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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have significant experience prosecuting a distress for rent action to determine lien priority and resulting in a sale of the tenant’s property and disposition of the proceeds?<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Arthur J. Menor</span></b><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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