
Shareholder
Tel:
407.419.8524
Fax:
407.843.6610
Kathryn Bessmer Hoeck is a shareholder in the Consumer Finance Litigation & Compliance Practice Group and represents businesses, individuals, and court-appointed receivers in complex commercial disputes. She represents mortgage loan originators, servicers and investors in consumer finance litigation.

Business Disputes

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Commercial Landlord Tenant Disputes - Representation of both landlords and tenants in issues involving eviction, holdover tenancy, restrictive lease covenants, property maintenance and repair, abandonment of property, removal of fixtures and personality, and CAM charges. Properties at issue included office complexes, shopping centers, entertainment complexes, industrial, and warehouse buildings.
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Consumer Finance - Representation of servicers and investors in litigation involving claims arising under the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and those based on state fair lending, collection and deceptive trade practices law.
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Receiverships - Representation of court-appointed receivers for entities involved in Ponzi or pyramid schemes, including fraudulent transfer litigation. Representative cases include Securities Exchange Commission v. W.L. Ware Enterprises and Investments, Inc., United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Case No. 6:04-CV-112-ORL18.
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Business Torts - Representation of businesses in cases involving business torts such as conversion, tortious interference with business relationships, defamation, and trade disparagement. Litigated cases involving Florida Deception and Unfair Trade Practices Act, Lanham Act, and the Sherman and Clayton Acts.
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The Best Lawyers in America 2012-2013, Listed in Florida for Litigation - Real Estate
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PACE Center for Girls, "Outstanding Women of Orlando" Award
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Orlando Women's Executive Council, "Women's Achievement" Award
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Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated
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American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Member; Business Torts Litigation Committee, Member; Committee on Corporate Counsel, Member
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Orange County Bar Association, Former Mediator and Mediator Trainer; Citizen Dispute Settlement Program
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The Florida Bar, Sections of Business Law and Trial Lawyers, Member
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Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center, Community Volunteer
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Federal Court Grievance Committee, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division
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Heart of Florida United Way, Past Chairman of the Board
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St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Parishioner and Volunteer
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St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Volunteer
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CHEP USA
Dr. Phillips, Inc.
Lexington Realty Trust
Zurich, N.A.

J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 1989; with high honors, Order of the Coif
B.A., University of Central Florida, 1985; summa cum laude

Florida
 








