Stephen Crawford is the founding member of Crawford Law and has twenty-five years of experience representing lenders, developers, and investors in commercial banking, real estate, and litigation matters. Mr. Crawford’s practice focuses on loan originations, creditors’ rights litigation, real estate development, and loss mitigation. Steve has practiced real estate and corporate law with some of the nation’s largest and most prestigious real estate developers and international law firms. He is also the founder of Everest Land Title Agency Ltd., a national tile agent, and Signifyde Inc., a cloud-based identity and transaction management platform.

Notable Representations:

• Represents national banks and GSE servicers in commercial and consumer creditors rights and loss mitigation matters
• Borrower’s counsel and title agent for $267MM purchase of Key Center—including the 57-story Key Tower (Ohio’s tallest building), the Cleveland Downtown Marriott Hotel, and the Memorial Plaza Parking Garage
• Advised purchaser in the acquisition of 728-room Century Plaza Hotel and Spa in Century City, California and managed team of six attorneys in closing the acquisition of six Renaissance hotels
• Title and settlement agent for $200 million bond defeasance and redemption in acquisition of ten-property affordable housing portfolio (New York, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee)
• Advised the Unsecured Creditors of Enron Corp. in the sale of assets in the $65.5 billion Enron bankruptcy—the sixth largest bankruptcy in world history
• Counsel to Reed Elsevier Inc. in acquisition of Saxon Publishers, Inc. and International Steel Group (ISG) in the disposition of real estate following acquisition of LTV Steel assets.

Notable Publications:

• eSign: Now Its Real, MORTGAGE BANKING® magazine;
• The Billion-Dollar Opportunity, MORTGAGE BANKING® magazine; and
• Editor, MARTINDALE HUBBELL LAW DIGEST® (OHIO).

Licensed to Practice Law: New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania Licensed Title Insurance Agent: New York, Ohio, Indiana and Florida