July 8, 2016

Foreclosure Defense Seminars has booked and confirmed seminars for the San Francisco, California area (per our prior post), and has also confirmed seminars for Northern New Jersey and Irvine (Orange County) California. A further seminar is being scheduled for Miami, Florida in December, 2016. These four seminars constitute the only seminars in 2016. We have already received numerous requests from homeowners and attorneys across the United States to schedule additional seminars in 2017.

The seminars are open to attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and homeowners. Attorneys will be eligible for CLE credits for attendance, and discounts are available to attendees who attend more than one seminar. Each of the seminars will involve presentation and materials as to various aspects of foreclosure defense, and no two seminars will be exactly alike in terms of content and materials.

The Northern New Jersey Seminar will take place at the Hilton Parsippany located at 1 Hilton Place, Parsippany, New Jersey, on Friday, September 16, 2016 beginning at 9:00 a.m. and running until 5:00 p.m.

The Orange County, California seminar will be held in Irvine, California on Friday, November 18, 2016. The location is presently being confirmed, which we will publish on this website as soon as the information is available.

Registration, information as to speakers, etc. is available on www.FDSeminars.com.

We have already had a significant response to the seminar which is scheduled for October in the San Francisco, California area, and we have and continue to receive numerous inquiries as to registration for the Northern New Jersey seminar.

It is more than obvious, from our research, that foreclosures will continue for years to come, given the state of the economy and regardless of the results of the presidential election. In fact, we were advised today that Atlantic County (which includes Atlantic City) New Jersey has the most foreclosures of any location in the entire United States, and that foreclosures in that area are significantly on the rise.

Jeff Barnes, Esq., www.ForeclosureDefenseNationwide.com

July 6, 2016

Final Judgment has been entered in favor of a homeowner after full trial in a foreclosure case in Hillsborough County (Tampa) Florida which had originally been brought by JPMorgan Chase. Jeff Barnes, Esq. represented the homeowner and prepared all briefing and tried the case.

JPM had allegedly acquired a WaMu originated loan, which it claimed to have transferred to another party. There were several subsequent transfers to various trusts. At trial, counsel for the plaintiff attempted to introduce a “paragraph 22” letter which was on the letterhead of WaMu but was dated well after WaMu ceased to exist and well after it had filed bankruptcy. No witness could authenticate the letter.

The Judge ruled that the plaintiff failed to offer admissible evidence to satisfy the requirements of paragraph 22 of the Mortgage, and entered Final Judgment in favor of the homeowner.

Jeff Barnes, Esq., www.ForeclosureDefenseNationwide.com

July 1, 2016

The first of the national Foreclosure Defense Seminar series has been confirmed for Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Oakland Marriott City Center in Oakland, California. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is open to homeowners, paralegals, and attorneys.

Registration and information may be found at www.FDSeminars.com. There are discounts for early registration.

Mr. Barnes, who previously conducted numerous foreclosure defense seminars which were accredited for CLE credits by the Florida Bar and the Supreme Court of Ohio, will be presenting on various matters, including case screening and identification of issues; pre-litigation inquiries and discovery; standing issues (including securitization issues); defenses; filing and defending dispositive motions; and mediation and settlement strategies.

Richard Kahn, who has been qualified as an expert witness in cases across the United States, will also be presenting. San Francisco area attorney Jason Estavillo, Esq. will be a guest speaker on issues related to foreclosure defense in California.

The second seminar is being scheduled for northern New Jersey (near Morristown), which will be held on September 16, 2016. Additional seminars are being planned for South Florida in November, and a second seminar in Southern California in December.

Jeff Barnes, Esq., www.ForeclosureDefenseNationwide.com