You don't even need a lawyer just tell the bank to produce the original doc that he signed not a copy or digital the law states must be original doc with his old signature on it it takes 5 year to find it if hay ever find it .... I wish more people would know this it the truth ..........
Your friend needs the advise of counsel, any lien holder on a property can foreclose. For example: if a person has a judgement and it is inrolled that lien holder can do a Judical Forecloser. There is a lot of legal back and forth on these things and if you don't want to get your Ars handed to you get a good real estate attorney.
Its like they always say any person that acts Pro Se has a fool for a client. Good Luck
i certainly would. she may need to take some of the court docs to prove to the attorney that there has never been a settlement. attorney will certainly be clueless.