Anne K. Edwards

Anne has handled commercial, real estate and financial services litigation on behalf of lenders, CMBS Trusts, special services and master servicers, owners, landlords, tenants, contractors, guarantors and related professionals. Her trial practice and experience is broad based, having litigated and tried cases in both federal and state courts. She also has many years of experience in counseling clients regarding strategic planning for real property-related interests, both before and during distressed crises, including when to use litigation, when to foreclose a loan, obtain a judgment on a guaranty, terminate a tenancy, or enforce rights of landlords, lenders, borrowers, or other creditors in bankruptcy proceedings or out-of-court restructurings.

Anne has been recognized as a California Super Lawyer, has been a member of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section for the Los Angeles County Bar Association and was on the board of the California Receiver’s Forum.

Anne has provided pro bono assistance as a volunteer with the Debtor Assistance Project through the USBC Central District of California in connection with 11 USC section 523(a) nondischargeability complaints. She has provided pro bono assistance to the Alliance for Children’s Rights by her involvement with foster care litigation matters and has, through the Tahirih Justice Center, assisted immigrants in either obtaining an Adjustment of Status under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) or obtaining a U visa.

Anne's Practice

Representative Matters

• Member of trial team that successfully defended national bank and its officers, the master servicer and special servicer in U.S. District Court litigation brought by borrower alleging breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, interference with plaintiff’s prospective economic advantage, unfair business practices, extortion, rescission, reformation and declaratory relief.

• Successfully defended Motion for Summary Judgment for summary eviction brought against large national grocery store chain resulting in the immediate dismissal of the case based  entirely on the Court’s ruling in client’s favor on plaintiff’s motion.
• Successful resolution of arbitration action between members of a 30-year real estate business partnership based on favorable findings supporting client’s position on Right of First Refusal.

• Represented the clients –a CMBS trust and a special servicer – in defeating a challenge to the securitization of a $24 million loan, with the US District Court ultimately awarding damages of $8.44 million in favor of the clients and against the guarantors for interference with client’s note sale.