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Leaked Photos Show Foreclosure Firm Mocking Displaced Homeowners at Halloween Party

HeadlineOct 31, 2011

A high-profile foreclosure law firm is drawing controversy after it was found to have thrown a Halloween party mocking the homeowners it has helped displace. Leaked photos published by the New York Times show employees of the law firm of Steven J. Baum dressed up as foreclosure victims, squatters and homeless people, with their office decorated to look like a row of foreclosed homes. In one image, a defaced photo of Susan Chana Lask, a lawyer who filed suit against the firm, is displayed in a coffin, with the inscription: “Rest in Peace. Crazy Susie.” Steven J. Baum runs the largest foreclosure law firm in New York state, representing banks and mortgage companies seeking to evict foreclosed homeowners, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. The firm is currently under investigation by the New York attorney general’s office and recently agreed to a $2 million fine for filing misleading documents in state and federal courts.

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