Legal Opinion
Santander Bank, N.A. v. Warrender
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 29, 2014No. 13-1476PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion to enforce an attorney’s lien in an underlying mortgage dispute. Attorney Valeriano Diviacchi was one of several lawyers representing defendant Camilla Warrender in an action brought against her by her mortgagee, Sovereign Bank. 1 Shortly after Diviacchi entered his appearance, Warrender, without Diviacchi’s assistance, was able to find a third-party purchaser for her property and negotiate with Sovereign Bank for the dismissal of its claims against her. Prior to the completion of the settlement, Diviac-chi…
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