FDN ADDS STATES OF VERMONT, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MISSOURI IN CONNECTION WITH REPRESENTATION OF BORROWERS

August 28, 2009

August 27, 2009

Yesterday, we advised that FDN had added the states of Wisconsin, Oregon, and Illinois where Jeff Barnes, Esq. represents borrowers defending foreclosure proceedings. Today, three more states, those being Vermont, North Carolina, and Missouri were added as well in connection with pending foreclosure actions where Mr. Barnes will be representing borrowers [...]

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATION ENTERS EMERGENCY ORDERS SHUTTING DOWN TAYLOR BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE GROUP: “SECOND” EMERGENCY ORDER RECITES TBW’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PRIOR EMERGENCY ORDER; FAILURE TO FUND CLOSINGS; AND THAT TBW HAS “ALREADY CAUSED CONSIDERABLE HARM TO FLORIDA CONSUMERS“: ORDER ALSO REVOKES TBW’S MORTGAGE LICENSE AND ORDERS THAT ALL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS CEASE

August 28, 2009

August 27, 2009

By Emergency Orders to Cease and Desist dated August 7 and August 21, 2009, the Florida Department of Financial Regulation has ordered mortgage lender Taylor Bean & Whitaker to, among other things:

(a) immediately cease all business operations;

(b) immediately cease all foreclosure proceedings that it is conducting or [...]

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PLAYING WITH FIRE: NON-ATTORNEYS ATTEMPTING TO PRACTICE FORECLOSURE DEFENSE

August 26, 2009

We are getting more and more e-mails from people who are essentially attempting to practice foreclosure defense law by “surfing the net” and copying pleadings, motions, case law, and arguments from other jurisdictions for use in their own cases. This is a dangerous endeavor which can (and usually does) result in the non-attorney litigant impairing [...]

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FDN ADDS STATES OF WISCONSIN, OREGON, AND ILLINOIS TO SCOPE OF BORROWER REPRESENTATION; PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION GRANTED AGAINST FORECLOSURE IN CALIFORNIA

August 26, 2009

As the number of inquiries and e-mails to FDN increase by the day, FDN has added the states of Wisconsin, Oregon, and Illinois to those where Jeff Barnes, Esq. presently represents borrowers defending foreclosures. Inquiries from additional states, including Vermont, North Carolina and Indiana, continue to pour in by the day. As of this [...]

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FORCLOSURE ATTORNEY ARROGANCE STOOPS TO NEW LOW: SLANDEROUS DISRESPECT OF THE LAW AND ATTEMPTS TO WRONGFULLY INFLUENCE THE JUDICIARY

August 11, 2009

I just returned from two weeks of attending court hearings around the U.S. in numerous foreclosure defense cases in several states. The majority of the attorneys “on the other side” are professional and argue their positions in proper court manner. However, two instances occurred over the last 2 weeks which caused me pause, which foreclosure [...]

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FLORIDA JUDGE DENIES SERVICING COMPANY’S MOTION TO DISMISS BORROWER’S COUNTERCLAIMS FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: RULING PERMITS FLORIDA BORROWERS CHALLENGING FORECLOSING PARTY’S STANDING AND CHAIN OF TITLE TO NOTE AND MORTGAGE TO ASSERT COUNTERCLAIMS TO FORECLOSURE

August 11, 2009

FDN attorney Jeff Barnes has scored another victory for borrowers, this time in Florida where a Circuit Judge denied Aurora Loan Servicing’s Motion to Dismiss the borrower’s Counterclaims for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief. The borrower has challenged Aurora’s standing to bring the foreclosure action, requesting a judicial declaration that Aurora has no rights in [...]

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