Banking & Creditors’ Rights 

• Successfully represented a bank with a complex $12.5 million construction loan, which involved multiple borrowers and multiple lots with complex construction and leasing issues. 
• Represented bank in complex workout in Chapter 11 bankruptcy case involving several million in loans made to a borrower entity secured by real estate and other assets. The lender received 100% payout under plan after efforts to negotiate plan terms for client.
• Successfully represented lender in defense of claim for breach of settlement agreement with option to purchase land sought by adjoining land owner on summary judgment that allowed lender to sell land after foreclosure.
• Represented bank client in a foreclosure action where borrower was accused of setting fire to the property that served as the bank’s collateral. After determination of issues by insurance company, successfully negotiated resolution of the bank’s claim with insurance company that netted 100% payment to the bank of all debt owed by the borrower.
• Represented bank in various loan transactions for multimillion-dollar construction loans and permanent financing transactions. Documented every aspect of the loan, which had multiple parties and complex loan documents, with a borrower and several guarantors that included trusts.
• Represented bank on several loans where borrowers were alleged to have engaged in illegal flipping of houses and brought actions for fraud against borrowers. Obtained judgment for amounts owed and then held non-dischargeable in borrowers’ bankruptcy cases.

Real Estate

• Large land acquisition for client involving about 2,000 acres.
• Sale of land for client that involved Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) and transfer of certain rights for development purposes.
• Acquisition to assist client with development issues, zoning approvals and plat approvals to develop mixed-use commercial and residential property.
• Several transactions involving underground mining operations throughout Kansas City area from sale, lending, and reclamation and regulatory issues.
• Lending transactions that involved gambling facilities and related assets and regulatory related issues for lenders.