Severson and Werson

Casey J. McTigue is an associate in Severson & Werson’s San Francisco office, where he practices in the Financial Services Litigation group.

Mr. McTigue graduated from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. While in law school, Mr. McTigue was Chair of Boalt’s outside Trial, Moot Court, and ADR competition programs. As a competitor in moot court, Mr. McTigue was a member of the National Moot Court and Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court teams. During his first-year summer, Mr. McTigue was a law extern for the Honorable Michael W. McConnell of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mr. McTigue was also a Senior Notes Editor for the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, with which he was published in 2008.

Prior to law school, Mr. McTigue earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics, summa cum laude, from Arizona State University in 2006. In 2009, Mr. McTigue was a guest speaker for ASU’s Student Economics Association, presenting on the banking and financial industries.

• Representing major financial institution in multi-district litigation regarding checking account overdraft fees.

• Representing major financial institution in a series of UCC disputes regarding fraudulent banking transactions.

• Representing loan servicers in cases currently on appeal to  both the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeal regarding the  valid transfer of mortgage-backed securities.

• Obtained dismissal with prejudice at the pleadings stage of  $900,000 commercial dispute regarding fraudulent withdrawals from corporate  accounts.

• Obtained summary judgment for lender in elder abuse action brought  by family trustee.

• Successfully defended over two dozen cases challenging various loan origination and servicing practices, both in federal and state court.