A Denver judge on Friday awarded more than $1.9 million to attorney Larry Castle and two associated businesses, who successfully defended themselves against state allegations of price gouging during the nation’s foreclosure crisis. The judgment for attorneys’ fees is small compared with the $26 million the state sought against Castle, his lawyer wife, Caren, the Castle Law Group and the two companies, Absolute Posting & Process Services and Colorado American Title, for allegedly puffing fees and other expenses while handling the bulk of the foreclosure work across the state over several years. The judgment is to be reduced by $119,500, the amount the state was awarded earlier against the Castle firm on a charge it had failed to tell federal mortgage insurers about a financial relationship it had with Absolute. In Friday’s order, Denver District Judge Morris Hoffman chastised Attorney General Cynthia Coffman’s office for complaining that defense lawyers’ fees were excessive while asserting it spent more than it had actually won in court. Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostColorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman in Colorado Republican state assembly at Coors Event Center.

 

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