Womble Bond Dickinson (U.S.) added partners Michael Waskiewicz and Armando Nozzolillo and of counsel Robert Neilson to its finance, bankruptcy and restructuring practice group. Their arrival significantly expands the firm’s financial services capabilities, adding a seasoned team with a national practice representing lenders, financial institutions and other creditors across a wide range of consumer and commercial matters.
Their practice spans the full lifecycle of troubled asset situations, from early-stage loan workouts and litigation strategy through judgment enforcement and recovery. Replevin and bankruptcy are central to that work, encompassing asset recovery strategies, detinue actions, forfeiture defense and deficiency proceedings on a nationwide basis, as well as creditor representation across Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13, including plan objections, motions for relief from stay and valuation disputes before courts throughout the country.
“Adding attorneys of this caliber, with this breadth of experience serving financial institution clients, is exactly how we continue to grow the value we bring to the market,” Taber Cathcart, co-leader of the firm’s finance, bankruptcy and restructuring practice group, said. “Mike, Armando and Rob are a tremendous addition to an already strong team, and we are very pleased to welcome them to the firm.”
Collectively, the group brings experience across commercial loan disputes, lender liability defense, contract matters and commercial and residential foreclosures, as well as the enforcement of security interests and domestic and foreign judgments. The practice extends to advising financial services and title insurance companies in real property matters, including deed and mortgage reformation and priority disputes, and to representing clients facing claims under federal consumer protection statutes, including FCRA, FDCPA, RESPA, TCPA and TILA.
Waskiewicz, Nozzolillo, and Neilson join Womble from the Jacksonville, Fla., office of Burr & Forman.
