Banking

• Obtained affirmance by the United States Supreme Court of litigation team's victories in the 8th Circuit and U.S. District Court for Western District of Missouri that client did not violate the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B in lending dispute, because Regulation B impermissibly expands scope of Equal Credit Opportunity Act to include spousal guarantors not covered by plain language of statute. Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore, 136 S. Ct. 1072 (2016).
• Obtained dismissal of putative class action against national equipment lease finance company.
• Successfully defended claims for violation of the FCRA in federal district court.
• Lead counsel for both borrowers and lenders on negotiation and documentation of numerous loan transactions ranging from less than $1 million to more than $20 million in size.
• Obtained summary judgment and dismissal on claims alleging fraudulent inducement to enter into guaranties and mortgages in multiple courts.
• Successfully defended lender liability claims regarding alleged wrongful foreclosure to dismissal.

Real Estate

• Successfully argued before Missouri Court of Appeals for affirmance of jury verdict in unlawful detainer case.
• Successfully defended limitation of liability provision in real estate contract before Missouri Court of Appeals.
• Obtained victory in Kansas Court of Appeals against claim for implied easement across commercial property.
• Obtained federal court verdict for return of $1.5 million earnest money deposit and attorney’s fees in litigation over failed real estate transaction.
• Defended and secured voluntary dismissal of claims against appraiser in bankruptcy adversary proceeding related to alleged mortgage fraud.
• Successfully tried numerous landlord-tenant cases and post-foreclosure unlawful detainer cases for national real estate companies and banks.