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CHICAGO, IL | JULY 13-14, 2023Speakers & Facilitators |
Keynote Speakers
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Mark McArdle Assistant Director, Mortgage Markets Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Mark McArdle is the Assistant Director, Mortgage Markets at the Bureau. In this role, he leads a team that works closely with industry and other stakeholders to help inform the Bureau and the public on current and future trends in the mortgage origination and servicing markets. Before CFPB, McArdle was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In this role, he led the office that managed the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), including its remaining investment and homeownership preservation programs, and advised the Department on access to credit issues. He also held previous roles at the Treasury including Chief Homeownership Preservation Officer and Director of the Hardest Hit Fund. McArdle has played a key role in policy development for the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and oversaw the creation of the Hardest Hit Fund, which provided funding to state housing finance agencies (HFAs) for foreclosure prevention efforts. McArdle has a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin and has spent 20 years working on issues related to housing, mortgage lending, and homeownership in nonprofits and government in Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. Presentation(s):
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Speakers & Facilitators (A-Z)
Ryan Bourgeois
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Ryan Bourgeois Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, LLP Ryan Bourgeois is a partner with Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Turner & Engel and manages the Texas, Colorado, and Georgia Foreclosure Groups. He serves as the firm's Compliance Officer. He attended Texas Christian University earning a Finance degree in 2002 and received a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2005. Bourgeois is currently licensed in Texas, Georgia, and Colorado. He is a member of the USFN Publications Committee and Advocacy Task Force. Bourgeois is also currently a member of the Legal League 100 Advisory Council and the Special Initiatives Working Group. He has written numerous industry articles and presented at several industry conferences and real estate CLEs in Texas. Presentation(s):
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James Clarke Orlans PC James E. Clarke is Senior Executive Counsel for Orlans PC and specializes in foreclosure, bankruptcy, and creditor representation. He 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, and Federal District Court District of Columbia. He is a member of the State Bars of Florida, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Clarke is a member of the Loan Administration Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association and currently serves on the board of directors for USFN. He has been a licensed attorney since 1993, received his J.D. degree from William Mitchell College of Law, and a B.S. degree from the University of Central Florida. Presentation(s):
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Mike Feiwell Feiwell & Hannoy, PC Michael J. Feiwell is a partner with the law firm of Feiwell & Hannoy, P.C. in Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm represents several banks, mortgage companies, and financial services companies nationwide in connection with their real estate, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation matters in the State of Indiana. Feiwell received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State, and Seventh Circuit Bar Associations. He serves on the Mortgage Foreclosure Best Practices Task Force created by the Indiana Supreme Court that developed the Mortgage Foreclosure Best Practices and has assisted the Court with pilot programs relating to the Mortgage Foreclosure Trial Court Assistance Project. Feiwell is a frequent lecturer and author regarding the Uniform Commercial Code, regulatory compliance relating to mortgage servicing, and real estate foreclosure topics generally. Presentation(s):
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Erica Fujimoto Affinity Consulting Group Erica Fujimoto’s experience in the default industry spans over 20 years. She started at a major mortgage servicer, transitioned to the law firm side where she was the managing bankruptcy paralegal and implemented new case management systems for her firm, and finally joined Affinity Consulting Group, where she is a Management Consultant and Director of the Default Services Team. Fujimoto specializes in firm management, process improvement, and legal software implementation and automation. She manages the Default Services team at Affinity, a team of the most experienced consultants in legal technology and default services in the country, and she instituted the Client Care Network and YourAdministrator Programs to provide enhanced levels of assistance and support to Affinity clients. Fujimoto had the distinct honor of being an ALFN JPEG 2015 Picture the Future Award Recipient and 2018 USFN Robert Klein Associate Member of the Year. She was previously the Associate Member Chair of the Women in Legal Leadership (WILL) practice group and is currently a member of the ALFN Inclusion Diversity Equity & Awareness (IDEA) Committee and the USFN Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Presentation(s):
