Financial Institution Litigation
Miles & Stockbridge lawyers represent commercial banks, mortgage companies, credit card companies, consumer loan companies and other lenders in court and in other dispute resolution forums.
Whether representing financial institutions as plaintiffs or defendants, our goal is always to pursue the course that is in our client’s best interests. We are vigorous advocates at trial, and yet are frequently able to reach a favorable settlement of issues at early stages.
The majority of our representation involves defense against business and consumer account claims; lender liability claims; breach of privacy claims; and statutory claims of all types, including class actions. We are also frequently retained to assert clients’ rights in such matters as commercial collection and adversarial proceedings in bankruptcies.
A key and valuable aspect of our counsel is that we thoroughly understand the banking industry. Our many collective years of experience working with financial institutions in transactions and litigation of all types enable us to fully understand our clients’ businesses, goals and problems, and to present the complex, technical financial issues involved in these cases clearly to juries of non-specialists. This institutional knowledge is frequently a major advantage to our clients in what are often public and emotional disputes. Our legal counsel and representation knowledgeably asserts their rights against borrowers and defends them against class action claims aimed at securing a settlement from “deep pockets” defendants.
