February 28, 2017

Today, the Foreclosure Department of the Supreme Court of New York, Nassau County, elevated a foreclosure case to a Bad Faith hearing, where the homeowner will request a dismissal with prejudice, attorneys’ fees, and other sanctions against Christiana Trust, who has failed to appear for foreclosure settlement hearings on three occasions and where the borrower has completed three trial modifications, paying in excess of $40,000.00 in trial mod payments. Jeff Barnes, Esq. was recently retained to represent the homeowner, with Donna Douglas, Esq. as local New York counsel.

Mr. Barnes appeared in court in Mineola, New York today in connection with the scheduled settlement hearing and requested relief for Christiana Trust’s bad faith conduct. The case was one of eighty-one (81) foreclosure cases on today’s docket.

New York courts may elevate a case from the foreclosure resolution department to a Bad Faith hearing. Mr. Barnes had provided a letter to the servicer on February 3, 2017 notifying the servicer of the history of the case and of the hearing and demanded a permanent loan modification in view of the three prior completed trial modifications.

Jeff Barnes, Esq., www.ForeclosureDefenseNationwide.com

February 24, 2017

We have had a significant number of requests to make FDSeminars’ April 7, 2017 foreclosure defense seminar available by live streaming (for those who cannot physically attend the seminar), and also by DVD. We are in the process of making this happen.

Attorneys who attend remotely via live streaming or who purchase the DVD will receive the same (8) CLE credits as those who attend in person, as permitted by the applicable state Bar rules for remote attendance or through a DVD. Those who attend remotely via live streaming or who purchase the DVD will receive the same materials as those who attend the seminar in person.

Prices for remote attendance or the DVD will be the same as those for live attendance, which can be found on the website: www.FDSeminars.com.

Jeff Barnes, Esq., www.ForeclosureDefenseNationwide.com

February 21, 2017

FDSeminars has scheduled its next foreclosure defense seminar for Friday, April 7, 2017 at the Westshore International Plaza located at 2202 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33607. The seminar will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will run to 5:00 p.m.

Attorneys will receive eight (8) CLE credits. Written and electronic materials will be presented to all attendees. Fees are $595.00 for attorneys, $495.00 for paralegals, and $395.00 for others.

The seminar will be presented by Jeff Barnes, Esq. and mortgage fraud and securitization expert Richard Kahn. Registration is available by going to www.FDSeminars.com and clicking the “enroll” link.

The March 3, 23017 seminar scheduled for Miami had to be cancelled as Mr. Barnes has been called to a specially set, court-ordered hearing in Lincoln, Nebraska on that date. The next seminar is scheduled for Friday, May 5, 2017 in Orlando, Florida.

Jeff Barnes, Esq., www.ForeclosureDefenseNationwide.com

February 3, 2017

Today, a District Court in Fort Bend County, Texas has granted a homeowner’s emergency motion to cancel a foreclosure sale scheduled by JPMorgan Chase which sale was scheduled for February 7, 2017. The homeowner is represented by Jeff Barnes, Esq. (who drafted the Petition (Complaint), Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, and the TRO itself), and local Texas counsel J. Derek Winfrey, Esq.

The case centers around JPM’s alleged acquisition, from the FDIC, of a WaMu-originated loan via the FDIC Receivership of WaMu. The Petition recites the lack of any mortgage loan schedule to the Purchase and Assumption Agreement between JPM and the FDIC; the lack of any reference to mortgage loans in the P&AA; the inconsistent position taken by JPM in Federal litigation in which it claimed that it is not the successor in interest to WaMu; and the deposition testimony of former WaMu and JPM mortgage management employee Lawrence Nardi that there was never any schedule of mortgage loans as to loans (allegedly) acquired by JPM from the FDIC and that there were no assignments, allonges, or endorsements evidencing the transfer of any WaMu loans to JPM.

The case will now proceed into discovery.

Jeff Barnes, Esq., www.ForeclosureDefenseNationwide.com