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LEARNING LAB PRESENTERS MODULES 1-4
Origination
Diane Rosenberg Rosenberg & Associates, LLC x
As managing member of the firm, Diane practices and oversees all areas of origination and default servicing. She is AV rated with Martindale Hubbell and admitted before all Courts in Maryland, DC and Virginia. Diane is knowledgeable in all aspects of our industry. Diane has served as panelist for numerous default industry seminars, local CLE classes and client in-house training sessions. Diane serves on the USFN Education and Membership Committees and ALFN Conference Planning Committee. |
Richard M. Nielson Reimer Law Co. x
Richard M. Nielson is a shareholder in Reimer Law Co. where he manages compliance, IT and Kentucky operations for the firm. Richard has over 26 years of legal experience in the fields of real estate law, bankruptcy, and creditors rights. He is licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Ohio, & Tennessee and has achieved the highest rating of “AV Preeminent” from Martindale Hubble peer reviews. Richard is a resident of Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and three children. He is a current member of the USFN Publications, Membership, and Marketing Committees, and is a frequent lecturer on mortgage banking, manufactured home, real estate title, technology, firm operations, bankruptcy, and compliance topics. |
Brigham J. Lundberg Lundberg & Associates, PC x
Brigham J. Lundberg is a shareholder and the managing attorney of Lundberg & Associates, PC in Salt Lake City, Utah. His practice includes creditors' rights, real estate litigation, title issues, matters related to judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, regulatory compliance, appellate practice, collections, and unlawful detainer actions. Mr. Lundberg received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, cum laude, from Brigham Young University, and his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Maryland School of Law. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Gregory K. Orme of the Utah Court of Appeals. Mr. Lundberg is a member of the Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana State Bar associations. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is a Martindale-Hubbell “AV-Preeminent”rated attorney and currently serves as a member of USFN’s Board of Directors. |
Alan S. Wolf The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation x
Alan S. Wolf is the President and Managing Attorney of The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation. Mr. Wolf has served as the Chair of the California Mortgage Bankers Association Legal Services Committee (1994-1995) and Co-Chair (1995-1996), helped found USFN, and served as a member of the USFN Board of Directors (1990-1996). Mr. Wolf was the lead attorney in a landmark bankruptcy cram down case and wrote the industry brief for the MBA to stop proposed legislation to allow cramdown on a debtor's principal residence. Mr. Wolf lectures extensively throughout the country on a variety of loan servicing and mortgage banking issues and has been a featured speaker at numerous MBA National Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance conferences and National Servicing conferences. He has also written many articles for leading mortgage banking trade journals including Mortgage Banking Magazine, Servicing Management, California Finance, the CTA Newsletter and USFN Report and has authored sections in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Handbook on Loan Administration and two chapters in the Mortgage Servicers National Reference Directory. |
Title
James E. Clarke Orlans PC x
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D.; University of Central Florida, B.S. Specializes in foreclosure, bankruptcy and creditor representation. Mr. Clarke is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Federal District Court in Eastern and Western District of Virginia, Federal District Court District of Maryland, Federal District Court District of Columbia. He is a member of the State Bars of Florida, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. He is a member of the Loan Administration Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association. He currently serves on the board of directors for USFN. He has been a licensed attorney since 1993. |
John Kay Hutchens Law Firm LLP x
John Kay is the managing attorney for the South Carolina office of the Hutchens Law Firm. Mr. Kay focuses his practice in the areas of mortgage default servicing, real estate, and bankruptcy and throughout the year is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on issues related to these areas. Mr. Kay has over 30 years’ experience in representing mortgage lenders and servicers. Mr. Kay has been an active member of the USFN over two decades and is a member of the USFN Education Committee and has served as its Chair. Mr. Kay has served on the Advisory Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina. |
Andy Saag Tiffany & Bosco, PA x
Andy Saag is the managing shareholder of Tiffany & Bosco’s Southeast Offices. For more than ten years, Andy’s practice has focused on representing banks, mortgage servicing companies, municipalities, and small businesses in the area of default services. Those services include foreclosure, bankruptcy, title and real estate litigation, eviction and ejectment, real estate closings, and more. Andy also regularly speaks on these issues and on regulatory and compliance issues, such as the CFPB and FDCPA, at conferences around the country. In addition, Andy frequently travels to conduct in-house trainings for clients. |
Kurt V. Laker Doyle & Foutty, PC x
