Indiana Class Action Quotes Brooklyn Jurist's Description Of Robosigner As "A Milliner's Delight By Virtue Of The Number Of Hats She Wears"

A class action lawsuit filed last week in Indianapolis, Indiana alleges that Countrywide Home Loans/Bank of America's use of robosigners resulted in violations of the Federal RICO statute as well as the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

One of the robosigners described in the lawsuit is the notorious Keri Selman, described as "a nationally known robosigner" and a "robosigner extraordinaire" - (at paragraph 55), and who is further described in the following excerpt (at paragraph 58):

• Selman's prolific career signing affidavits as a supposed vice president for so many entities led Judge Arthur M. Schack of the Supreme Court of the State of New York to remark in a court order that "Ms. Selman is a milliner's delight by the virtue of the number of hats she wears." Judge Selman [sic] noted that "Plaintiff's application is the third application for an order of reference received by me in the past several days that contain an affidavit from Keri Selman ... ." Judge Schack said he was concerned that Ms. Selman might be engaged in a subterfuge, wearing various corporate hats, and ordered that, before he would grant an application for an order of reference, Selman would be required to submit another affidavit describing her employment for the last three years. Selman never submitted such an affidavit.(1)

For the lawsuit, see Davis v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., et al.

(1) For Justice Schack's referenced court order, see Bank of NY v Myers, 22 Misc 3d 1117, 2009 NY Slip Op 50159 (2009).

In another of his court rulings (HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v Charlevagne, 20 Misc 3d 1128, 2008 NY Slip Op 51652 (2008)), Justice Schack makes an equally interesting observation in describing Ocwen Loan Servicing multiple corporate hat-wearing robosigner Margery Rotundo, whose affidavits also littered his courtroom and which, in my view, is equally applicable to describe Keri Selman, and which I will 'borrow' below:

• The late gossip columnist Hedda Hopper and the late United States Representative Bella Abzug were famous for wearing many colorful hats. With all the corporate hats Ms. [Selmon] has recently worn, she might become the contemporary millinery rival to both Ms. Hopper and Ms. Abzug.

See also Foreclosure Halted As Questions Surround Court Filings; Brooklyn Judge Calls Multiple Corporate Hat-Wearing Bank Exec "A Milliner's Delight".