Company: Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Treder & Weiss, LLP
Incumbent: No
UTA Member Since: 1996
Biography:
Graduated from UCLA (BA Political Science, 1982) and Loyola Law School (JD 1985).
Licensed to practice law in California (1985) and Nevada (2015).
Since I began practicing law in 1985, my legal practice has been concentrated in the areas of real and personal residential property lending and servicing including creditors rights, bankruptcy, manufactured housing, landlord tenant and collection matters
Worked at:
Alpert, Barr & Grant APLC as an associate and then as a partner from 1990-2018
Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP from 2018-2019
Barrett, Daffin, Frappier, Treder & Weiss, LLP from 2019 to the present.
Personal:
I have been a real estate, bankruptcy and eviction attorney for over 35 years. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and in 2014, we “escaped” to Nevada (I do miss my California sports teams, but do not miss the traffic, the taxes and some of the regulatory overload.). I am now licensed in both California and Nevada, but the majority of my practice is in California dealing with title curative issues and representing lenders in the manufactured housing business.
My hobbies are indoor and outdoor cycling (I taught indoor cycling for 7 years before leaving Los Angeles). When they can be played, I enjoy watching college football and basketball and became a die- hard Vegas Golden Knights Hockey fan when Las Vegas got its team in October, 2017.
Why I would like to be a member of the Board of Directors and/or my vision for UTA:
I have been an active member of both the Los Angeles Chapter of the California Trustee's Association and then the United Trustee's Association collectively for over 25 years. I served on the Board of Directors for each organization and have been an active member of the Education Committee and the Annual Conference Committee for over 25 years. I regularly participate on the UTA's seminar panels at the annual conference and regularly write articles for the UTA Quarterly.
UTA plays a vital role for trustees and others in the real estate business. As an organization, we have had to deal with multiple iterations of the Federal and State consumer protection laws enacted following the mortgage meltdown, along with the CFPB and the changes in the US Bankruptcy Code in 2006. Add to this the ups and downs in the economy (and related foreclosures) and there has almost never been an always changing obligations in our industry.
United Trustees thrives when the economy is poor and struggles when the economy booms. Once again, with Covid 19, we became the target of short term (and long-term) legislation which affected our industry requiring changes in all aspects of foreclosure and related areas of law.
More than any other trade organization and despite the lack of state-mandated continuing education for trustees, we have the opportunity to educate our members of the present and future changes in our industry, and to advocate for changes necessary for us to do our jobs.
Our annual conference provides us with the opportunity to educate and advocate regarding these issues. In the last 20 plus months, we added self-preservation as a goal in this industry as foreclosure and eviction moratoria brought the industry to a standstill.
The common denominator to everything United Trustees does and provides for its members are the lifetime friendships created at the annual conference and other events and the ability to reach out to other members of the organization during the time in between conferences to discuss the common problems and solutions needed to conduct our businesses.
I have always enjoyed being a part of this organization and enjoyed the friendships developed here. Our organization’s educational, legal and legislative activities benefit all of us.
As I stated above, I have served on the LA Chapter of the California Trustee’s Association and United Trustee’s board. By electing me to the board, I can and will contribute to the goals of United Trustees.
I am seeking your vote for the UTA Board of Directors so that I may continue to assist this organization to grow and prosper and provide the educational programs and lobbying for our industry.
Thanks for your consideration.