Laurie Goon Furshman

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Associate

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Successfully removed a quiet title action brought by two borrowers against the mortgage lender
  loan servicer to federal court. Following removal, obtained an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryl
  granting motion to dismiss with prejudice,
  dismissing in its entirety, claims of fraud
  violation of the Maryl
  Consumer Debt Collection Act.
  Represented a tenant pro bono in conjunction with the Maryl
  Volunteer Lawyers Service in a complex l
  lord/tenant dispute where the property had changed h
  s multiple times over a six-year period,
  obtained a judgment under the Maryl
  Security Deposit Act awarding the client the full return of her security deposit plus eight years of interest
  court costs.
  Obtained an order dismissing an amended complaint with prejudice in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryl
  , which arose when our client filed secured proofs of claims in the plaintiff's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding.
  Won appeal for a major bank in United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The appeal upheld a prior victory in the United States District Court for the District of Maryl
  dismissing plaintiffs' claims for fraud concerning mortgage foreclosure
  garnishment against twenty-two financial institutions
  executive defendants. The District Court dismissed plaintiffs' claims in the entirety for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
  then denied motions for reconsideration
  to reopen.