Kurt Laker is a partner at Doyle & Foutty, P.C. and has practiced in the field of real estate and title insurance litigation for more than 15 years. Kurt handles cases through all phases of litigation including the appeals process. He graduated from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis in May, 2004, cum laude. He was a member of the Indiana International and Comparative law review, and his article was selected for publication in Vol. 14, Issue No. 1, 2003. Kurt received his bachelor’s degree from Franklin College in political science, with a minor in journalism. In addition to being a partner at the firm, he is currently the president of the Indiana Land Title Association. |
Robert R. Michael BWW Law Group, LLC x
Mr. Michael represents banks, mortgage servicers, and trustees in complex matters involving real estate, mortgage lending/servicing, and creditors’ rights at all judicial levels, including the US Supreme Court. Mr. Michael has served as a faculty member for National Business Institute, conducting seminars in The Law of Real Estate Titles and Curing Title Defects During Foreclosure, and has written articles published in The Fee Simple, a semi-annual journal published by the Virginia State Bar. |
Servicing
Hilary B. Bonial Bonial & Associates, PC x
Hilary B. Bonial is the Managing Director of Bonial & Associates, P. C. a default services law firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Born in Natchitoches and raised in Central Louisiana, Hilary joined Brice Legal Group in 1999. The law firm which now bears her name has been a leader in representing creditors for almost 30 years. Hilary often speaks about her love of Bankruptcy Law throughout the nation and is a regular at industry events. In her spare time, she is a boating and BBQ enthusiast. Member of the Louisiana State Bar 1996, Texas State Bar 2006, Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification and the Louisiana Board of Specialization. |
Jane E. Bond McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC x
Jane Bond is the Managing Partner of McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC’s Litigation Group. Ms. Bond has 30 years of litigation experience, with 24 years specifically devoted to business and real estate litigation involving the mortgage lending and servicing industries. Attorney Bond represents clients in appellate proceedings before the Florida District Courts of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court. The Florida Litigation Group handles both commercial and residential litigation for clients throughout the state. Ms. Bond extends her expertise to teaching at training seminars, conferences, and continuing legal education courses on real property law and related topics. |
Daniel Barbagelata Aldridge Pite, LLP x
Daniel Barbagelata is the Supervising Partner of Evictions at Aldridge Pite LLP in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Barbagelata has twelve plus years of experience in eviction law, both in post-foreclosure eviction and landlord/tenant eviction. He currently manages the National Eviction Department, as well as all the Eviction Departments of Aldridge Pite LLP’s footprint states. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, and a member of the Creditors’ Rights section. |
Carrie M. Ward BWW Law Group LLC x
Carrie M. Ward- State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany (B.S.1990); The American University, Washington College of Law (J.D. 1993); Ms. Ward has represented mortgage lenders and servicers for her entire legal career. She is licensed to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. She combines her knowledge of mortgage banking law with her trial advocacy skills competently representing the firms’ clients in state, appellate and federal courts. Ms. Ward is a founding member and principal of BWW Law Group established in 1996 representing the mortgage servicing industry in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. BWW Law Group is a Martindale Hubbell AV rated law firm and is a member of the United States Foreclosure Network (USFN), American Legal and Financial Network (ALFN), Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and REO Managers Association (REOMAC). She has been actively involved in many industry organizations serving as past Chairwoman of the American Legal and Financial Network’s (ALFN) National Onsite Education Committee for 2005, 2006, and 2007 and also held the only attorney seat on the ALFN’s Servicer Advisory Board where she played an active role in working with servicers to create best practices in servicing. She was appointed to the United States Foreclosure Network (USFN) Servicer Advisory Board in 2008. In 2009-2010 Ms. Ward was the co-chair of the USFN’s Marketing Committee and in 2010-2011 she was the Chair of the Marketing Committee of USFN. In 2012, Ms. Ward was a featured speaker at the MBA Mortgage Servicing Conference. In 2013 and 2015 she was a speaker at the Judicial States Conference. In 2016-2017 she served as a member of the Black Knight Financial Services Attorney Board. In 2017, she was a speaker at the USFN Executive Servicer Summit and the Judicial States Conference. In 2018, Ms. Ward served on the USFN Legal Issues Committee. In 2019, she was a appointed to the USFN Executive Servicer Summit Planning Committee and USFN Nominating Committee and was also a speaker at the USFN Executive Servicer Summit. Ms. Ward also conducts annual in-house trainings for banks and mortgage servicers and frequently participates in industry seminars. |
Adam Diaz Diaz Anselmo Lindberg, PA x
