Showing posts with label housing foreclosure lawyer rights. Show all posts
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Friday, February 18, 2011

NY To Require Homeowners Facing Foreclosure To Be Represented by a Lawyer


New York State would be the first state to assure that all homeowners facing foreclosure be represented by a lawyer. While criminal defendents are guaranteed legal representation, a homeowner confronted with foreclosure is on his/her own. The problem affects a large number of people. In over 50% of active NY foreclosure cases the homeowner does not have a lawyer. This is "an uneven playing field," according to the chief judge of New York Jonathan Lippman. Read the article in the February 16, 2011 New York Times (page B1).