Banking Litigation

Working hand-in-hand with attorneys from Ober|Kaler’s Workouts and Bankruptcy and Financial Institutions Groups, our banking litigation attorneys provide extensive experience and depth of industry knowledge to clients from the financial services sector. We represent international, multi-national, state-chartered and community banks, savings and loans, depository institutions, mezzanine lenders, finance companies, leasing companies, automobile finance companies and others in the financial services arena.

Ober|Kaler’s focus in the area of banking litigation includes aggressive representation in federal and state courts throughout the country as well as providing mediation and arbitration counsel before tribunals such as the American Arbitration Association and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services.

Over the past 20 years, our Litigation Group has handled a wide range of commercial and consumer litigation issues for banks and financial institutions, including:

• Class actions
• Lender liability litigation, including multi-district cases
• Loan and lease recovery, workouts and enforcement actions
• Breach of fiduciary duty claims
• Contract disputes
• Tort actions, including fraud, unfair and deceptive practices, negligence and conspiracy
• TILA, RESPA and FDCPA claims
• Title enforcement actions
• RICO claims
• UCC payment systems disputes 
• Account ownership and control disputes
• Management and board disputes
• Bankruptcy prosecution and defense
• Financial records confidentiality