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Seth Harris McCarthy & Holthus LLP Seth Harris obtained his Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School in 2007 and was admitted to the California Bar that same year. While attending Whittier Law School, Harris was a member of the Whittier Law Review. Through his handling of various complex litigation and appeals, he has developed specialties in eminent domain, receivership actions, and curing title issues. Harris has been listed on the Super Lawyers list of Rising Stars for 5 years in a row and recognized for his excellence in practice. He has received an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale Hubbell, ranking at the highest level of professional excellence for legal knowledge, communication skills, and ethical standards. Presentation(s):
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Katie Jo Keeling McCarthy & Holthus LLP Katie Jo “KJ” Keeling is a managing partner at McCarthy & Holthus, LLP overseeing the southwest default services and title curative practice groups. She is a Martingale-Hubble® AV-rated attorney licensed in the states of California and Washington. She earned her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2007. In 2014, she was named one of MReport's Women in Housing “35 Under 35” featuring leading female executives in the mortgage and housing industry, and has been annually recognized as a Top Lawyer by San Diego Magazine since 2015. Presentation(s):
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Wendy Lee Sagent Wendy Lee is the EVP and Chief Legal Officer of Sagent, a servicing technology provider. She has been engaged as a legal executive in both mortgage servicing and technology for more than 20 years. During this time, Lee has played the role of lawyer (McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce), consultant (in Deloitte's Seattle office), servicer (with the former Washington Mutual Bank), start-up strategist, and even was a database architect way back when in her past life. In her role as Chief Legal Officer, she has been very intrigued by the impact of data privacy laws on the servicing community and is honored to contribute to the movement and prevent the upcoming regulatory and legal changes from unnecessarily impacting mortgage operations. Presentation(s):
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Robert Michael BWW Law Group, LLC As a member of the BWW Law Group, LLC, Robert Michael manages the firm's default and litigation practices in Virginia. He represents mortgage servicers and real estate trustees. His experience varies between foreclosure, bankruptcy, and eviction matters to defending federal claims under the FDCPA, RESPA, HAMP, and TILA. Michael has served as a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association and has successfully litigated several notable cases on behalf of mortgage lenders and servicers in Virginia's state and Federal Courts and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. His work has also been published in the Virginia State Bar's semi-annual journal. Robert R. Michael and Joseph M. LeNoir, The Evolution of Residential Foreclosure Litigation in Virginia, The Fee Simple, Volume XXX, No. 2 (2010). He has also served as a faculty member for the National Business Institute at a live seminar titled Title Workshop: From Examination to Commitment, NBI Seminar (February 2013). Presentation(s):
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Judy Carter Newberry Aldridge Pite, LLP Judy Carter Newberry has been a practicing lawyer for over 35 years specializing in the arena of Financial Services law, with specific knowledge and expertise in Banking, Non-Depository Financial Institution Law (including Mortgage Lenders and Brokers, Mortgage Loan Originators, and Money Service Businesses), Consumer Lenders (including licensing, reporting, and enforcement); and Regulatory and Compliance Law (including Regulatory Administrative and Enforcement Issues/Orders). Newberry has spent much of her legal career as a regulator in both federal and state agencies. In her current role with the Aldridge Pite, LLP, she uses her regulatory experience from both sides of the aisle to advise and counsel clients on how best to meet compliance, regulatory, and control challenges across a vast array of financial service type clients she works with. Significant Representations: Newberry served as an Enforcement Attorney in the FDIC’s Professional Liability Section for several years. In this role she was charged with the investigation, identification, and determination of any wrongdoing associated with directors, officers, attorneys, accountants, and other professionals associated with a failed bank. Newberry also served as Assistant General Counsel and later as Vice President of the Housing Choice Program at the Atlanta Housing Authority where she was an instrumental part of a small team that designed the Atlanta “Moving To Work” program for HUD assisted housing which is now considered to be the national model for large urban housing authorities across the country. Immediately before joining Aldridge Pite, LLP, Newberry served for 7 years as the Deputy Commissioner for the Georgia Banking Department where she acted as chief legal officer for the Georgia agency that regulates depository and non-depository financial institutions across the state. Presentation(s):
