Yesterday, nationally-recognized foreclosure expert April Charney came to Tampa to train Bay Area lawyers how to fight foreclosures and help homeowners save their homes.
If the lender can’t prove it owns the loan, judges will sometimes throw out the foreclosure. If the wrong lender forecloses, Charney said, homeowners could face another lawsuit later.
Charney said her strategies came from finding sloppiness and fraud in her cases and those of other attorneys. Many of the people losing their homes, she said, are in this position because of unethical and sometimes illegal foreclosure procedures.
The lawyers of Ricardo Wasylik & Kaniuk have trained with Charney and use updated versions of techniques that Charney pioneered in order to help homeowners beat foreclosure and keep their homes.
One local bankruptcy judge was impressed with Charney’s presentation.
Catherine Peek McEwen, a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Tampa, attended and said she wants to gain a better understanding of foreclosure law.
“I think the learning curve was up a notch for the Tampa Bay area,” she said.
“The state court judges are going to have more to chew on if these lawyers get in front of them.”
Several area judges already have.
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