Sarah Holdener aided her clients with the purchase of a condominium unit and parking space in the City of Chicago.
Sarah Holdener assisted clients with condo purchase
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Practical Expertise For Complex Business Litigation And Transactions
Year: 2013
Mechanics Liens Paid by Insurer May be Nondischargeable
In First Am. Title Ins. Co. v. Speisman (In re Speisman), 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 2967; 2013 WL 3779366 (U.S. Bankr. N.D. IL, July 19, 2013), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently denied a debtor’s motion to dismiss the adversary complaint...
New Penalties for Unlawful Clouding of Title in Illinois
Illinois recently amended Section 720 ILCS 5/32-13 of the Illinois Criminal Code to create a felony level offense resulting from the creation of a cloud on title that either (a) has a value in excess of $10,000, or (b) results from a second or subsequent offense, due...
Trent Bond obtains judgment reforming deed of trust and establishing lien priority
On behalf of an insured lender, Trent Bond obtained a favorable judgment following a bench trial, reforming a deed of trust and establishing lien priority. At issue was the borrower’s dispute of her intent to encumber the entirety of her property and her contest over...
Sarah Holdener secures judgment establishing priority of refinance deed of trust
Sarah Holdener has secured judgment on behalf of a bank client establishing the senior priority of its refinancing deed of trust, where another lender had initially agreed, but failed, to issue a subordination of its own deed of trust.
Judgment obtained by Bill Sauerwein and Trent Bond affirmed by Court of Appeals
A judgment obtained by Bill Sauerwein and Trent Bond on behalf of a group of homeowners has been affirmed by the Missouri Court of Appeals. In issuing its lengthy opinion, the court of appeals held that correction of the homeowners’ vesting deeds was permitted and...
Grant Mabie secures judgment for his client, a commercial landlord, at trial.
Grant Mabie, representing a commercial property owner at trial, obtained a judgment in favor of the owner, and against a tenant, for damages and possession of the premises. The case involved a tenant that failed to honor its obligations under a commercial lease. The...
Paul Simon, Jr. and Adam Stockberger obtain dismissal of Merchandising Practices Act and Civil Conspiracy Claims
On behalf of a limited liability company and several of its members, individually, Paul Simon Jr., and Adam Stockberger obtained dismissal with prejudice of claims filed in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri under Missouri’s Merchandising Practices...
Bill Sauerwein recovers $1,403,265.33 for his client following appeal.
Bill Sauerwein recovers $1,403,265.33 for his client in a case filed in Western District of the Federal District of Missouri concerning the sales proceeds from several tracts of Boone County commercial real estate. The action by filed by an estate sought to declare...
Paul Simon, Jr. secured summary judgment for governmental entity on TIF act compliance
Paul Simon, Jr. has secured summary judgment on behalf of a governmental entity in a declaratory judgment action regarding the governmental entity’s compliance with the Missouri Tax Increment Finance Act.