Adam Diaz is the Litigation Partner at Diaz Anselmo Lindberg, P.A. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell which is the highest peer rating for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability. Adam has concentrated his practice in the areas of mortgage foreclosure and real estate, bankruptcy, consumer protection actions and commercial litigation. He is admitted in all Federal Courts in Florida as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Adam has been instrumental in advancing the law in the Bankruptcy Courts for Creditors, and obtained one of the first opinions providing that a debtor is barred from defending property after surrender, as well providing that a Debtor cannot cramdown multiuse residential property. |
Default
Caren Jacobs Castle The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation x
Caren Jacobs Castle is a Senior Mortgage Servicing Attorney at The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation. Ms. Castle has over 30 years of experience in the mortgage servicing industry and many honors. She is a past president of USFN and was the organization’s first female president. She also served as the first Chairperson of the Board of The Legal League 100. Ms. Castle was recognized by Housing Wire in 2011 as an influential woman in the housing industry, was honored by FiveStar in 2011 for outstanding leadership and service to the housing industry, and received the USFN member of the year award in 2012. She has participated on numerous high level committees including committees within the US Department of the Treasury and the Mortgage Bankers Association of America. While practicing in Colorado, Ms. Castle served on the legislative committees of both the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association. Ms. Castle has also been recognized as a Colorado Super Lawyer in real estate. Ms. Castle speaks extensively throughout the country on mortgage servicing related issues and has been a featured speaker at numerous national MBA Servicing Conferences, USFN and Legal League 100 events. |
Wendy Lee McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC x
Wendy is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Foreclosure and Litigation group in the states of Oregon and Washington. After more than 17 years supporting mortgage servicing both as in-house counsel and in private practice, Wendy brings vast prior experience in building, restructuring and running private practices for law firms specializing in default and REO related services. Wendy serves on the board and executive committee of USFN. She frequently lectures and has published many articles on the topics of state and federal statutory and regulatory compliance. |
Roy Diaz Diaz Anselmo Lindberg, PA x
Roy Diaz is the Managing Shareholder of Diaz Anselmo Lindberg, PA in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He has concentrated his practice in the areas of real estate, litigation and bankruptcy. He has represented lenders, servicers of both conventional and GSE loans, private investors and real estate developers throughout his career with an emphasis on the mortgage servicing industry. Roy is AV Rated by Martindale‐Hubbell and has been instrumental in the establishment of case precedent in Florida supporting enforceability and procedure related to negotiable instruments. |
Ryan Bourgeois Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Turner & Engel, LLP x
Ryan Bourgeois is partner with Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Turner and Engel and manages the Texas, Georgia, and Colorado foreclosure groups. He attended Texas Christian University earning a Finance degree in 2002. He received a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2005. He is a member of the Texas Mortgage Bankers’ Association. Mr. Bourgeois is licensed to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas. Mr. Bourgeois is licensed with the State Bar of Texas, a member of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas Young Lawyers Association as well as the American Bar Association. Mr. Bourgeois has presented at several industry conferences and real estate CLE’s in Texas. He is currently a member of the Legal League 100 Advisory Counsel and a Member of the USFN Advocacy Task Force. |
Joseph Camillo Brock and Scott, PLLC x
Mr. Camillo is a Managing Partner of Brock and Scott, PLLC. Mr. Camillo has over 26 years of experience in the areas of Banking, Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Litigation, Regulatory Compliance and Condominium Law. Mr. Camillo also has extensive experience in representing public sector/quasi governmental agencies such as Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency; Rhode Island Housing; Maine State Housing Finance Authority, Fannie Mae; Freddie Mac; HUD, USDA and the Veterans Association. He is admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, US District Court for the District of Vermont and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mr. Camillo earned his J.D. from the Massachusetts School of Law in 1994, and his B.A. from St. Bonaventure University in 1989. Mr. Camillo lectures extensively throughout the country on topics such as foreclosure, bankruptcy, eviction, condominium law and litigation. He is also a member of USFN for which he is Co-Chair of the REO/Eviction section, Ex Officio member of the education committee and member of the American Legal and Financial Network (ALFN) for which he serves on the marketing committee. Mr. Camillo is corporate counsel for the New England Adjustment Managers Association (NEAMA); a Conference Faculty member of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) as well as a faculty member of the Real Estate Bar Association (REBA). |
LEARNING LAB PRESENTERS MODULES 5-8
Loss Mitigation
Kip J. Bilderback Millsap & Singer, LLC x
Bilderback is a member of the St. Louis-based law firm Millsap & Singer LLC, a leading creditors’ rights firm, providing representation to property owners, public housing agencies and mortgage loan servicers. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1991 and Juris Doctoris, cum laude, in 1995 from St. Louis University. Bilderback is admitted to practice law in Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, and Illinois. His term as President of USFN begins in Fall 2020. |
