South Florida Law Blog

This past weekend, I was in our Nation’s capital. It is always interesting to see things from the inside looking out, as opposed to from the outside looking in. It is like being in a house of mirrors. One thing is apparent: the Beltway economy is not suffering like places such as Florida, Nevada, and Detroit. As a result, our […]

As a foreclosure defense attorney, I get questions every day asking when I think the market is going to correct itself or when the foreclosure rate is going to slow. I believe my friend Al Sunshine, who has been reporting for CBS4 since 1988, provided a thoughtful and honest assessment of South Florida’s economy through the next quarter in his […]

The President made it abundantly clear last night that one of the bailout’s fundamental purposes is to help troubled homeowners who need to refinance their homes, thereby preventing foreclosure. Yet one of the most popular Google searches yesterday concerned one’s ability to delay or stave off a foreclosure by demanding the foreclosing bank produce the original Note. In fact the […]

By Roy Oppenheim Yes… The cavalry is arriving today to Florida with President Obama at the helm to discuss the economic stimulus package and how it will stop the displacement of families from foreclosure. The picture on the front page of our newspapers says it all. The Sunday New York Times and the Miami Herald today stresses how families are […]

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal picked up on the story that I have been talking about at cocktail parties for a year. My shoemaker has never been busier! It’s true. In this economy, while thousands of foreclosures in Florida are filed each week, shoemakers’ phones are ringing off the hook! While it is generally well accepted that men would rather […]