Brown & Connery's creditors' rights practice includes representation of creditors in all types of commercial litigation in federal and state courts and in arbitrations, including the enforcement of loan obligations and contract claims, actions to set aside fraudulent transfers, filing and enforcement of construction liens, lease remedies, asset discovery, levies and judgment execution, and workout agreements.
The firm's attorneys represent financial institutions and other clients with respect to their litigation needs, including matters involving the Uniform Commercial Code, consumer and commercial collections, bankruptcy, class actions, lender liability, labor and employment and other defense related cases. We provide general counsel services to our banking clients concerning their claims management, check fraud, corporate investigations, labor and employment issues, data & security breach matters and other related topics. Specifically, our attorneys have experience assisting our banking clients with complex class actions involving wage and hour claims, shareholder disputes and merger-related disputes, executive compensation issues, complex check fraud and electronic transaction cases, regulatory matters and investigations, and the drafting of internal policies, procedures and manuals for specific internal bank departments.
The firm's practice in the area of mortgage foreclosure actions includes commercial and residential foreclosure actions for regional and national lenders, financing companies, business entities and individuals. This practice area also includes replevins, foreclosures of security interests on personal property, enforcement of pledge agreements, and negotiation of agreements for forbearance, deeds in lieu of foreclosure and related workout agreements, and counseling banks and other creditors prior to commencement of litigation. Our firm is principal foreclosure counsel to TD Bank, N.A. throughout New Jersey.
The firm's bankruptcy practice involves the representation of secured and unsecured creditors in all phases of bankruptcy proceedings, including filing and prosecuting proofs of claim, electronic monitoring of bankruptcy court proceedings, defense of debtor or trustee actions to recover alleged preferential or fraudulent transfers, objecting to discharge of debts, prosecuting objections to the assumption or rejection of executory contracts and leases, analyzing and prosecuting objections to plans of reorganization or liquidation, and all aspects of litigation in these types of matters and in adversary proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court. Brown & Connery, LLP, is national bankruptcy counsel to SAP America, Inc., one of the largest business software companies in the world, and we have appeared in major national bankruptcies on its behalf, including Circuit City, General Motors, Lehman Brothers, Lyondell Chemical Co., Polaroid, Tweeter Home Entertainment, and Visteon among many others.
The partner responsible for this area of practice is Paul A. Mainardi.
