Posts Tagged ‘foreclosure laws’
OCCUPY TAMPA! COME JOIN ME THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 9:00 A.M.!
Author: Matthew D. Weidner, Esq.
As an attorney who has been on the front lines fighting like hell for the rights of real citizens, I know just how badly individual rights and opportunities have been destroyed in this country.
Everyone of us (99% of us) share in the fight and the movement that is Occupy Tampa and I honor the few, the proud, the committed that care enough to show up and to make their voices heard.
Please Visit The Occupy Tampa Website
I want to draw particular attention to the portion of the website titled, “Protesting Do’s and Dont’s” Please note that this group is being careful to exercise their rights in a manner that is respectful, appropriate and legal.
Come join me, come do your part. Come share your experience!
Next, mark your calendars for a truly extraordinary event….don’t miss your chance to meet the attorney who quite literally wrote the book on civil practice and procedure in Florida Courts…..here is an advance press release….
The Mortgage Justice Group, an organization of citizens helping citizens in foreclosure, will host “Save Your Home,” a FREE day-long foreclosure defense workshop on Saturday, October 15. The event will be held at the Unity Church of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, from 9-5. There will be a free screening of the Academy Award-winning movie, Inside Job, at 7 pm.
Mr. Henry P. Trawick, Jr., iconic author of Trawick’s Florida Practice and Procedure, will be joined by Matt Weidner, prominent foreclosure defense attorney and Lisa Epstein, citizen advocate, in speaking about “The Foreclosure Mess” and how homeowners can defend their home. There will be numerous local attorneys on hand to answer questions about the latest news and foreclosure defense strategies, as well as proposed changes to mortgage/foreclosure laws in the 2011-2012 session of the Florida legislature.
For additional information, please call the Mortgage Justice Group at (941) 504-4873.
Upate- NBC News Broacast on Anti-Consumer Foreclosure Bill
Author: Matthew D. Weidner, Esq.
Check out Bay News 9′s latest update on the Foreclosure Bill!
(click here to watch news video)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010:
BAY NEWS 9 — Florida lawmakers are looking at a bill, the Homeowner Relief and Housing Recovery Act, which would allow some homeowners to go through the foreclosure process without going before a judge.
Attorney Matthew Weidner said the proposed law would make the foreclosure process faster and easier for banks, but that some people will give up their rights if the bill becomes law.
“It removes judicial oversight in the foreclosure process,” Weidner said. “Right now if a bank wants to come and take your home, or a legislator’s home for that matter, they have to go through a judge. A judge that we elect. A judge that’s fair and is independent. What the bankers want to do is to remove that fair and independent judicial oversight of the foreclosure process.”
But state Sen. Michael Bennett (R-Bradenton), who’s sponsoring the bill in the Senate, said some homeowners want the non-judicial foreclosure option. Bennett also said the program is voluntary.
“We actually have a lot of homeowners who, if they could get away from the deficiency, would be very happy to walk away from the whole deal,” Bennett said. “But we want to make sure that if they still want to go to court, that if they still want to fight it, they can still have that opportunity. So, it’s strictly a voluntary thing by the mortgagee.”
Similar bills are making their way through House and Senate committees.”
Watch the Bay News 9 Video below:
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