Lanin Law P.C. Successful! Mortgage Loan Modifications With Chase and Residential Credit Services

Our firm has just obtained loan modifications, approved by our clients and their lenders, with two different lenders/servicers: Chase and Residential Credit Services (RCS). Read more

Does The Plaintiff Have Standing To Sue?

I recently opposed a lender’s motion for Summary Judgment on the grounds that it lacked standing. Here is an excerpt from that brief. Read more

PROF. DEBBIE LANIN, OF COUNSEL, SELECTED FOR FEDERAL CLERKSHIP (US DISTRICT COURT)

NEW YORK, N.Y. (Press Release) – Lanin Law P.C. is pleased to announce that Professor Debbie Lanin, who has been of Counsel to the Firm, will be stepping down from her position with Touro Law School to return to Federal Clerkships in the United States District Court. In April 2014, Professor Lanin will become Federal Law Clerk to the Honorable Kathleen Tomlinson in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York at Central Islip through October 2014.  As of October 2014, Professor Lanin will then become Federal Law Clerk to the Honorable Arlene R. Lindsay for the Eastern District of New York at Central Islip.

Prior to her stint with Touro Law School and Lanin Law P.C., Professor Lanin gained invaluable experience working as a career Law Clerk for United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley in the Eastern District of New York for nearly eight years and as a term Law Clerk for United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy in the Eastern District of New York for fifteen months. Before her Federal Clerkships, Professor Lanin was associated with two prestigious Manhattan firms: Lane & Mittendorf LLP (now Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP) and Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, LLP, where she was a litigator.

“We are proud that Professor Lanin has been selected among so many highly qualified candidates for these very prestigious positions” said Scott Lanin, Managing Attorney of the Firm. “We wish her the best in this next stage of her distinguished career.”

Discovery Dispute Resolved With Rock, Paper, Scissors

Order of the court
Avista Management vs. Wausau Underwriters Insurance Co.

NEW YORK (FORTUNE) – This is the text of the order requiring attorneys for each side to play a game of ‘rock, paper, scissors’ on the courthouse steps. (Back to story) Read more

Homeowners Should Avoid Illegal Loan Modification Consultants

Here is yet another example of what happens with illegal loan modification “consultants” – they get sued by the Attorney General. Read more

Big Bank Foreclosure Settlement Was Always A Bank Bailout In Disguise – Consumers Are Cheated

How the banks’ big foreclosure settlement cheated consumers