

Long Island Foreclosure Defense 101: The Failure of your previous Attorney to File an Answer is not
The amount of foreclosures on Long Island is devastating. Homeowners facing a foreclosure on Long Island should be sure to hire competent counsel and, as we see here, not disregard the large packets of papers left on the doorstep or handed to homeowners by a process service. Filing an answer preserves the homeowner's rights and defenses. It is of vital importance and should be done by competent counsel so that certain affirmative defenses are not waived, such as standing or o