John
L.
Hosack
Los Angeles, CA
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-5080
fax (213) 630-5708
email jhosack@buchalter.com
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Los Angeles, CA
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-5080
fax (213) 630-5708
email jhosack@buchalter.com
vCard
PDF version
Biography
John L. Hosack is a Shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Hosack represents secured lenders and property owners at trial and on appeal in complex real property disputes including, lender liability, fraud, class actions, breaches of contract, wrongful foreclosures, mechanic’s liens, stop notices, judicial foreclosures, receiverships, escrow claims and title insurance claims. His transactional practice includes real property loan documentation, commercial and residential tract loans, loan workouts, REO sales and foreclosures.
Mr. Hosack, who is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell, has been selected as one of Southern California's Super Lawyers from 2006 to 2013 and was also selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition from 2009 to 2012. He has also been selected by Who’s Who Legal USA from 2002 to 2012 as “one of the USA’s leading practitioners” in the field of real estate.
He has been a lecturer and a speaker for numerous organizations including the American Bar Association, State Bar of California, California Continuing Education of the Bar, University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, Pasadena Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar Association and the California Mortgage Association.
Mr. Hosack is a member of American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member, Meetings Committee), American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Co-Chair, Program Committee, 1997-Present), Title Insurance Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association (Chair, 2001-2002), Lender’s Counsel Group of the American Land Title Association (Chair, 2000) and the San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association (Chair, 1981).
California Cases (Partial List):
First American Title Insurance Company v. David Ordin et. al (2011) 2011 Cal. App. Unpub. Lexis 6946 (counsel for David Ordin, et. al)
Paveco Construction, Inc. v. East West Bank (2011) 2011 Cal. App. Unpub. Lexis 3344 (counsel for East West Bank)
Jerve M. Jones et al. v. Union Bank of California (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 542 (counsel for Union Bank of California, N.A.)
William Bowen v. Bank of America Corporation et al. (2005) 126 Cal.App.4th 225 (counsel for Union Bank of California, N.A.)
Kenneth Hirsch v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. (2003) 107 Cal.App.4th 708 (counsel for Comerica Bank, California, formerly known as Imperial Bank)
Jerve M. Jones, et al. v. First American Title Insurance Company, et al. (2003) 107 Cal.App.4th 381 (counsel for Union Bank of California, N.A.)
William Little v. Community Bank (1991) 234 Ca1.App.3d 355 (counsel for Community Bank)
Authorship (Partial List):
Co-Author, “California Mechanics' Liens and Other Remedies,” California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1988
Consultant, “California Real Property Sales Transactions,” California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1981
Author, “California Title Insurance Practice,” California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1980
Consultant, “California Mortgage and Trust Deed Practice,” California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1979
Lectures (Partial List):
Speaker, "An Update on the Insured's Right to Independent Counsel," Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2012
Chair, “Title Insurance: Transactions, Claims and Litigation,” California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2011
Speaker, “Through the Looking Glass: Differing Perspectives on Distressed Real Estate Loans and Workouts,” The American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 37th Annual Meeting, 2010
Speaker, “Reducing the Risk of Fraud Through the Use of Title Insurance,” California Mortgage Association, Summer Seminar, 2009
Speaker, “Dilemmas Dealing with Deposits, Disbursements, Escrows, and Exchange Funds,” The American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, 2009
Speaker, "Fraud, Forgery and Fund Diversion: A Lender’s Guide to Recovering from Your Title Insurer," California Mortgage Association, 2008
Speaker, "Loan Workouts, 'Pre-Workout' Agreements and Foreclosures: Preserving Your Title Insurance Coverage During The Process," California Mortgage Association, Summer Seminar, 2008
Speaker, "Three Perspectives On A Construction Loan/Mechanic’s Lien Dispute: Lender, Title Insurer And Retained Counsel," American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 34th Annual Meeting, 2007
Speaker, “Bridge’ Lending or ‘Predatory’ Lending: An Overview of Subprime Real Estate Lending,” The State Bar of California, Real Property Law Section, 26th Annual Retreat, 2007
Chair, "Title Insurance: Preliminary Reports, Title Polices and Claims," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2006
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
John L. Hosack is a Shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Hosack represents secured lenders and property owners at trial and on appeal in complex real property disputes including, lender liability, fraud, class actions, breaches of contract, wrongful foreclosures, mechanic’s liens, stop notices, judicial foreclosures, receiverships, escrow claims and title insurance claims. His transactional practice includes real property loan documentation, commercial and residential tract loans, loan workouts, REO sales and foreclosures.
Mr. Hosack, who is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell, has been selected as one of Southern California's Super Lawyers from 2006 to 2013 and was also selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition from 2009 to 2012. He has also been selected by Who’s Who Legal USA from 2002 to 2012 as “one of the USA’s leading practitioners” in the field of real estate.
He has been a lecturer and a speaker for numerous organizations including the American Bar Association, State Bar of California, California Continuing Education of the Bar, University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, Pasadena Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar Association and the California Mortgage Association.
Mr. Hosack is a member of American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member, Meetings Committee), American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Co-Chair, Program Committee, 1997-Present), Title Insurance Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association (Chair, 2001-2002), Lender’s Counsel Group of the American Land Title Association (Chair, 2000) and the San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association (Chair, 1981).
California Cases (Partial List):
Authorship (Partial List):
Lectures (Partial List):
Areas of Practice
- Real Property Transactions
- Real Property Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California
- California Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California