Frank Crowley is a member of the firm's Financial Institutions Litigation and Regulatory Compliance (“FILARC”) group and also has extensive experience in the commercial litigation field, and represents clients in all aspects of litigation, including pre-litigation resolution, discovery, motion practice, trial and appellate matters.
As a member of the Financial Institutions Litigation and Regulatory Compliance (“FILARC”) group, Frank regularly represents lenders and financial institutions in consumer financial services litigation matters in federal and state court, including:
- Disputes under TILA, RESPA, and FDCPA
- Title and lien priority disputes
- State law UDAAP claims
- Eminent domain cases
- A wide variety of common law claims
Frank also handles complex commercial litigation matters in a wide variety of fields in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. He regularly represents clients in litigation and disputes arising from various stages of real estate transactions, including acquisition, development, sales, leasing, and title disputes and title converge issues. Frank has represented clients in many industries, as well as public agencies and municipal bodies, in disputes and other matters related to:
- Commercial real estate and aircraft foreclosures and workouts
- Commercial and construction contracts
- Real estate development and title
- Real estate disputes
- Commercial landlord – tenant issues
- Shareholder disputes and corporate/partnership dissolutions
- Insurance coverage issues relating to Errors & Omissions, Directors’ & Officers’, and Commercial General Liability policies
- Unfair competition and non-compete agreements
- Environmental liability under federal and state laws
- Municipal and governmental liability
- The False Claims Act
- Professional liability
- Construction defects
- Consumer class actions