Christianna Kersey Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC x
Christianna holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Delaware (B.S. 2002) and a Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware (J.D. 2010). Ms. Kersey is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She concentrates her practice in the area of creditor’s rights, real estate, litigation, foreclosure, eviction and unsecured collections. Christianna also handles compliance related issues for Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC, where she has been an associate since 2015. Ms. Kersey has written numerous articles for industry related publications and is a frequent speaker at industry events. |
Joe Francis Kivell, Rayment and Francis, PC x
Mr. Joe B. Francis is the President and Managing Shareholder of Kivell, Rayment and Francis, P.C. in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar in 1982 and the New Mexico Bar in 1989. Mr. Francis holds a B.S. (BusinessAdministration) from Oklahoma State University and a J.D. from the University of Tulsa. He practices primarily in the areas of real estate transactions, title examinations, contested foreclosure litigation, business planning, probate and trust administration, and commercial litigation. Mr. Francis is a frequent panelist and lecturer on mortgage default and foreclosure, title issues, loss mitigation and real estate transactions. He has also served as President of the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation and the Metro Christian Academy Foundation. |
Julie Moran Orlans PC x
Julie Moran has more than 25 years experience in mortgage servicing law and regulatory compliance. She is a frequent speaker on panels at state and national conferences on topics of interest to the industry. She is the vice chair of the USFN Legal Issues Section, chair of the Financial Services Committee of NAMWOLF (National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms) and member of the Board of Directors of the MA Real Estate Bar Association. She is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
Jeanette O'Donnell Powers Kirn, LLC x
Jeanette O’Donnell is an Associate with the law firm of Powers Kirn, LLC. She concentrates her practice in the area of general foreclosure, foreclosure litigation and bankruptcy proceedings representing creditors. She is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A. 2005) where she studied political science and women’s studies and New England School of Law (J.D. 2008). Prior to joining the firm of Powers Kirn, LLC in 2009, she clerked for the Honorable Louise DiRenzo Donaldson, J.S.C. in the New Jersey Superior Court from 2008 until 2009. |
Bankruptcy
Marcy J. Ford Trott Law, PC x
Marcy J. Ford is a Managing Partner with Trott Law, P.C., a premier default legal services firm with offices in Michigan and Minnesota. She is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Federal Bar Association, the Oakland County Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, and a member and former board representative of the Consumer Bankruptcy Association of (Eastern District of Michigan.) She served on the USFN Board for 11 years and was USFN President from 2012 to 2014. A frequent speaker and a published author, Marcy was honored on the Crain’s Detroit Business “Women to Watch” list. She has also been recognized as a DBusiness magazine “Top Lawyer” and was named as one of HousingWire’s Influential Women in Housing. |
Michael J. McCormick McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC x
Michael is a senior partner in the bankruptcy department at McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC in Atlanta, Georgia, where he assists in the bankruptcy representation for dozens of mortgage lenders and servicers nationwide. He has been with the firm since 2004. Michael is a native of Toronto, Canada and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario. He graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1994 and is admitted to practice in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Michael is a frequent speaker and author on various topics related to bankruptcy, including the handlf escrow accounts during a bankruptcy proceeding, and the recent bankruptcy form changes. He has also appeared as an expert witness in several bankruptcy cases on behalf of mortgage servicers. Michael is a member of numerous local and national bankruptcy organizations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (associate member). He is chair of the Loan Modification Subcommittee of the NACTT Mortgage Committee and was recently appointed to the Committee on Case Administration and the Estate of the ABI Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy Law. He is also recognized by the American Board of Certification as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist. |
Glen D. Rubin Rubin Lublin, LLC x
Mr. Rubin has practiced law since 1989, primarily in the creditors’ rights arena. Mr. Rubin began his career in New York practicing commercial bankruptcy law and later transitioned to Georgia where he helped to build and manage a successful national default practice for his mortgage banking clientele. Mr. Rubin is a frequent author and lecturer on mortgage related issues. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Mr. Rubin is active with various civic organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Rubin maintains an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell |
Jim Timberlake Baer Timberlake PC x
