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Alana Zorrilla-Gaston

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Overview

Alana Zorrilla-Gaston represents Fortune 500 companies in complex and class action litigation in state and federal courts. She handles both trials and appeals. Alana has particular experience representing clients in the consumer finance and construction industries.

Alana is the co-leader of the Firm’s consumer finance and banking practice group.  A substantial portion of her practice involves representing national financial lenders and loan servicers in consumer finance litigation.  This includes litigation involving escalated foreclosures,  allegations of fraud and forgery, the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and title insurance claims.

Experience

  • HSBC Bank USA, Nat'l Ass'n for Luminent Mortgage Tr. 2007-2 v. Sanchez, 245 So. 3d 784, 785 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018) (reversing order of dismissal on grounds of statute of limitations and remanding for entry of judgment in favor of bank; holding bank’s allegation of payment defaults during pendency of prior foreclosure action and thereafter were sufficient to state a cause of action).
  • Wachovia Mortg. Corp. v. Posti, 166 So. 3d 944 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (reversing final judgment in favor of borrower)
  • Hollingsworth v. Deutsche Bank Nat. Trust Co., 170 So. 3d 810 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (affirming denial of relief to borrower)
  • Bloch v. Wells Fargo Home Mortg., 755 F.3d 886 (11th Cir. 2014) cert. denied, 134 S. Ct. 2711 (2014) (affirming district court's granting of summary judgment to Wells Fargo)
  • Tribble v. Deutsche Bank Nat. Trust Co., 13-80938-CIV, 2014 WL 186126 (S.D. Fla. 2014) (granting motion to dismiss complaint against bank)
  • Holcomb v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp., 10-81186-CV, 2012 WL 718814 (S.D. Fla. 2012) (granting motion for final summary judgment in favor of lender)

Professional & Community Involvement

  • The Florida Bar
  • Martin County Bar Association
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association 
    • Young Lawyers Section, Executive Board Member (2007-2013)

Credentials

Education
  • University of Georgia School of Law (J.D.,  magna cum laude, 2006)
  • Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002)
    • Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru (semester abroad, 2001)
    • Oxford University, Oxford, England (semester abroad, 2000)
Bar Admissions
  • Florida
Languages
  • Spanish
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • Florida State Courts

Background

  • Summer Associate, Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. (2005)
  • Judicial Intern to The Honorable Kenneth Ryskamp, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (Summer 2004)
  • Judicial Intern to The Honorable Larry Klein, U.S. Fourth District Court of Appeal (Summer 2004)

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