Foreclosure

Not a Debt Collector

March 22, 2019

Clair Law is not a "Debt Collector" when representing financial institutions in foreclosure actions.
The United States Supreme Court on March 20, 2019 ruled unanimously in the case of Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP that a business engaged only in nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings is not a "debt collector" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Supreme Court Decision Great News for Lenders and Condominium Buyers

MADISON, WI (April 29, 2016)

 

Clair Law Offices is proud to announce that Attorney Edward F. Thompson argued before the Wisconsin
Supreme Court in a case on behalf of one of our Bank clients and for thousands of financial
institutions whose mortgage loans and liens were at serious jeopardy.

 

In Walworth State Bank v. Abbey Springs Condominium Association, 2016 WI 30, in a 5 to 2 ruling, the
Supreme Court on April 29, 2016 held in favor of the Bank.