LIT COMMENTARY
DEC 26, 2024
Sten Gustafson and his spouse, Sofia Adrogue’s $1.1M mortgage is sufficiently delinquent that Zions has scheduled the home for foreclosure sale by auction on Jan. 7, 2024.
The appointed counsel, bottom feeders at Codilis and Moody failed to recognize that this news would raise public interest as the high profile appointment by Gov. Greg Abbott of Adrogue to the bench and swearing in ceremony in mid-November, despite her known financial distress raises immediate questions as to her own moral integrity.
Did the Texas Governor’s office not perform any credit or background checks before appointment of private lawyers to these judicial positions?
We’re sure there will be a rapid cleanup of this highly embarrassing situation for the Texas Government and the Judiciary.
It appears that LIT has now reason to proclaim this as “Sten Gustafson and Sofia Adrogue’s River Oaks Home Foreclosure Day”.
872 Harris County (TX) Homes Received Christmas Cards from Wall Street Banks, NonBanks and their entourage of Creditor Rights and Foreclosure Mill Lawyers, who received annual bonuses from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars advising 7 Jan 2025 foreclosure sale. pic.twitter.com/DOiMq102AF
— lawsinusa (@lawsinusa) December 25, 2024
ZIONS BANCORPORATION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
M. SOFIA ADROGUE
$1,124,000 MORTGAGE
3831 Del Monte Dr, Houston, TX 77019
FORECLOSURE AUCTION ON TUESDAY, JAN 7, 2025
DEC 26, 2024
Above is the date LIT Last updated and/or visited this article.
Sofia Adrogué during her swearing-in ceremony as judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court. Photo by Jeff Fitlow.
June 14, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Appointment
Governor Greg Abbott today announced his appointments to the new Eleventh Business Court Division in Houston, which was created last year to provide an efficient mechanism for businesses to resolve complex commercial disputes in Texas.
The Governor has appointed Sofia Adrogué and Grant Dorfman to be judges of the Eleventh Business Court Division, effective September 1, 2024, for terms set to expire on September 1, 2026.
The Eleventh Business Court Division is composed of the counties of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda, and Wharton.
Sofia Adrogué of Houston is a partner with Diamond McCarthy LLP.
She is Founder and Editor of the Texas Business Litigation Treatise (ALM 5th Edition).
At the outset of her career, she clerked at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Having served on over 15 boards, she is currently a member of the Houston First Board of Directors and the City of Houston Mayor’s Hispanic Advisory Board and fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation, and Houston Bar Foundation (HBF).
Her previous service includes serving as president and member of Houston Law Review (HLR) Alumni Association Board of Directors and member of the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston, Texas Women Lawyers, and the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee.
She has received over 40 awards and has been recognized for her public service by the City of Houston with proclamations of ”Sofia Adrogué Day.”
Adrogué received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Legal Studies from Rice University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, magna cum laude, both on full academic scholarships.
Additionally, she is a graduate and alumna of the Harvard Business School Owner President Management Program, where she served as a U.S. keynote speaker and class representative.
Last year, Governor Abbott signed House Bill 19 into law creating a new statewide specialty business trial courts to streamline resolutions of business disputes.
BY DAVID MEDINA SPECIAL TO RICE NEWS | NOV 21, 2024
Rice University alumna Sofia Adrogué was sworn in as judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court Nov. 19 at the Harris County Courthouse in a room filled with 300 well-wishers, including family members, judges, public officials, attorneys, friends and Rice alumni.
“My goal has been to ‘walk the talk,’ from my commitment to the highest standards of the legal profession through hard work to connecting with all people for the greater good of our community,” Adrogué said at the ceremony. “At the end, I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live.”
Former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Ruby K. Sondock administered the oath of office in a chamber that is home to the 1st Court of Appeals.
After donning a black robe, Adrogué gave an impassioned speech about her immigrant past, her family, her commitment to hard work, justice and serving the community.
“On this momentous occasion, an unwavering thank you to my parents, Dr. Horacio J. Adrogué and Sara Adrogué, as they are truly the genesis on a litany of levels,”
Sofia Adrogué said.
“It is through them that I learned about relentless work ethic and drive, the importance of education, intellectual curiosity, character and humanity first and always.”
Gov. Greg Abbott created the Texas Business Court last year to provide an efficient and predictable mechanism for businesses to resolve complex commercial disputes in Texas.
The 11th Division Texas Business Court is composed of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda and Wharton counties.
Abbott also appointed Houston lawyer Grant Dorfman to serve on the court.
Justice David M. Medina, who was at the ceremony, said,
“It was a historic day. Sofia Adrogué — the first judge for this new court; the first female judge for this court; the first Latina judge for this court; the first immigrant judge for this court; the first American from Argentina in this court; and as far as I know, the first Adrogué judge.”
Adrogué is a former senior partner of Diamond McCarthy LLP. Her longtime partner, Allan B. Diamond, applauded Adrogué’s appointment.
“Sofia is a tireless devotee to all the best things about humanity as well as a dedicated servant to the public and the legal profession,”
Diamond said.
“She will unflinchingly devote her talent, skills and intellect to making the first-ever Texas Business Court a model example of how justice should be impartially applied in complex business disputes, while displaying the highest level of demeanor and appropriate grace from the bench. I am proud to have been her partner throughout the past couple of decades and look forward to her positive influence on the shape and direction of building the best business court in the nation.”
Adrogué is the founder and editor of the Texas Business Litigation journal.
