Bill Sauerwein and Trent Bond concluded a major fraud case against a title agency and obtain a $3.5m judgment. Hein Schneider & Bond P.C. represented a national title insurance underwriter against a real estate title and closing agency formerly based in...
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Trenton Bond
Trent Bond Elevated to Partner
Hein Schneider & Bond P.C. proudly announces that Trent Bond has been elevated to partner status. Trent joined the firm in 2008 and has been instrumental in the firm’s growth and success. Trent is a seasoned trial attorney with a proven track record of winning...
Trent Bond Wins at Trial
Trent Bond successfully tried a case on behalf of a lender that was insured under a policy of title insurance, where the mortgage or deed of trust was lost and the borrower had claimed he had not signed the deed of trust, although he had accepted the loan funds. ...
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...
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...
Stewart Schneider and Trent Bond obtained Summary Judgment
Stewart Schneider and Trent Bond were awarded Summary Judgment on behalf of a Bank client, in a Judgment declaring the Bank’s deed of trust to be in a first lien position. Central to the case was whether or not a Quit Claim Deed at issue, which was signed during the...
Bill Sauerwein and Trent Bond reach favorable resolution of substantial mechanics lien claims.
Bill Sauerwein and Trent Bond successfully resolved claims on behalf of a lender at a mediation conducted at Missouri University School of Law. At and following the mediation, a favorable settlement was reached with a contractor who filed a substantial mechanic’s...
Mechanics Lien Defeated
On behalf of a Lending client, Trent Bond secured Summary Judgment invalidating a mechanics lien on the basis that lien claimant failed to file its mechanics lien claim within six months of last performance of any work on the site in violation of §429.080 RSMo.
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...
Summary Judgment Victory
On behalf of a lender client, Trent Bond won Summary Judgment on the basis that lien claimant failed to file its mechanics lien claim for $124,000 within six months of last performance of any work on the site.