Steven J. Boyajian, Esq.
Steven J. Boyajian is counsel with Robinson & Cole LLP in Providence, R.I., and is a member of its Bankruptcy + Reorganizations Group, where focuses his practice on bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and litigation involving real estate and business disputes. He frequently represents financial institutions, private lenders, purchasers of distressed assets, landlords, title insurers, suppliers and<br>professional service providers. Mr. Boyajian represents financial institutions and private lenders in the enforcement of their rights under credit documents, including through litigation, conduct of secured party sales, foreclosures and workouts. He also develops and executes offensive and<br>defensive strategies for creditors who are confronted by insolvency-related risks. In addition, Mr. Boyajian assists lenders, asset-purchasers, landlords, trade creditors, insurers, creditors’ committees and trustees in all stages of bankruptcy and receivership proceedings, including relief from stay and cash-collateral hearings, preference and fraudulent-transfer litigation, asset sales and confirmation proceedings. He also represents owners, lenders and title insurers in all real estate litigation, including contested foreclosures, challenges to the validity of mortgages, evictions, prescriptive easements and adverse possession, tax appeals, tax sales and title insurance coverage matters. He has defended multiple claims concerning the alleged invalidity of consumer mortgages and pending<br>foreclosures, including cases in a master docket of more than 800 cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Mr. Boyajian contributes to the firm’s Data Privacy + Security Insider blog and is committed to pro bono work. He participates in the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Elderly Pro Bono Program by assisting elderly individuals faced with collection actions. Previous-<br>ly, Mr. Boyajian was with a boutique bankruptcy firm in Providence, where he counseled clients on all aspects of receivership proceedings and related litigation and in all stages of bankruptcy. While in law school, he worked for the National Consumer Law Center in Boston. Mr. Boyajian received his B.A. in politics from Pomona College and his J.D. cum laude from Boston College Law School.