Obtained affirmance of judgment in a published opinion from California’s Second District Court of Appeal holding that borrowers lack standing to challenge the validity of assignments of deeds of trust. Read More
Mr. Steiner defended scores of mortgage lenders in class actions challenging payoff-related fees and lien release practices. The cases settled on favorable terms or class certification was denied. Read More
Mr. Steiner defended large national banks in class actions alleging RESPA violations arising from captive reinsurance of PMI. The cases settled on class or individual bases, or were dismissed. Read More
Mr. Steiner defended a large national bank and a data service provider in FCRA class actions, resulting in a favorable settlement and a dismissal. Read More
Mr. Steiner served as national coordinating counsel for a large national bank defending 30 LPI class actions in multiple states, achieving a favorable settlement. Read More
Represented flood control district in connection with relocation of railroad facilities required to implement flood control project. Read More
Representation of real estate development company in securing California Public Utilities Commission approval of public grade crossing of tracks of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to serve major development project in San Francisco. Read More
Representation of municipality before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board in railroad merger case; secured railroad financial contribution of 50% of the cost of new grade separation to mitigate impacts of increased rail traffic arising from merger. Read More
Representation of municipality before California Public Utilities Commission; secured approval of bike path on right of way of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board and approval of new pedestrian underpass of the tracks of Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. Read More
Representation of sellers, buyers, lending institutions and tenants in sales, exchanges, acquisition, financing and leasing of hotels, shopping centers, office, commercial, industrial, and apartment projects, general-corporate aviation fixed-base operations, call centers, chain and individual restaurant operations and private school campuses. Read More
Represented lending institutions and borrowers in negotiation and documentation of construction and mortgage loans for commercial properties such as hotels/motels, multi-screen motion picture theater complexes, automobile dealerships, high and mid-rise office buildings, industrial parks and individual industrial and commercial buildings, multi-family and single family residential projects, work-out of troubled projects, foreclosure on and disposition of commercial, industrial and residential foreclosed… Read More
Represented multi-state real estate developer in connection with development, construction, operation, leasing and sale of industrial-business parks, condominium projects, warehouse/showroom facilities, high-rise office buildings and hotels. Read More
Represented joint venture partners in joint ventures for development, construction, leasing and operation of major high rise office buildings, retail centers and hotels in San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, Dallas and New Orleans, including negotiation and documentation of partnership agreements, construction and long-term financing, construction contracts, hotel management agreements, leasing and sales. Read More
Represented a major automobile manufacturer in the sale of its multiple-building southern California campus. Read More
Represented borrower in $400 million mortgage loan secured by 126 properties located in seven different states. Read More
Aggressive defense and thorough factual investigation, followed by favorable settlement negotiation, in high-exposure case involving inadvertent trash-out of foreclosed mortgage borrower’s tenant. Read More
Successfully fended off aggressive third party subpoena and threatened motion to compel involving wage-and-hour class action in Northern District of California, when production of documents requested in subpoena would have directly exposed financial services client to liability in the class action. Read More
A federal jury in San Francisco handed down a significant defense victory in a large multi-year patent lawsuit, finding that no patent infringement had taken place and declaring that all patents in suit were invalid; served as local counsel for the defendant, a prominent global electronics company, lending specialized local knowledge of the Northern District of California's busy patent docket… Read More
During lengthy oral argument in hotly disputed mortgage servicing litigation case involving loan modification application, received comments from the bench that explanation of why the terms of a permanent loan modification could not be provided to borrower during the trial modification stage was the most lucid explanation the justices had ever heard on that point. Read More
Following briefing and oral argument, obtained successful decision on Homeowner’s Bill of Rights appeal on issue of availability of money damages for violation of dual tracking statute. Read More
