That's half a block north of the old train station and the Teddy Roosevelt statue. Before that he worked for the North Dakota Legislative Council as a staff attorney from 1982 until 1987. John came to North Dakota after working at the Maryland Department of Legislative Reference from 1980 to 1982. This office has started a class action lawsuit against many Lenders that foreclosed on people's homes in North Dakota, as well as against the Law Firm that we believe is responsible for the misconduct described below. Although a Lender can't be faulted for foreclosing if the Borrower can't pay the mortgage, the Lender should at least play by the rules.
Most Lenders do.
What sets these cases apart is that the Lender wasn't happy with just getting the house back. The Lender made the Borrower pay the lawyer's bill for getting it back. All these Lenders were represented by one law firm, Mackoff-Kellogg of Dickinson, which apparently just didn't like the law. We're still digging, but it looks like this happened over 100 times, and maybe many more. The lawsuit was begun in state court and then moved to federal court in June 2000 by the Lenders and Mackoff-Kellogg.