South Florida Law Blog

By Roy Oppenheim We’re just half way through the first month of 2011 and foreclosure fraud continues to make headline news. Tonight Oppenheim Law will be in Boca Raton hosting our monthly foreclosure defense workshop “The Future of Foreclosures”. Will this be the year of the short sale? How will the Feds help (or not help)? What is the best […]

If we digress for one moment and go back to the end of 2007 or the beginning of 2008 here is the story I will share with you all. I was attending a hearing on behalf of one of our earlier foreclosure clients in the area of foreclosure defense before a prominent Broward County Circuit judge. I witnessed the judge […]

“Unfair, Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts in Foreclosure Cases”, that’s the name of the presentation made to the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Controllers by the Attorney General’s office of the State of Florida. The title speaks for itself. The presentation is truly fascinating and intriguing but in some ways very disappointing. It is a poor reflection of our own […]

If you are a Florida homeowner facing foreclosure, you may not be thinking about the long-term economy. But Roy Oppenheim, a Florida foreclosure defense attorney, sees the big picture and how it relates to the foreclosure crisis. Oppenheim offered Florida homeowners his insights on the economy in a recent interview on the talk show “Mind of Money” with Asset Protection […]

What do you do if your house is in foreclosure? Do you put your head in the sand and enter into the financial crisis? Or do you launch a foreclosure defense? Roy Oppenheim, a respected Florida real estate and foreclosure defense attorney, offered strategic advice for Florida homeowners in a recent interview on the talk show “Mind of Money” with […]

Homeowners and lawyers including Roy Oppenheim say overwhelmed lenders and judges are rubber-stamping foreclosures, overlooking major problems and compromising the defendants’ rights to due process. In a recent interview with Sun Sentinel’s Real Estate Writer Paul Owers, Roy Oppenheim and Geoff Sherman shared a recent case of improper foreclosure. “This case is a symbol of the crisis,” said Oppenheim, whose […]

In case you missed it, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke went on the record with 60 Minutes last night to discuss the current state of the economy. On Wednesday at 6 pm in his own 60 minutes, Foreclosure Defense Attorney and legal blogger Roy Oppenheim will discuss his thoughts on this interview as well as the latest foreclosure defense strategies […]

It’s a fraud-closure world after all! As Florida leads the nation in mortgage delinquency; Foreclosure Defense Attorney Roy Oppenheim announces Oppenheim Law’s 26th consecutive monthly foreclosure defense workshop, now scheduled for Wednesday December 8, 2010 from 6:00 to 7:00pm. Oppenheim, who has coached thousands of homeowners through his seminars, will focus on how homeowners can fashion their own bailout through […]