Jim Timberlake, Esq. CEO, cycling aficionado, and lifelong learner, Jim believes the best way to improve is to surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. Born in Fort Hood, Texas, and raised in Oklahoma, Jim earned his BBA in Finance at SMU in Dallas, then returned home to Oklahoma for law school. He can usually be found on a bike or researching some obscure topic. Traveling is a passion (usually with a bike in tow), with Colombia being his most recent adventure. |
Lois Vitti Vitti Law Group, Inc x
Lois M. Vitti has over 25 years of experience in regulatory and litigation matters arising out of bankruptcy, commercial, foreclosure, real estate and contracts at all stages including mediation, conciliation, trials and appeals. Ms. Vitti often speaks at conferences, universities and seminars in the areas of foreclosure, bankruptcy and litigation. She has served as President of the Judith K. Fitzgerald Western Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Inns of Court, and Chair of the Education Committee of the USFN. Ms. Vitti is also a member of MBA, and several committees of the ACBA. Ms. Vitti’s commitment to her community is also evident through her many volunteer activities, and membership on several Boards of Directors. After fifteen years of practice in New York, she returned home to join her father’s practice. She currently handles matters in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. |
Foreclosure
Sally Garrison The Mortgage Law Firm, PC x
Sally E. Garrison received a B.A. in Economics, Environmental Science, and Political Science, from Claremont McKenna College in 1995. She received her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, in 2000. During her studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU), she also attended the Oxford Summer Program at Queen’s College, focusing on the European Union and Intellectual Property. Before beginning her work in real estate litigation, Sally taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, in the areas of Intellectual Property, Copyright, Contracts, and Law in Cyberspace. From 2001 to 2008, Sally worked as in-house counsel for OU, representing various departments and organizations including Student Affairs, OU Police Department, Sam Nobel Museum, Alumni Affairs, Development, Housing and Food Services, and the University Outreach, among numerous others. She is currently the managing member of The Mortgage Law Firm, PLLC, in Oklahoma, and is licensed in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arizona. Her work includes motion practice, non-jury and jury trial work, and appellate practice. She is also the Firm’s Client Relations and Marketing Liaison, working closely with clients to ensure excellent service and communication. In addition to firm work, she has consulted with local law firms to provide system efficiency and managerial advice. She is a graduate of the Stagen Leadership Academy Integral Leadership Program, and was awarded Black Belt recognition for her work in communication, influence, and motivation. She was a finalist for the Women in Housing 2019 Keystone Award for Cultural Leadership; named one of the Top 25 Women in Law by DS News; and named a 2020 Top Attorney in Real Estate by 405 Magazine. She formerly served on the board of directors Savannah’s Station Therapeutic Riding Program, an organization providing horse riding therapy for children with special needs (savannahstation.org). She currently serves on the board of directors for USFN. |
Ronald S. Deutsch Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC x
Ronald S. Deutsch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from the University of Maryland (B.A. 1979), a law degree from the National Law Center, George Washington University, (J.D. 1982) and a Masters in Taxation Law also from The National Law Center, George Washington University (LL.M 1985). He is A-V rated with Martindale-Hubbell and maintains memberships with the Maryland and District of Columbia Bar Associations. He is also licensed to practice before the United States Tax Court and the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and Maryland. Mr. Deutsch obtained a nationally recognized reported decision in Island Financial v. Ballman, 607 A.2d 76 (1992) and has had dozens of articles published in industry publications. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of REOMAC, a former member of the Board of Directors of the USFN, the former Chair of the Real Property Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, and a lifetime fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation. He is also a former Chair of the Foreclosure Committee of the Maryland Bar Association and served on Governor Martin O’Malley’s Maryland Homeownership Preservation Task Force – Legal and Regulatory Reform Work Committee, which was established to rewrite Maryland’s foreclosure law. In addition to lecturing at the University of Maryland, Montgomery College, and the PDI Institute, Mr. Deutsch is a frequent speaker at industry events. He has also co-authored the District of Columbia chapter in the National Mortgage Servicer’s Reference Directory 27th Ed and co-authored Maryland Foreclosure and Repossession, National Business Institute. |
William Dziedzic Bendett & McHugh, PC x
William R. Dziedzic is a top-rated attorney who practices law in Farmington, Connecticut. William Dziedzic focuses on Banking issues. Additionally, he also helps clients with legal issues in the following areas of law: Bankruptcy: Business. William Dziedzic received Rising Stars designation for 2015 - 2020. He was selected for this honor subsequent to undergoing an evaluation of many different factors including peer recognition and professional achievement. He became a licensed attorney in 2007. Before practicing law, he attended law school at Quinnipiac University School of Law and graduated in 2007. |
Donna Case-Rossato McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC x
