In re Consolidated Mortgage Satisfaction Cases
The Firm, as lead counsel, has either settled or certified twenty class actions against some of the largest national and Ohio banking and lending institutions. In an industry wide practice, these lending institutions failed to timely record mortgage loan payoffs by homeowners in violation of Ohio law. The Firm was able to consolidate all twenty actions before one trial judge and recently successfully upheld all the class certifications before the Ohio Supreme Court. As a result of these actions, the lending industry in Ohio is rectifying their past practices and are now properly and timely recording the release of mortgages on residential properties in Ohio.

 Supreme Court Opinion or www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/0/2002/2002-ohio-6720.pdf

 Trial Court Class Certification