Top-rated Foreclosure Attorneys List: Avoid Bankruptcy and Homelessness

There is a spike in foreclosure cases. Bankruptcy and foreclosure lawyers are being inundated with new cases. Web sites offering information on foreclosure are also seeing a spike of traffic.

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Here is what is being reported by many of these sites:

"When the government can't help, a good lawyer sometimes can. The attorneys seeing the largest spikes in business are those who help homeowners handle foreclosures or assist banks and property owners in collecting unpaid mortgages. Eric Appleton, a foreclosure attorney in Tampa who is among the most highly rated in his field on Avvo.com, had more foreclosure cases in a single day recently than he had seen in a whole month last year. "People are most definitely going online to find lawyers to defend themselves against foreclosures," says Appleton, who often represents condominium associations. "It's not uncommon for us to get 10 to 15 mortgage foreclosure [cases] in a single day."


Attorney: David Leen
Law Firm: David Leen & Associates, Seattle, Wa.
Education: University of Oregon School of Law, 1971
Expertise: Represents individuals in foreclosure, predatory lending, fraud, and real estate cases

Attorney: Eric Appleton
Law Firm: Bush Ross, Tampa
Education: University of Florida J.D., 1998
Expertise: Represents Florida property owners and community associations in disputes with lenders and home owners

Attorney: Robert S. Bernstein
Law Firm: Bernstein Law Firm, Pittsburgh
Education: Duquesne University J.D., 1981
Expertise: Bankruptcy law, creditors' rights law


Attorney: David Leibowitz
Law Firm: LakeLaw Bankruptcy Center, Chicago
Education: Loyola University School of Law, 1974
Expertise: Consumer bankruptcy, mortgage defense


Attorney: Steven H. Mezer
Law Firm: Bush Ross, Tampa
Education: Stetson University College of Law, 1977
Expertise: Real estate litigation, foreclosures, collection of assessments, and deed-restriction enforcement


Attorney: Joseph Moldovan
Law Firm: Morrison Cohen, New York City
Education: Brooklyn Law School, 1982
Expertise: Bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights


Attorney: Paul Riffel
Law Firm: Paul Riffel, Tampa
Education: Stetson University College of Law, 1982
Expertise: Bankruptcy court, family law, real estate

Attorney: Stephen W. Sather
Law Firm: Barron, Newburger, Sinsley & Wier, Houston and Austin
Education: University of Texas School of Law, 1986
Expertise: Bankruptcy law

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Attorney: Jonathan Stein
Law Firm: Jonathan G. Stein, Elk Grove, Calif.
Education: McGeorge School of Law, 2002
Expertise: Consumer debt

Attorney: Mervin Waage
Law Firm: Waage & Waage, Denton, Tex.
Education: Southern Methodist University
Expertise: Bankruptcy, debt

Donald Trump and Pete Sampras Show The Market for Celebrity Homes is Hot

If you did not hear the news about the record amount Donald Trump made on a home bought on the cheap side when he recently sold it to a Russian billionaire for $25 million? Now read this about Pete Sampras, the famed and retired Tennis player.

Tennis star Pete Sampras has sold his Beverly Hills home after dropping the price from $25 million to $23 million, which is what the MLS says the place fetched.

Sampras recently expanded and remodeled the English manor, adding lots of detailed finishes throughout. The estate, walled and gated, sits on more than an acre of landscaped grounds that include -- surprise! surprise! -- a north-south tennis court. Did the Great One ever play on it?


The 10,376-square-foot, two-story house has five bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. There is a detached guesthouse and a separate gym. The main house includes a home theater and an office-library; the master bedroom suite has his-and-hers bathrooms.

Sylvester Stallone Bought Thousands Oaks Lakefront Property for $7.2 Million

Stallone is adding to his group of homes. He is not new to the area. He already had a property in Hidden Valley. Celebrity homes cost a lot. Just like Donald Trump, they stand to make a lot of money when selling them.

Sylvester bought a property with 500 feet of lake frontage that was listed at about $5.5 million and the adjacent lot, giving him another 150 square feet of frontage, that was listed at about $1.7 million

Celebrity Property: Who Would Like to Live in a Paparazzi's Home?

Boris Nizon, president and founder of Fame Pictures, a Santa Monica-based photo agency that chases celebrities around and then sells their pictures to fan magazines and websites, has listed his Beverly Hills home for sale at $3,495,000.

It seems that it pays well to be a paparazzi. Look at the description of his home.

The house, built in 2006, has five bedrooms and 5 1/2 bathrooms in 4,300 square feet. There is a grand foyer with a floating staircase and crystal chandelier. The gourmet kitchen has Viking appliances and granite countertops and a breakfast area that leads out to a patio and a tropical pool with rock formation waterfall and spa. There is a balcony off the master suite