Louis Ebert

Background

About Louis Ebert

I have represented creditors in bankruptcy, commercial litigation, foreclosure and workout matters for more than 30 years, and have lectured and given numerous seminars on bankruptcy, workouts, consumer laws and related issues for various organizations including MICPEL and the National Business Institute. I am also a member of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland, Inc. I regularly represent secured lenders in bankruptcy proceedings involving relief from the automatic stay, discharge litigation, use of cash collateral and confirmation of reorganization plan issues. I have represented financial services institutions in bankruptcy cases in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. I also regularly represent lenders in commercial loan restructures, commercial litigation, foreclosure proceedings and secured creditor sales. I have represented financial services institutions in a substantial number of lender liability and fraudulent conveyance actions. In one of these cases, which he successfully argued on appeal before the Supreme Court of Virginia, Charles E. Brauer Co. v. NationsBank of Virginia, 466 S.E.2d 382 (Va. 1996), his efforts resulted in the establishment of very favorable foreclosure law to lenders in Virginia. My successful appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in the case of Mohammed Chaudhry v. Gallerizzo, et. al, 174 F 3d 394 (4th Cir. resulted in the establishment of law very favorable to debt collectors governed by the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. Finally, I have developed a sub-specialty in the restructuring of health-care related loans, and the collection of Medicare and Medicaid receivables Specialties: Bankruptcy (Personal and Business) and Creditors' Rights Commercial Litigation Banking