Charles F. Baum
Practice Areas
Education
- University of Houston, J.D., 1984
- University of Delaware, B.A., 1981
Admitted to Practice
- State Bar of Texas, 1984
- Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. Appellate Court for the Fifth Circuit
Awards & Honors
- AV ® PREEMINENT Martindale-Hubbell rating
Practice Description
Mr. Baum runs a diverse financial institution and transactions-oriented practice. Handles work-outs, mortgage related litigation, commercial and residential foreclosures, collections, real estate purchase and sale, landlord-tenant, creditors’ and trustees’ rights in bankruptcy, asset and business purchase and sale, and general real estate, mortgage lending, corporate, and title curative matters.
Representative Experience
- Handled and/or closed over 500 commercial foreclosures, REO/ORE purchase and sale transactions and commercial workout matters.
- Acted as lead counsel in over 100 bankruptcy adversary proceedings.
- Represented financial institutions in over 100 title, lien priority, or lien perfection matters.
- Resolved over 5,000 mortgage banking litigation matters.
- Represented Chapter 7 trustee in liquidation of six mortgage companies.
- Served as in-house counsel for two major mortgage lenders.
- Represented buyers and sellers of commercial real estate and associated entities.
- Assisted buyers and sellers of assets and operating businesses.
Publications, Seminars, and Cases
- “When Tenant Files Bankruptcy During Eviction” – Sterling Education Services, Inc. (2004)
- “Residential Eviction and Trial” – Sterling Education Services, Inc. (2004)
- In re Harbor Financial Group, Inc. 303 B.R. 124 (Bankr. N.D. Texas 2003)