Joshua N Howley

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Successfully represented a prominent New Jersey bank before the Supreme Court of New Jersey in obtaining an important ruling that the lender, as the assignee of a promissory note, could enforce the note based on a lost note affidavit.
  In a published decision from the New Jersey Appellate Division, deciding an issue of first impression in New Jersey, the court held in favor of the lender that the lender did not need to hold an original promissory note when it is lost in order to be able to enforce it.
  Successfully representing a lender before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit involving allegations of mortgage fraud.
  Winning a bench trial
  the dismissal with prejudice of fraudulent transfer claims against an investment advisor
  an individual.
  Securing summary judgment in a commercial foreclosure action on behalf of a syndicate of lenders in connection with a $72 million loan.
  Representative Decisions: IBEW Local 400 et al. v Borough of Tinton Falls et al., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 15, 2021): 6/15/2021
  Vitra, Inc. v. Ninety-Five Madison Company, L.P., 2020 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6007 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't Oct. 13, 2020): 10/13/2020
  Vitra, Inc. v. Ninety-Five Madison Company, L.P., 2020 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3491 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. July 21, 2020): 7/21/2020
  Investors Bank v. Torres, 243 N.J. 25 (2020): 7/1/2020
  Heyman v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128238 (D.N.J. June 27, 2019): 6/27/2019
  Investors Bank v. Torres, 457 N.J. Super. 23 (App. Div. 2018), certif. granted, 236 N.J. 594 (2019): 3/5/2019
  YA Global Investments, L.P. v. Gonzalez, et al., 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 380 (App. Div. Feb. 19, 2019): 2/19/2019
  Associated Mach. Tool Techs. v. Doosan Infracore Am., Inc., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22771 (5th Cir. August 16, 2018): 8/16/2018
  Peng v. L
  mark Building
  Development Corp., et. al., 2018 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 393 (App. Div. Feb. 21, 2018): 2/21/2018
  Associated Machine Tool Technologies v. Doosan Infracore America, Inc., et al., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60218 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 19, 2017): 4/19/2017
  Machinery Solutions, Inc. v. Doosan Infracore America Corporation, et al., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47357 (D.S.C. Mar. 30, 2017): 3/30/2017
  Paul Sciarra, LLC v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al., 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 359 (App. Div. Feb. 15, 2017): 2/15/2017
  Dominy v. Greentree Mortgage Company, LP., et al., 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1918 (App. Div. Aug. 17, 2016): 8/17/2016
  In Re: Nickelodeon Consumer Privacy Litigation, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 11700 (3rd Cir. June 27, 2016): 6/27/2016
  Heyman v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138346 (D.N.J. Oct. 9, 2015): 10/9/2015
  Heyman v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138346 (D.N.J. Sept. 15, 2014): 9/15/2014
  Ronald DeLuca, et al. v. CitiMortgage, et al., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 20692 (3d Cir. Oct. 11, 2013): 10/11/2013
  Elvira Peng, et al. v. CitiMortgage, et al., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132392 (D.N.J. Sept. 17, 2013): 9/17/2013
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  Ligaya Flores, et al. v. HSBC, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90673 (D.N.J. June 28, 2012): 6/28/2012
  Ronald DeLuca, et al. v. CitiMortgage, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1008 (D.N.J. Jan. 4, 2012): 1/4/2012
  Youngman v. Yorkville Advisors, LLC, et al., 2011 Bankr. LEXIS 568 (D.N.J. Bankr. Feb. 9, 2011): 2/9/2011