In 1977, Andrew J. Serafin, president and sole stockholder of Avocet Development Corporation (Avocet), and a practicing attorney in Washington, D.C., first borrowed money for Avocet from The McLean Bank (the bank). Because the bank considered Avocet a "corporate shell" with limited assets, the bank and Serafin agreed that Serafin and his wife would personally endorse all of Avocet's notes, and Serafin...
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