Abran Vigil

Abran Vigil focuses on litigation involving real estate, time share and resort memberships and development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and banking, with additional emphasis in trade practice disputes and business torts. He also represents various industry sectors in complex collection matters and has recovered millions of dollars for his clients in post judgment enforcement proceedings.

Abe has substantial experience representing the financial services industry in a variety of actions, including those brought under various federal and state statutes and regulations. His consumer and commercial finance and banking litigation experience includes class action defense, multidistrict litigation, defense of lender liability claims, qui tam actions, and state-level regulatory issues.

He has handled disputes over the management, control, and ownership of businesses. In addition, he has obtained favorable results for his clients in disputes involving insurance bad faith and product liability.

Over his career, he has obtained more than 100 receiverships in disputes involving real property, loan enforcement, complex collections, business divorce, and cases involving conversion of assets. He also regularly represents state and federal court appointed receivers.

Representative Matters

• Represents a federal receiver appointed to recover assets in connection with a $1.3 billion judgment
• Represents time share development companies in membership and development disputes and against third parties to enforce various forms of unfair competition laws 
• Secured a $47 million settlement for a special servicer after an evidentiary hearing to appoint a receiver over a large regional shopping center
• Represents large dollar judgment creditors to recover hidden or otherwise fraudulently transferred assets and to monetize judgments
• Regularly defends Nevada based publicly held corporations against shareholder challenges to mergers and acquisitions
• Represents private equity investors in matters involving corporate governance
• Has successfully litigated and tried adversary proceedings to establish the non-dischargeability of debts
• Has arbitrated or tried dozens of cases involving fraud, embezzlement, tortious interference, contracts, real estate, and Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices

Professional Activities

American Bar Association

State Bar of Nevada

Hispanic National Bar Association

American Bar Foundation, Fellow 

Recognition & Accomplishments

Named a Mountain States Super Lawyer (multiple years, including a Top 100 designation)

The Best Lawyers in America, commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, and real estate litigation, 2008-2020; "Lawyer of the Year," Litigation - Banking and Finance (Las Vegas), 2018

AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Named among Nevada Business Magazine's Legal Elite (multiple years)

Publications

Contributing author, Strategic Alternatives for and Against Distressed Businesses, Thomson Reuters, ongoing edition

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Legal Strategies for deals," Trigild Full Lender Conference, October 24, 2019

Speaker, "Mortgage Banking Litigation Update: Trends in the Western Region," Ballard Spahr webinar, July 16, 2015

Moderator, "Servicing Single Family Residential Portfolios," Trigild Spring Lender Conference, Dallas, April 23, 2015

Speaker, "From Homeowner’s Association to Property Owner: How superpriority litigation may be threatening your lien," ABA Business law Section Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 16, 2015

Moderator, "Exit Strategies: DPOs, Deeds-In-Lieu, Foreclosure & Sales/Borrower Finance," 4th Annual Bank & Financial Institutions Special Assets Executive Conference on Real Estate Workouts (West), Santa Monica, September 9, 2013

Moderator, "Buyer Plenary: What Are You Looking for in a Bank When Buying a Note or REO?" Information Management Network's 3rd Annual Bank & Financial Institutions Special Assets Executive Conference on Real Estate, Santa Monica, September 10, 2012

"From Spinning Wheels to Cutting Deals: Distressed Real Estate – Loan Workout, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy or Litigation?" Ballard Spahr and Commerce Real Estate Solutions, Las Vegas, February 16, 2011

Panelist, "The Impact of Distressed Real Estate: Loan Workouts versus Alternative Remedies – Foreclosure, Bankruptcy or Litigation," UtahCEO magazine and Commerce Real Estate Solutions, Salt Lake City, November 4, 2010

Drake University Law School (J.D. 2000, with honors)

University of New Mexico (B.A. 1996)

Nevada

U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States Supreme Court