Auto Finance
Severson & Werson represents many of the nation’s largest auto finance companies, in matters ranging from nationwide consumer class action cases to the collection of real property collateral.
Litigation
The firm has handled virtually every type of claim for its auto finance clients, including those involving lender liability issues. When a dealer’s business fails and it chooses to blame the lender, Severson attorneys are prepared to defend the claims. The firm has tried such claims to successful defense verdicts before judges, juries and arbitrators.
Class Action Defense
No firm in the state is better qualified to defend consumer class action cases than Severson & Werson. Our lawyers tried to successful jury verdict one of the largest consumer cases to ever go to trial in California, and are at the forefront of unfair business practice litigation, having pioneered successful defense theories that are now routinely imitated by other defense firms.
Branch Operations Counseling
Severson & Werson counsels both large and small auto lenders regarding operations issues. The firm has also defended lawsuits challenging the operational practices of clients in a wide variety of industry areas.
Collections (Bankruptcy & Replevins)
The firm regularly represents creditors regarding realization on collateral. We have handled a high volume of matters involving claim and delivery actions and consumer bankruptcy relating to the sale and lease of vehicles.
On the commercial side, the firm represents auto finance companies in dealer loan originations and real estate loans. The firm is also very active in handling dealer defaults and workouts, and enforcing the lender’s rights and remedies.
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