Foreclosure Law Firm’s Demise Puts 6,200 Lee, Collier Cases in Limbo

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NAPLES — A nightmare. That’s how Todd Allen, a foreclosure defense attorney in Naples, describes the situation the courts are in following the collapse of the David J. Stern law firm in South Florida.

The embattled law firm – a so-called “foreclosure mill” that represented banks – will close its doors March 31, leaving about 100,000 cases in limbo statewide. Thousands of those cases are in Southwest Florida.

“It’s really going to bring the courts to its knees,” Allen said. “The court is going to have to find some creative ways to dispose of these cases.”

In Collier County alone, Stern’s firm had more than 1,700 active cases. In Lee County, there are more than 4,500.

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