Donna Case-Rossato, or “Casey”, joined McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC in January 2009 and is presently Managing Partner Connecticut Foreclosures. Previously she had been the Chief Operating Officer, Managing Attorney for the Foreclosure and Mediation Department, as well as the firm’s Compliance Attorney. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel at CitiMortgage, Inc. for ten years and worked with a variety of units, including Litigation Management, Wholesale Lending and Warehouse Lending. Before joining Citi, she was in private practice in Connecticut, concentrating in foreclosure and bankruptcy work. Casey was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1989 and admitted to the Maryland bar in 2000. She is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for Connecticut. Casey has a B.S. from Cornell University, 1980 and received her J.D. from Western New England College School of Law in 1989. Casey was on the Board of Directors of the USFN, named Committee Chair of the Year 2015 and Member of the Year 2016, and has moderated and spoken at numerous USFN conferences, as well as Mortgage Bankers Association panels at Legal Issues Conferences. She also authored “As Mediations Spread, Servicers Seek Process Improvements”, Servicing Management, Vol. 21, No. 11, June 2010, and co-authored “Compliance Reliance”, Servicing Management, Vol.27, No. 8, March 2016. |
Richard Mark Rothfuss II Lerner Sampson and Rothfuss x
Mark Rothfuss was born in Fort Thomas, Kentucky and currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mark is a veteran of our Kentucky Caseload Department where he began practicing in 2003. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 2011, and is currently working in both the Ohio and Kentucky caseload department at Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss (LSR). Mark attended the University of Kentucky where he graduated with Honors in Philosophy in 2000, and then went on to obtain his JD from the University of Kentucky in 2003. He is a member of both the Golden Key National Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa. Mark is currently a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Northern Kentucky Bar Association and the Ohio Bar Association. He further serves as the attorney contact for a number of clients and is a member of the USFN marketing committee. In addition, Mark has served as a panelist for many USFN seminars as well as numerous client onsite training events. LSR is the recipient of many awards including the 2008 Freddie Mac Outstanding Initiative Performance Award and the USFN Diamond Excellence Award for the last twenty five consecutive years. |
Alphabet Soup
Rich Haber McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC x
Rich Haber is a member of McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC and Managing Partner of the firm’s Iselin, NJ and New York City Offices. Rich is responsible for the management and oversight of all litigation in NY, NJ and PA. Rich has 24 years experience (19 as an attorney) handling mortgage foreclosures, bankruptcy actions, evictions and related litigation. He has resolved or litigated hundreds of contested foreclosures, numerous title matters and defended mortgage servicers and their investors from claims brought by consumers under state consumer fraud and unfair and deceptive acts and practices laws, as well as federal statutes including FDCPA, TILA, RESPA, HOEPA, FCRA and TCPA. |
Lisa Lee KML Law Group, PC x
Lisa Lee is a managing shareholder with KML Law Group, P.C. She has been practicing in the creditor’s rights field representing mortgage lenders for over 20 years. Prior to attending law school, Lisa worked in default servicing at First Union Mortgage Corp. Lisa is licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and is a frequent speaker and author for industry seminars and publications. Lisa also does pro bono work for Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, and serves on the Board of Directors of USFN. |
Janaya L. Carter The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation x
Janaya Carter is the managing attorney of The Wolf Firm’s Northwest operations in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Carter served as a managing attorney of a prominent mortgage banking law firm based in in the Northwest with offices throughout the country. Ms. Carter has spent the majority of her 15 plus years in practice handling residential civil litigation, with particular emphasis on complex evictions, bankruptcies, non-judicial foreclosures and judicial foreclosures. Ms. Carter has been called upon to speak at a variety of mortgage industry events. |
Eric Marshack The Mortgage Law Firm, PC x
Eric has over 12 years of experience specializing in lender related bankruptcy matters, foreclosure cases, trustee defense, title issues, and related litigation in state and federal courts throughout Oregon and Washington. He has spent his entire legal career in the fields of bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, and related litigation. Eric is currently admitted to practice in the states of Oregon and Washington, including all Federal District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts, as well as Federal Courts in Oklahoma. |
Paul Cervenka Bonial & Associates, PC x
Paul W. Cervenka is a Shareholder & Managing Attorney, at Bonial & Associates, P.C. with a primary focus on bankruptcy and creditor’s rights. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Dallas and Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law who is licensed to practice in Texas. He is also a member of the Dallas Bar Association, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Texas State Bar Association, and Texas Young Lawyers Association. |
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