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Rich Nielson Reimer Law Co. Richard M. Nielson is a shareholder in Reimer Law Co. where he manages compliance, IT and Kentucky operations for the firm. He has over 30 years of legal experience in the fields of real estate law, bankruptcy, and creditors' rights. He is licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Tennessee and has achieved the highest rating of “AV Preeminent” from Martindale Hubble peer reviews. Nielson is a resident of Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and three children. He is a current USFN Board member, and a member of the USFN Finance & Membership Committees, and is a frequent lecturer on mortgage banking, manufactured home, real estate title, foreclosure, technology, firm operations, and compliance topics. Presentation(s):
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Jeanette O'Donnell Powers Kirn, LLC Jeanette O’Donnell is an associate attorney 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. O'Donnell is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, Federal Bar Association of New Jersey, and Camden County Bar Association where she serves as a member on the Debtor-Creditor Committee. She also serves as the Vice Chair of the Legal Issues Section for the USFN. Presentation(s):
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Doug Oliver McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC As the Managing Partner of McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC's Illinois Foreclosure Department, Douglas Oliver focuses his practice primarily on real estate title clearance matters. Oliver oversees all of the legal issues, compliance, and process issues that pertain to the Illinois foreclosure process. He is an experienced trial lawyer of over 20 years with a lengthy track record of success with contested title matters and appellate practice. Oliver has substantial experience in the trial of all title-related matters, including foreclosure. In addition to this, he is a frequent speaker and panelist at default servicing and industry events. Presentation(s):
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Lance Olsen McCarthy & Holthus LLP Lance Olsen brings more than 25 years of experience representing the interests of institutional and individual creditors in all manners of default and litigation-related matters. Olsen graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Economics from Western Washington University. In 1995, he earned his law degree from Seattle University, also magna cum laude. He is AV rated, has been recognized by a variety of publications for outstanding legal work, has served in leadership positions for numerous professional organizations, and is a frequent lecturer on topics including bankruptcy, litigation, foreclosure, and best practices in the area of default servicing. Olsen is admitted to practice law in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Presentation(s):
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Will Pace MidFirst Bank Will Pace is an Assistant General Counsel for MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City. He manages the escalated litigation department for MidFirst Bank’s Mortgage Servicing Division, Midland Mortgage, which services loans in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Pace's practice areas include consumer litigation, default servicing litigation, foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcy, and other mortgage servicing-related litigation. In addition to escalated litigation, he provides legal advice to Midland’s business units on all aspects of mortgage servicing. Prior to joining MidFirst Pace was a partner in a small Oklahoma City law firm whose practice focused on creditor’s rights and commercial litigation. Presentation(s):
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Meghan-Jones Rolla Mortgage Connect Meghan Jones-Rolla has responsibility for all of Mortgage Connect’s legal and compliance departments as well as the People and Culture department. She has spent more than 20 years in the legal profession with the last 15 years focused on providing legal advice to financial services providers. Prior to joining Mortgage Connect in the fall of 2019, Jones-Rolla spent 8 years with ServiceLink where she was Assistant General Counsel and Division Counsel for the Default Services division. Prior to her career with ServiceLink, Jones-Rolla was a partner with the law firm of Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C, where she was a litigator and provided legal advice to financial services companies on regulatory compliance issues. Prior to her legal career, she spent nine years as a television reporter with a focus on consumer affairs reporting. Presentation(s):
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Alex Schulz The Mortgage Law Firm Alex Schulz has represented creditors in many roles since 2009, after completing a clerkship with the CO Court of Appeals. Before working as in-house counsel for two different banks, he joined the Mortgage Law Firm with an emphasis on bankruptcy, title issues, and litigation. For the past 8 years, he has represented mortgage servicers. Schulz works extensively on Hawaii and Arizona cases. His primary focus is bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation. But he spends a considerable amount of time working on title issues, litigation title disputes, and judicial foreclosures. Presentation(s):
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