Gregory Stout Plunkett Cooney business litigation attorney Columbus Cincinnati: business law and litigation defense services

Bio

Gregory A. Stout is a senior attorney in the firm's Real Estate Litigation & Title Insurance Practice Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of general litigation, title insurance litigation and banking and finance law.

Licensed to practice in the state and federal courts in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, Mr. Stout's clients include insured property owners and lenders under title insurance policies and title insurance companies involved in escrow defalcations and coverage matters and those requiring issuance of closing protection letters. He represents corporate clients in commercial litigation, including commercial loan workouts, easement and pipeline litigation, receiverships, defense of consumer litigation, disputes as to mortgage repurchase agreements, as well as clients involved in contract and residential real estate disputes.

In addition to his title insurance work, Mr. Stout has extensive experience representing lending institutions and mortgage servicers across five states in creditor-based bankruptcies and foreclosure litigation. He has represented debtors and bankruptcy trustees in consumer bankruptcy matters and creditors in both consumer and complex commercial matters.

Mr. Stout's litigation experience also includes representing clients in commercial and construction disputes and Consumer Practice Act violations throughout Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Representative Client Work

Successfully defended stay violation and preference litigation against a mortgage lender to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Defended mortgage servicers and auto-lenders in dozens of stay violation and contempt matters in bankruptcy courts throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia
Successfully litigated on appeal interest rate challenges on automobile loans to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Represent both mortgage servicers and bankruptcy trustees in preference litigation in bankruptcy matters in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia
Regularly represents lenders in litigation involving lien priority disputes, mortgage/lien validity, enforceability of options to purchase/rights of first refusal and mortgage fraud
Regularly consults and represents title insurance companies on coverage and liability issues relative to escrow/closing agent duties
Regularly represents commercial lenders in foreclosure/loan workout and litigation involving receiverships
Regularly handles appellate litigation and bankruptcy matters in both federal and state courts throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia
Regularly defends banks, financial institutions and mortgage servicers in multiple cases involving foreclosure counterclaims, claims based upon FDCPA, RESPA and consumer states before state and federal courts in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia