California attorney since 1976. Practice emphasizes foreclosure and lending. Represented numerous trustees and lenders and prepared many compliance programs. As UTA’s President helped to retain UTA’s legislative advocate and helped establish CTA PAC, UTA’s California Political Action Committee; Corporate Counsel since around 1986. Served many terms as legislative chairperson and have been on the Legislative Committee since 1983. Authored/coauthored and taught: Cal. Certification Courses (I and 2); coauthored Foreclosure 101; Speaker at annual conferences on legal updates, legislative updates and various other subjects since 1983. Authored articles for the UTA Quarterly and for other industry publications too numerous to mention. Cal. Certified Level 1 & 2. Since 1983, participated in drafting, amending or opposing almost every Cal. bill involving nonjudicial foreclosures or related issues. Specially retained counsel for UTA in numerous amicus curiae briefs starting with the 1985 landmark Supreme Court case of I.E. Associates v. Safeco through Banc of America Leasing v. 3 Arch Trustee Services, Inc. Recently represented UTA in suing the City of Richmond causing the City to repeal its ordinance requiring that additional notices of default be served on all residential tenants. Frequent financial contributor to UTA; CTA PAC and to amicus briefs and special legal projects. Expert witness and consultant on foreclosures and lending in numerous court throughout California. Corporate Counsel for the California Mortgage Association.

WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS and/or MY VISION FOR UTA: 

I have given my heart and soul to UTA almost since its inception as CTA in the early 1980’s. I am the candidate with the most experience and the one who can guide UTA through the all too imminent challenges to be faced in the next 3 years. At no time in the past has UTA needed strong, experienced leadership more than it does today.