* Session moderators denoted with an asterisk
Session 1: Eye on the Prize: Leaping Litigation & Constitutional Hurdles
Hutch Hutchens * Hutchens Law Firm, LLP x
Hilton T. "Hutch" Hutchens, Jr., is the supervising partner for Default Servicing Litigation at Hutchens Law Firm where he practices in the areas of Civil Litigation, Collections, Creditors' Rights, and Foreclosure. Hutch is a frequent speaker on the mortgage default process at seminars and continuing education classes for legal and banking professionals. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors and Legal Issues Committee for USFN. Hutch is active in his community, currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, and he has served on the Fayetteville Technical Community College Board of Trustees and Foundation Board. Hutch is a past-President of the Cumberland County Bar Association and remains active in the local and North Carolina Bar Associations. He recently received recognition from the Legal Aid of North Carolina for his superior commitment to pro bono service. |
Mike Feiwell Feiwell & Hannoy, PC x
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. Mr. 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, Division of State Court Administration (“STAD”) that developed the Mortgage Foreclosure Best Practices and has assisted STAD with pilot programs relating to the Mortgage Foreclosure Trial Court Assistance Project. |
Sara Tussey Rosenberg & Associates, LLC x
Sara Tussey holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the Pennsylvania State University (1999) and a Juris Doctor from the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law (2009, cum laude). She was Casenote Editor of the Penn State Law Review, Notarius of the John Reed Inn of Phi Delta Phi, and was elected to the Order of Barristers. Sara practices real estate law with a focus on litigation, foreclosure and evictions. She serves as a panelist at numerous default industry events and regularly writes articles for industry related publications. She is admitted to practice in Virginia, Maryland, New York, and the District of Columbia. |
Stephanie Orrico Quicken Loans, Inc. x
Stephanie Orrico is a Divisional Vice President of Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest mortgage lender and one of the largest mortgage servicers. In this role, she oversees and leads teams that handle bankruptcy, foreclosure, eviction, property preservation and investor claims. She is also responsible for the oversight of Attorney Performance Management, which manages the company’s default attorney referral network, and Property Preservation Performance Management, to secure, maintain and repair properties that are owned by the company. Stephanie has more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage servicing industry. In addition to her time in servicing roles at Quicken Loans, she spent nearly 11 years at Orlans, serving as an attorney focusing on foreclosure, bankruptcy and compliance. Stephanie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from Oakland University, and a Juris Doctor from the Michigan State University College of Law. Stephanie lives in the Detroit area with her husband and three boys. |
Robb Rappe Codilis & Associates, PC x
Robert H. Rappe, Jr. is the managing attorney for Codilis & Associates, P.C. and practices in the areas of real estate transactions, foreclosures, creditor's rights and related litigation. He is a graduate of DePaul University (B.A. 1986) and DePaul College of Law (J.D. 1989), and is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois, and in Federal Court in the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois. He has been a speaker at various seminars on real estate, foreclosure and mortgage banking issues and is the author of numerous articles on industry related topics. |
Session 2: Sprinting Around the Capitol: A View from the Hill
Andy Saag * Tiffany & Bosco, PA x
Andy is the managing shareholder of T&B's Southeast Financial Services Department. For more than 10 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. |
Congressman Ed Perlmutter U.S. Representative for CO District 7 x
Ed has deep roots in the 7th Congressional District and has lived in Jefferson County his entire life. His grandfather and father ran a concrete business (in what is now the 7th District) for decades. Ed attended Jefferson County public schools and then worked construction with his father during the summers while in law school at the University of Colorado. He chose to raise his family in the district where his three daughters also attended Jefferson County Public Schools. Ed currently lives in Arvada with his wife Nancy, a public school teacher, who also has three children who attended Jefferson County public schools. In 1994, Ed was elected to the Colorado State Senate as the first Democrat to hold the seat in nearly 30 years. He served two terms and garnered the reputation as a bipartisan bridge-builder and a champion of renewable energy and smart growth policies. In 2006, Ed was first elected to represent the 7th Congressional District in Congress and is currently serving in his seventh term. |
Sally Garrison The Mortgage Law Firm 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. Before beginning her work in real estate litigation, Sally taught as an adjunct professor at OU’s 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. 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. In addition to firm work, she has consulted with local law firms to provide system efficiency and managerial advice. |
Session 3: Servicing Decathlon
Julie Moran * Orlans PC x
Julie Moran is a Senior Executive Counsel at Orlans PC, a 100% woman owned WBENC certified law firm and a member of NAMWOLF, the National Association of Minority and Women owned Law firms. She is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The firm represents local and national lenders and servicers in the areas of residential and commercial foreclosure, regulatory compliance, complex litigation, creditors’ rights, credit card and consumer secured lien recovery including auto and mobile home loans, bankruptcy, evictions, real estate closings and REO sales. Julie is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Rochester and Union University’s Albany Law School. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association and is a member of the Compliance Committee of the MA Mortgage Bankers Association, the Financial Services Committee of NAMWOLF and USFN where she is chair of the Legal Issues Section and is an Amicus Committee member. |