She started her legal career as a clerk for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
She has served on more than 15 boards, including most recently Houston First and the City of Houston Mayor’s Hispanic Advisory Board, and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation and Houston Bar Foundation.
Adrogué also has served as president of the Houston Law Review Alumni Association Board of Directors and is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston, Texas Women Lawyers and Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee.
She has received more than 40 awards and has been recognized for her public service by the city of Houston with proclamations of “Sofia Adrogué Day.”
Adrogué received a Bachelor of Arts in English and legal studies from Rice, graduating magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa in 1988, and she received a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude in 1991 — both on full academic scholarships.
She is also an alumna of the Harvard Business School.
Sofia Adrogué appointed by Governor Abbott To New Houston Business Court Division
June 14, 2024
Texas’s Governor Greg Abbott announced on June 14th appointments to the new Eleventh Business Court Division in Houston, which was created last year to provide an efficient mechanism for businesses to resolve complex commercial disputes in Texas. The Governor has appointed Sofia Adrogué and Grant Dorfman to be judges of the Eleventh Business Court Division, effective September 1, 2024, for terms set to expire on September 1, 2026. The Eleventh Business Court Division is composed of the counties of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda, and Wharton.
Here are a few comments from Diamond McCarthy’s Managing Partner, Allan Diamond:
“Sofia is a tireless devotee to all the best things about humanity as well as a dedicated servant to the public and the legal profession. She will unflinchingly devote her talent, skills, and intellect to making the first ever Texas Business Court a model example of how justice should be impartially applied in complex business disputes while displaying the highest level of demeanor and appropriate grace from the bench. I am proud to have been her partner throughout the past couple of decades and look forward to her positive influence on the shape and direction of building the best business court in the nation.”
STOP THIEVIN’ HOMES
It ain’t 10 years @DeutscheBank, its 4 years and y’all are time-barred. Stop thievin’ homes in Texas courts. Y’all have relisted this home for foreclosure on Jan 7, 2024 for a tiny mortgage. It is predatory lending and elder abuse. https://t.co/EQNX5U81bE— lawsinusa (@lawsinusa) December 24, 2024
ZIONS BANCORPORATION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
STEN L. GUSTAFSON
$1,124,000 MORTGAGE
3831 Del Monte Dr, Houston, TX 77019
FORECLOSURE AUCTION ON TUESDAY, JAN 7, 2025
DEC 26, 2024
Above is the date LIT Last updated and/or visited this article.
PHOENIX, Jan. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
The Board of American Rare Earths (ASX: ARR, OTCQB: ARRNF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sten Gustafson as a Non-Executive Director.
Sten L. Gustafson currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp., a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) focused on companies that provide products, services, equipment, and technologies that support a variety of energy transition solutions.
Mr. Gustafson is a highly experienced energy service industry executive, investment banker, and corporate securities attorney.
With over 25 years of experience in the global energy sector, Mr. Gustafson has advised on over 100 corporate transactions around the world for over $100 billion of transaction value.
Since 2018, Mr. Gustafson has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the publicly traded Norwegian company, Golden Energy Offshore, and has also served as an independent director for Western Rare Earths, the U.S. subsidiary of Australian rare earth mining company, American Rare Earths, since 2020.
From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Gustafson was Chief Executive Officer and Director of Era Group Inc., where he led the successful spin out of Era from Seacor Holdings in January 2013, generating record quarterly revenues every quarter during his tenure while meaningfully de-leveraging the balance sheet.
From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Gustafson served as a member of the Founding Steering Committee created by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia to establish a private commercial helicopter operator (The Helicopter Company) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Gustafson served as a director at CHC Helicopter.
Mr. Gustafson earned a B.A. in English from Rice University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center (top 1%).
Chairman, Creagh O’Connor, AM, says, “It is a pleasure to welcome Sten to the Board of American Rare Earths. Our vision is to build the next major Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Company and play a key role securing supply for the United States of America.
Sten brings a wealth of experience in the U.S. equity markets and corporate securities law, including expertise in investment banking, IPO’s, mergers and acquisitions.
His strategic leadership and experience will strengthen the Board as we grow our U.S. business.”
“I’m excited for what the future holds in 2022 as we continue developing the La Paz Project in Arizona and commence the maiden drill program at the Halleck Creek Project in Wyoming.
Furthermore, the local team has been developing relationships with key institutional bodies and R&D leaders to gain access to funding with various U.S. Government programs.
We continue to increase our U.S. presence and with Sten’s recent appointment we are well-positioned to be a key player in the U.S. Rare Earths Industry.”
https://www2.asx.com.au/markets/company/arr
https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/ARRNF/overview
Press Contact: Susan Assadi at susan.assadi@gapr.biz P: +1 480 510 4881
Zions Bancorporation and Cenlar FSB Dash to Foreclose on Thrash’s $9M Dollar Residential Estate
Dr John Thrash has owned the property since 1994. He’s been litigating this dispute in a few proceedings this year about the same property.
Zions Bank Retains Bob Kruckemeyer to Collect on Defaulted Notes Before Judge Donna Roth
A Subliminal Message: Zions Bank Leverages Historical and Modern-day Connections in Harris County Texas Legal Financial Dispute.
Texan World Order: The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Turns Dallas Cowboys Into a Family Office
Hosted at Dallas Cowboys, FORT NA 2023 will bring together global asset managers and Texas family offices representing $11 trillion.
