Sean is a partner with significant experience in complex commercial disputes. Sean’s clients turn to him for help with commercial landlord-tenant disputes, residential and commercial foreclosures, construction disputes, lien enforcement, bankruptcy proceedings, and zoning and land use disputes. Sean counsels public and private clients, representing banks, private lenders, developers, real estate holding companies, and individual property owners. With over 20 years of experience as a problem-solver, Sean assists his clients with all nature of disputes, working to achieve cost-effective and solution-driven results. Sean acts as foreclosure and workout counsel for his lending-side clients, leveraging his experience in bankruptcy matters to assist clients facing insolvency issues. In addition, Sean has experience defending against lender liability claims. As a proven litigator, Sean stands ready to help clients fight to accomplish successful, profitable developments in the Commonwealth. Sean has argued appeals in both state and federal courts. His appellate experience allows him to develop winning legal arguments at the trial level while also preserving key issues for any appeal to ensure that and framing legal issues, allowing him to identify important issues at the trial court level to preserve his clients victory or overturn adverse rulings.
Sean has spent much of his career representing large national banks, mortgage lenders, mortgage loan servicers, and automotive finance companies in consumer class actions, individual plaintiff lawsuits, and appeals in federal and state courts throughout the United States. His background allows him to develop and implement simple, straightforward strategies to tackle complex litigation with a focus on the big picture.
In addition, Sean advises and represents lenders, servicers, and special servicers in a variety of transactions, including workouts, restructurings, foreclosures, bankruptcies, and litigation, including judicial foreclosures and state-level receiverships. Sean is experienced in all aspects of loan servicing, general commercial litigation, and bankruptcy litigation. He also has experience representing lenders, CMBS loan servicers, and special servicers in connection with portfolio and loan-level default management and litigation.
Sean regularly represents creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. He has represented lenders, master servicers, and special servicers enforcing secured and unsecured loan obligations, and has been involved in a variety of complex commercial workouts and in- and out-of-court restructurings.
