Attorney Margery Golant is a nationally recognized consumer law expert who has dedicated her practice to helping people with mortgage and insurance claim problems. Attorney Golant has been called to testify before Congress on behalf of consumers and has won many awards for her work on behalf of consumers. The COVID-19 crisis has sent many homeowners reeling financially. The temporary suspensions o
f mortgage foreclosures are about to expire, yet many borrowers have had major losses of income that they will not be able to make up in the foreseeable future. After Wilma, many homeowners found it necessary to refinance their mortgages to make major storm-related repairs to their homes when their insurance companies failed to pay them properly. This resulted in increasing their debt to a level they could not pay, resulting in their losing their homes to foreclosure. Had they realized that they had rights under Florida law to force the insurance companies to pay them properly, and that, if they were successful, the insurance company would ALSO have to pay their attorneys' fees. By effectively leveraging Florida’s unique insurance consumer protection laws, we level the playing field for policyholders who have been mistreated by some of the largest, most powerful, and best-funded corporations in the world.
