Archive for 'Eviction' Category
Jul 24, 2013

Now that I am actively practicing law I see the reasons for the anger and recriminations regarding the conduct of proceedings involving foreclosure. But whether the judge likes it or not the law is very clear regarding a condition precedent to the filing of foreclosure action. The borrower must receive notice. The notice must state […]

Jul 23, 2013

Editor’s Note: These are not all the statutes that apply, but Rob Harrington has gone to the trouble of compiling the statutes that probably do apply to most mortgages in cases where they are subject to claims of transfer of ownership and securitization into an asset pool. This is worth keeping on hand: Rob Harrington […]

Jul 23, 2013

One of the interesting things about the news media and its relationship with the Wall Street banks is that the real events happening out in the marketplace are completely disregarded by virtually everyone if the event would encourage similar efforts to challenge or replace the toxic mortgages that litter the landscape of the financial marketplace. […]

Jul 22, 2013

  Now that Federal Reserve is nearly done buying the worthless mortgage bonds, the banks have shown that they are in fact making money hand over fist and the government is feeling less fearful about toppling the financial system with financial regulation. Based upon my interview with a highly placed well-informed source who prefers to […]

Jul 22, 2013

WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF SETTLEMENTS, BUY-BACKS AND FEDERAL RESERVE BUYOUTS? We hear these stories of settlements, purchases by the Fed, buybacks — but what they are buying and which mortgages are affected is never disclosed. Meanwhile the marketplace and the judicial system are functioning as though none of this activity was happening. First of […]

Jul 20, 2013

There many ways to win a case, so what I am saying in this article should be taken in the context of a larger reality where lawyers are winning hearings and winning the entire case using their own style, strategies and tactics. And it is equally true that any case management plan, regardless of the […]

Jul 18, 2013

A number of people have been contacting me about the work of people other than my company that produces reports and analysis and expert witnesses and my law firm, Garfield, Gwaltney, Kelley and White based in Tallahassee. My first rule is that I don’t attack or smear anyone who might provide some service that has […]

Jul 12, 2013

Go to www.msnbc.com. CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN. LET THEM KNOW THEY ALREADY HAVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS LAW AND THAT THEY DON’T NEED TO SELL THEMSELVES TO GET SUPPORT FROM THEIR CONSTITUENCY. MSNBC had a segment today in which they interviewed Elizabeth Warren about a new set of laws reinstating the old […]

Jul 11, 2013

GGKW (GARFIELD, GWALTNEY, KELLEY AND WHITE) provides Legal Services across the State of Florida. We also provide litigation support to attorneys in all 50 states. We concentrate our practice on mortgage related issues, litigation and modification (or settlement). We are available to represent homeowners, business owners, and homeowner associations seeking to preserve their interest in […]

Jul 9, 2013

order NY Scheck 7 2013 fraud on the court JP-Morgan-Chase-Bank-Natl.-Assn.-v-Butler Since the beginning of the mortgage meltdown one judge has understood the scam.  For reasons that are probably not difficult to figure out, Judge Shack’s opinions and rulings have been largely ignored across the country despite the fact that he is supported by virtually every […]