Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Represented Metawave Communications, Inc. in its Chapter 11 liquidation.
Represented H.E. Mills Electric Company in its Chapter 11 case.
Represented consulting firm as receiver for 15 American Eagle Mortgage entities. The entities own real estate and real estate contracts/loans. Placed the entities into voluntary receivership in Clark County Superior Court through an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The receiver has been selling the real property and collecting on the real estate contracts in order to generate proceeds to distribute because of millions of dollars in investor claims.
Represented the Official Unsecured Creditors Committee in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Saigene Corporation.
Represents multiple regional banks in class action lawsuits regarding overdraft and insufficient fund fees.
Represents bank in complicated foreclosure action in Washington trial court and Court of Appeals. Received favorable opinion from Court of Appeals affirming the trial court’s foreclosure decree and denying motion to stay foreclosure action and compel arbitration.
Represents bank in dispute over whether designated beneficiary or prior beneficiaries should take IRA funds where there were allegations of duress and elder abuse at the hands of the designated beneficiary. When designated beneficiary sued the bank in federal court seeking disbursement of the IRA funds, successfully moved to stay the federal court action while a state court suit was pending over the duress and elder abuse allegations.
Represents government agency in lawsuit alleging fraud-type claims related to origination of mortgage loan.
Represented banks throughout the western United States in various mergers and acquisitions (including both acquiring banks and acquired banks), including organizations with branches and operations throughout Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and California.