuring
- Work-Outs
- Foreclosure
- Landlord and Tenant
LITIGATION
General Commercial Litigation with an Emphasis on Lender Representation and Construction
Disputes
Lender Representation
- Consumer Litigation – State and Federal Court
- Fraud
- DTPA
- Truth-in-Lending/Rescission
- RESPA
- Usury
- Wrongful Foreclosure
- Bankruptcy Litigation – Adversary Proceedings and Contested Matters
- Avoidance Actions (including preferences and fraudulent conveyances)
- Lien Priority
- Cash Collateral
- Discharge ability
- Claim Litigation
- Automatic Stay Litigation
- Contested Valuations
- Contested Plan Confirmation
- Enforcement and Debarment Actions
- Repurchase Litigation
- Judicial Foreclosures
- Suits on Notes, Guaranties, and Deficiencies
- Repurchase Litigation
- Title Disputes
- Contract Disputes
Construction:
- Contractual Disputes
- Scope of Work/Change Orders/Extras
- Prompt Pay
- Scheduling and Delay
- Wrongful Termination
- Defects and Performance
- M&M Lien Perfection and Foreclosure
- Bond Claims
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Mediation and Arbitration (certified mediator)
Appeals
- State Courts of Appeal and Texas Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- Amicus Briefs
