Raymond A. Quaglia

Partner

Philadelphia

Tel 215.864.8530
Fax 215.864.8999

New York

Tel 646.346.8075
Fax 212.223.1942

Raymond A. Quaglia is experienced in a diverse range of real estate and commercial litigation, including commercial foreclosures and receiverships, contractual disputes, lender liability and condominium litigation. Ray actively practices in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey and has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of real estate and business disputes.

His recent trial-level work includes representing special servicers, lenders, and receivers in foreclosure, receivership and lender liability actions; representing commercial landlords and tenants in lease disputes, and litigating commercial contract and LIHTC partnership disputes. Ray has substantial experience with receiverships and receiver sales in federal and state court.

At the appellate level, Ray has appeared before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Services

Experience

Representative Matters

Obtained judgment of $51 million for the lender in a commercial mortgage foreclosure action following trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, as Trustee v. B-R Penn Realty Owner, LP, Civil Action No. 21-0502, 2023 WL 2330411 (March 2, 2023) (liability) & 2023 WL 4216091 (June 27, 2023) (damages)
Obtained dismissal of loan servicers from lender liability action on preliminary objections in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in Marine Club Associates, LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, as Trustee, Case No. 210704373 (Feb. 1, 2022)
Obtained dismissal of lender liability counterclaims in commercial foreclosure action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, as Trustee v. B-R Penn Realty Owner, LP, Civil Action No. 21-0502, 2021 WL 2778553 (July 1, 2021)

Obtained summary judgment in mortgage foreclosure in the amount of $4.5 million for the plaintiff-lender in U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, as Trustee v. Chetty Ltd. Partnership, Civil Action No. 17-5127, 2018 WL 4300949 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 10, 2018)
Obtained expedited appointment of receiver for distressed shopping mall on contested motion in Iowa Square Realty LLC v. JSMN Shenango Valley Mall LLC, Civil Action No. 17-497, 2018 WL 814745 (W.D. Pa. Feb. 9, 2018)
Obtained appointment of receiver for retail property on contested motion in MSCI 2006-IQ11 Logan Blvd. Ltd. Partnership v. Greater Lewistown Shopping Plaza, L.P., Case No. 4:16-CV-2090, 2017 WL 485958 (M.D. Pa. Feb. 6, 2017)
Obtained judgment for the lender in a commercial mortgage foreclosure action following trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, as Trustee v. JGKM Assocs., Civil Action No. 12-4550, 2015 WL 1474448 (March 31, 2015)
Obtained a $950,000 verdict (including diminution of value) plus attorneys’ fees following trial for the plaintiff/landlord in a commercial lease dispute with the tenant in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in NRFC Philmont Holdings, LLC v. AWeber Systems, Inc., Civil Action No. 12-7019, 2014 WL 1515621 (April 16, 2014) & 2014 WL 3844617 (August 1, 2014)
Represented the condominium developer in MetroClub Condominium Ass’n v. 201-59 North Eighth Street Assocs., L.P., 47 A.3d 137 (Pa. Super. Ct 2012), affirming the developer’s right to continue to control unallocated parking spaces after control of the association’s executive board has passed to the unit owners
Represented a federal court-appointed receiver in the disposition by private and public receiver sales and auctions of the assets of a multiproperty, multistate receivership comprising 22 residential development projects, including 11 projects in Pennsylvania, involving approximately 348 residential units/lots
Represented the intervenor/licensee, Valley Forge Convention Center Partners, L.P. in Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, 15 A.3d 884 (Pa. 2011), affirming the award of a slot machine license for the Valley Forge Casino Resort
Obtained a multimillion-dollar verdict for the plaintiff following trial in the Supreme Court of New York in Delafoil Holdings, Inc. v. Philips Electronics North America Corp., Index No. 601736/06 (Sept. 4, 2008)
Argued Wirth v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare, 904 A.2d 858 (Pa. 2006), in which the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that HMOs are statutorily exempt from complying with the anti-subrogation provision of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, and Wirth v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare, 469 F.3d 305 (3d Cir. 2006), in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that plaintiff's putative state law claims for violation of Pennsylvania's antisubrogation statute were preempted by ERISA for federal jurisdictional purposes
Acted as the primary draftsman of the successful briefs for the appellee in Maio v. Aetna, Inc., 221 F.3d 472 (3d Cir. 2000), holding that HMO subscribers lack standing to sue their HMO under RICO, absent a concrete financial loss, and for the appellants in Household Bank v. JFS Group, 320 F.3d 1249 (11th Cir. 2003), holding that federal question jurisdiction exists over a declaratory judgment action where a defendant could have brought a nonfrivolous coercive action in federal court to enforce its rights
Represented the Pennsylvania horse racing industry as amici in Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 583 Pa. 275, 877 A.2d 383 (2005), where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld in substantial part the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act

Professional Highlights

Professional Activities

American Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Recognition & Accomplishments

Benchmark Litigation, "Future Star," 2009-2016, 2018-2024

Legal 500, Real Estate - Real Estate Finance, 2022

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Setting Ground Rules Before Litigation: Tips for Transactional Lawyers," Ballard Spahr CLE webinar, March 21, 2017

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Credentials

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1991)

Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988)

Admissions

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit