UTA’s Legislative Committee is producing its 2018 ‘Wish List’, developing draft legislation and comments for California, Nevada and Washington. If you are interested in helping to develop the draft wish list, please contact Richard Meyers. Members are encouraged to join a committee in 2018. UTA committees are: Membership, Education (conference...
UTA will hold its 4th Annual Washington State Lobby Day on February 1st and its 10th Annual California Lobby ‘Afternoon’ on Monday, March 12th. Both lobby day appointments will be scheduled for attendees after a briefing provides with talking points from UTA’s Washington and California lobbyists – Holly Chisa...
Members – if you have a particular topic or speaker that you would like presented at the 43rd Annual Education Conference Sessions, to be held November 4-6, 2018 in Las Vegas, now is your chance to let us know. UTA’s Conference Committee is asking for suggestions both from potential speakers...
By Cathe Cole-Sherburn, UTA President Can you believe that Thanksgiving is this week?! The year has flown by, and what a year it has been. We just had our 42nd annual UTA conference, and I want to personally thank everyone involved in making it a success. There were lots of...
UTA’s 42nd Annual Educational Conference, held November 5th-7th at the Peppermill Resort, Casino & Spa in Reno, California received very high reviews by attendees. The Education sessions received positive reviews from members; -On the ‘Trends Affecting the Distressed Market Industry’ session, sponsored by iMailTracking with Daren Blomquist: “Very informative –...
Watch Video Tribute to Phil Adleson Password: Phil The United Trustees Association honored Phil Adleson, UTA’s beloved long-time Corporate Counsel, and Past President on November 6th at the Association’s 42nd Annual Conference. Adleson passed away on March 1st, after a deeply fought battle with cancer. “The loss to the association has...
Michelle Mierzwa is the worthy recipient of the inaugural (2017) ‘Phil Adleson Award’. The award will be presented annually to a member who both educates and advocates on behalf of UTA and its membership. The stringent criteria for the award includes being a ‘master teacher’, who has presented and educated...
Note: This article was provided by Wright, Finlay & Zak Several years ago, a jury in a remote farming community outside of Sacramento sent a widely heard message to loan servicers when it awarded a borrower $16MM in damages over PHH’s alleged failure to properly implement a loan modification. As...
By Mike Belote, California Advocates, UTA California Lobbyist By now it is likely that most UTA members are aware of the enactment of SB 2, imposing a $75 surcharge on recording real estate documents, effective on January 1st of the new year. What is not known is how fifty-eight different...
By Holly Chisa, HPC Advocacy, UTA Washington State Lobbyist First, thank you to those who attended the UTA Annual Conference in November, 2017. I appreciate the input you provided throughout the conference on policies before the Washington State Legislature, including potential fee increases and active legislation we’re working on for...