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I graduated from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1993 and immediately started working in Orange County. My entire legal career has been spent in the mortgage industry, starting with handling post-foreclosure evictions and related bankruptcy matters for the California office of LOGS, Shapiro & Miles and its foreclosure trustee, PLA f/k/a PFC. I later moved to the civil litigation area, graduating to Litigation Partner with Miles, Wright, Finlay & Zak in 1998. In late 2001, Robin Wright, Jonathan Zak and I co-founded Wright, Finlay & Zak, specializing in representing lenders, loan servicers, foreclosure trustees and title companies in all aspects of real estate and mortgage-related litigation. Wright, Finlay & Zak is a proud member of the UTA and designated Fannie Mae counsel in both California and Nevada. During the last 5+ years, I have been a regular contributor to the UTA Quarterly, presented at the last three annual conferences and many of the UTA's Local Dinner meetings, and advocated for the industry at each of the UTA's Lobby Days. For the last three years, I have been on the UTA Board, actively participating in our amicus and lobbying efforts, as well as working with the MBA to gain its assistance in those areas. In addition to my involvement in the UTA, I also actively participate in the CMBA, MBA and ALFN.

When I ran for election in 2008, I wanted to not only be a part of the changing trustee landscape, but to help shape our industry's future. At the time, I had no idea how much change we were in for and how many challenges we, as a group, would face. Battling new laws, working on key amicus efforts and working with Legislators, Cities and Attorney General Offices has easily been the most challenging (and rewarding) three years of my professional career. While not everything went our way, as a group we were able to avoid disastrous bills in many states and score a major victory in the Mabry appeal. If re-elected, I would love to do it all again for another three years.