On behalf of a national bank, Brandon Rothkopf negotiated settlement of a judicial foreclosure suit in favor of the lender by assisting the lender with the lender’s modification of the loan with the Defendant/Borrower in order to resolve the underlying claim on the...
Practical Expertise For Complex Business Litigation And Transactions
Real Estate & Title Insurance
Summary Judgment Victory
On behalf of a national title insurer, John Hein has won a Motion for Summary Judgment in favor of a Title Insurance Underwriter sued by its insured property owner, in an action alleging, in part, that the property owner was delivered unmarketable title because an...
Sarah Holdener joins ALTA
Sarah Holdener has joined ALTA, the American Land Title Association, as an affiliate-attorney member.
Mortgage Fraud
On behalf of a national lending institution, the attorneys of Sauerwein Simon resolved the last of numerous cases arising from a widespread mortgage fraud case involving multiple properties in Scott County, Missouri.
Mechanics Lien Summary Judgment
On behalf of national bank as owner through foreclosure, Trent Bond obtained Summary Judgment on the basis that the bank’s interest through its Deed of Trust was prior in time to a claim for a $232,000 mechanic’s lien and therefore the lien been extinguished at...
Property Encroachment Resolved
On behalf of a national lender who had acquired property through foreclosure, Stewart Schneider successfully negotiated a favorable settlement with neighboring property owners and their lenders to resolve the encroachment of improvements on bank’s property onto...
Agency Defalcation
Bill Sauerwein won a Motion for Summary Judgment on behalf of an insurer against an intervening claimant in a case arising from the defalcation of a title insurance agency.
Foreclosure Litigation Resolved
On behalf of homeowners and their secured lender, Sauerwein Simon attorneys settled an Illinois judicial foreclosure case filed by the holder of a prior unreleased mortgage, executed by prior owners, resulting in a full dismissal of the foreclosure action and release...
Summary Judgment Victory
On behalf of a national title insurance underwriter and its agent, John Hein obtained partial summary judgment in favor the firm’s clients, in an action by a lender following denial of its claim alleging that it had intended to receive different property as collateral...
CLE Seminar
Sarah Holdener presented an in-house CLE seminar on Understanding Legal Descriptions in states using the Public Land Survey System.