Practice Areas

Mortgage Foreclosure

For lenders, problematic foreclosures create cost overruns and delays cutting into real-world profits. For the past 7 years, Adam has aggressively litigated foreclosure cases for lenders and brought to quick conclusion cases that had been outstanding for years. Even the toughest cases, with difficult borrowers or counsel, may be solved with straight-forward, aggressive litigation strategy. Adam has also solved tough foreclosures through title insurance claims and other mechanisms to effectively and quickly resolve previously over-budget and long outstanding foreclosures. Because of our experience, our firm is uniquely positioned to effectively prosecute and complete foreclosures in a cost-effective and efficient manner.

In the past six years, Adam has been lead counsel in over 65 cases before all Florida appellate courts and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal. Adam has focused exclusively on representing creditor rights in bankruptcy cases and has developed strategies to quickly and effectively resolve appellate cases, even cases where the trial court ruled incorrectly, in an expeditious manner. Such strategies have included motions to relinquish jurisdiction, successive motions to dismiss when borrowers fail to timely brief, and fully briefing appeals. For instance, Adam was personally commended in an appellate matter by the Third District Court of Appeal for conceding error on behalf of a lender in a case of clear error. While a difficult decision, the result shortened the time to foreclosure by a significant amount and saved the client substantially in terms of attorneys’ fees and other litigation costs.

Regardless of a creditor or lender’s efforts to avoid running afoul of consumer protection law, nearly every creditor or lender becomes the defendant in a consumer collection lawsuit at some point in time. Adam has years of experience litigating cases under the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA). In many instances, especially for cases with small technical violations, we pursue an aggressive settlement strategy to keep litigation costs and fees to a minimum. However, when needed, we have the skills and resources to fully litigate bona fide error defenses, challenge status as a debt collector, and handle these matters on appeal.

Consumer Collection Law

Appellate Law