Description

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Foreclosure Defense: A Practical Litigation Guide, Second Edition will assist you in navigating alternative dispute resolutions to hopefully avert a foreclosure action from even being filed against your client; but if an action is filed, the book offers many possible litigation strategies and defenses. Citing the most recent and developing cases, Foreclosure Defense focuses on a number of issues raised in recent law and news, as well as the predominant recurring issues. In three parts -- Ethical Considerations, Trial Basics, and Summary Judgment and Beyond -- the book walks you through the basics of loans, the applicable federal laws with a look at different state regulations, what loan modification programs are available, unscrupulous bank practices, affirmative defenses, getting summary judgment dismissed, and everything else you need to know to protect your client's home, as well as what to counsel when you cannot.

About the Author

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After working for foreclosure firms for about two years and seeing the real-life impact of foreclosure on individuals and families, Rebecca A. Taylor decided to put to use the knowledge she had gained of the foreclo-sure system for the benefit of the people.Ms. Taylor grew up in Newark, Delaware. She obtained a B.A. de-gree from Rutgers College in American Studies. After college, Ms. Taylor moved to New York City and began work as a paralegal in 1997. She completed temporary assignments with some of New York's top law firms, such as Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden Arps, and Rogers & Wells. Ms. Taylor served in the 82d Airborne Division of the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2001 and received an honorable discharge. Ms. Taylor entered Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in 2001. She earned her J.D. degree and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2004. Ms. Taylor earned the top award for pro bono service at graduation for her services as a summer law clerk with the Palm Beach Circuit Court. Over her career as an attorney, Ms. Taylor has focused on litigation, practicing in family law, landlord-tenant law, commercial liti-gation, guardianships, appellate work, property rights, consumer advo-cacy, tort law, and foreclosures. Ms. Taylor currently resides in the Phila-delphia area with her son and two cats.