Jeanette O'Donnell Powers Kirn, LLC x
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. Jeanette 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. |
Lucy Gustavus PennyMac x
Lucy Gustavus is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Mortgage Operations at PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. and has over 23 years of experience in the mortgage industry. At PennyMac, Lucy provides legal support to the Servicing Division and is a member of the company’s change management working group providing direct support to compliance and business partners regarding newly enacted laws, emergency orders and regulations at both the federal and state level. Prior to joining PennyMac in 2018, Lucy worked at Mr. Cooper as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, where she supported mortgage servicing and fair lending. Prior to that, Lucy was Senior Compliance Officer of Fair Lending and Privacy at Citi, where she also assisted with winding down the US operations of Mexican affiliate Banamex. She joined Citi from Bank of America, where Lucy was Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel and provided default servicing support for over six years during the height of the financial crisis, having joined the Bank through its merger with Countrywide Financial where she also supported default servicing. She began her career in the industry as a law clerk and associate attorney at Wilson and Associates, PLLC in Little Rock, Arkansas representing a multitude of mortgage servicing shops in contested foreclosures, evictions and bankruptcies. Lucy received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is licensed to practice law in Texas and Arkansas. |
Laura Ann Pontelandolfo Cenlar FSB x
Laura Ann Pontelandolfo is an Assistant General Counsel at Cenlar FSB, where she focuses on regulatory implementation and compliance. She provides guidance to the business on varied topics, including Reg. X, Reg. Z, privacy, and TCPA issues. Prior to joining Cenlar, Laura Ann worked at McCabe Weisberg & Conway handling primarily title and foreclosure litigation in New Jersey. Laura Ann began her legal career as a mediator in the New Jersey Foreclosure Mediation Program. |
Michelle Maccagnano Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon LLP x
Michelle Maccagnano is the managing partner of New York litigation for the firm of Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP. She has been with the firm for nine years, and has practiced in the areas of foreclosure, banking and finance for 18 years. She previously worked as in house counsel and vice president of a mortgage company, and has years of corporate litigation experience. Ms. Maccagnano also handles corporate training, policy changes and implementation, and assists with corporate governance working with legislators and legislative committees with respect to banking and foreclosure related legislation. |
Session 4: Abiding by the Rules of the Games [Legal Ethics Session]
Caren 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 nearly 40 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, received the USFN member of the year award in 2012, and the USFN Founders Award in 2020. She has participated on numerous high level committees including committees within the US Department of the Treasury and the Mortgage Bankers Association of America and CA MBA. 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, ALFN, and Legal League 100 events. |
Elizabeth DeSilva McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC x
Elizabeth DeSilva joined McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC with over 20 years experience working for some of the largest residential and mortgage banking companies in the country. Prior to joining the firm, Liz spent five years as Vice President and Chief Servicing Counsel of Ditech Financial, LLC. While at Ditech, she was responsible for legal oversight of the Attorney Oversight Department which manages the default attorney referral network. During her tenure at Ditech, Ms. DeSilva focused on all areas of Mortgage Servicing Compliance, while overseeing the team of Attorneys and Paralegals who managed compliance with state and federal law, administrative requirements, and investor requirements. Liz joins McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce as Deputy General Counsel for the firm. |
Lisa Lee KML Law Group, PC x
Lisa Lee is a shareholder with KML Law Group, PC, and is the firm’s CMO and Compliance Counsel. Lisa attended Villanova University and Villanova University School of Law, and has been practicing in the creditor’s rights field since 1996. Prior to attending law school, Lisa was employed by Dominion Bancshares Mortgage Corp. (which became First Union Mortgage Corp. during her employment) first as a Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Processor, then as Foreclosure Workflow Coordinator. Lisa is licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and is a frequent speaker at industry events, and contributor to industry publications. Lisa also does pro bono work for Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, and serves on the Board of Directors of the USFN. |
Robert Michael BWW Law Group, LLC x
Mr. Michael manages the Virginia litigation and title departments, as well as the Richmond, Virginia office of the BWW Law Group, LLC. He represents mortgage servicers and real estate trustees, leveraging his broad base of experience in foreclosure, bankruptcy, eviction, and federal consumer rights statutes involving FDCPA, RESPA, HAMP, and TILA. He is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association, currently serves on the Legal Issues Section of USFN, and has served on panels for USFNstruct and the USFN Learning Lab. Mr. Michael has also served as a faculty member for the National Business Institute at live seminars titled Title Workshop: From Examination to Commitment (2013) and Title Law in Virginia (2017). His writing has 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). |
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