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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 23:54:50+00:00

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Rusty Perdew litigates complex commercial, class action, and tort cases in jurisdictions across the country.
Rusty represents clients in numerous, typically consumer-facing, industries, with a specific focus on the financial services industry, and product manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Rusty aggressively defends his clients in class action and high-exposure individual cases alleging violation of state consumer-fraud or deceptive-trade-practice statutes, common-law fraud, and breach of contract, as well as personal injury claims sounding in negligence and strict liability.
Rusty protects clients’ valuable trade-secret information by initiating litigation and mandatory arbitrations and obtaining emergency injunctions to prevent the dissemination and illegal use of proprietary information.
Giotta v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al., 2016 WL 4447150 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 24, 2016), aff’d 2017 WL 6397179 (9th Cir. Dec. 15, 2017). Class action under RICO, FDCPA, RFDCPA, and UCL alleging improper and inflated property-inspection and property-valuation (BPO) fees against loan servicer, affiliated company, and individual director/officer dismissed because fees authorized by contract and no basis for fraud claims. Dismissal affirmed on appeal based on borrowers’ failure to comply with contractual notice-and-cure provision.
U.S. ex rel. Adams v. Aurora Loan Services, LLC, et al., 813 F.3d 1259 (9th Cir. 2016). Qui Tam claim against mortgage-industry defendants dismissed because allegedly false claims submitted to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not submitted to U.S. government agency.
In re: MERS Litigation, No. 09-2119, 2015 WL 9268189 (D. Ariz. Dec. 21, 2015). Class certification denied to putative class of homeowners who faced non-judicial foreclosure under deeds of trust naming MERS as beneficiary.
Scher v. Deutche Bank Trust Co., et al., 634 Fed. Appx. 435 (5th Cir. 2015). Wrongful-foreclosure claims against lender dismissed because borrowers’ complaints about standing to foreclose and use of MERS were invalid.
Shelley v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, No. 1:13-cv-506, 2013 WL 4584649 (S.D. Ind. Aug. 28, 2013). FDCPA claims against loan servicer dismissed because RESPA servicing-transfer notice is not a debt-collection communication under the FDCPA.
Maria Moore v. P&G-Clairol, Inc., 781 F. Supp. 2d 694 (N.D. Ill. 2011). Summary judgment for the distributor of hair dye in a case alleging a product defect due to a user’s allergic reaction.
Bonte v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 624 F.3d 461 (7th Cir. 2010). TILA rescission claim against lender dismissed where none of the allegedly-inaccurate disclosures were considered material.
Velazquez v. GMAC Mortgage, LLC, 605 F. Supp. 2d 1049 (C.D. Cal. 2008); 2009 WL 2959838 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 10, 2009). TILA claims against lender dismissed, and plaintiffs' attempt to substitute class representatives denied, ultimately leading to the voluntary dismissal of the case.
Murray v. GMAC Mortgage, LLC, 532 F. Supp. 2d 938 (N.D. Ill. 2007), aff'd 2008 WL 1781160 (7th Cir. 2008). Summary judgment on behalf of a mortgage lender in a "firm offer of credit" case under the FCRA because there was no evidence defendant willfully violated the statute.
Chatz v. BearingPoint, 364 B.R. 308 (N.D. Ill. 2007). Defense verdict in bankruptcy trial on behalf of an accounting firm against a $23 million claim alleging a negligent stock valuation.
Rusty teaches as an adjunct professor in two classes at Northwestern University School of Law—Trial Advocacy and Civil Discovery. In that capacity, he instructs, critiques, and grades law students on courtroom skills, including direct and cross-examination, opening statements, and closing arguments. He also lectures and directs classroom exercises regarding various aspects of pre-trial discovery.

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