Phillip M. Adleson, Esq.
Senior Shareholder, Adleson, Hess & Kelly
 Mr. Adleson has been a real estate attorney since 1976 and is a licensed California real estate broker. He is the senior shareholder in the law firm of Adleson, Hess & Kelly, a Professional Corporation. He graduated with a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from University of Santa Clara School of Law, 1976. Mr. Adleson and his firm are rated “AV” (the highest rating available for both legal ability and ethics) by Martindale-Hubbell, Inc., the oldest and most respected attorney information publication in the country. He has been repeatedly listed in Northern California Super Lawyers magazine in the area of real estate, a designation conferred upon him by San Francisco magazine and by nomination of his peers.
Mr. Adleson is corporate counsel for both the California Mortgage Association (“CMA”) and for the United Trustee’s Association (“UTA”; a multi-state association for the default services industry). Mr. Adleson is a past President and Legislative Chairman for UTA’s predecessor, the California Trustees Association ("CTA") and currently he serves as a director of UTA. Mr. Adleson has represented numerous lenders, trustees, purchasers, sellers, title companies and others in trials, arbitrations, DRE licensee administrative hearings, appeals, amicus curiae briefs, class actions, unfair business practices action and in many other areas involving real estate, lending and foreclosure. Mr. Adleson is a past instructor of real estate and foreclosure classes at DeAnza Community College and San Jose State University and has taught numerous DRE and CLE approved continuing education classes throughout the world. He has also presented legal update programs and seminars for UTA, CMA, the National Business Institute, and bar associations and has been a speaker for CMBA, REOMAC, the California District Attorney’s Associations as well as for numerous other groups. Mr. Adleson is a former attorney for the California Court of Appeal and has testified before the judiciary committees of both the California Assembly and California Senate, in addition to drafting proposed legislation that has ultimately become law in California. He has frequently been retained as a consultant or expert witness in lending, foreclosure and other real estate matters. Mr. Adleson can be reached via telephone (408/341-0234) or via email at padleson@ahk-law.com. [top]
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Ronald D. Roup, Esq.
Principal, Roup & Associates
 Ronald D. Roup has been a member of the California State Bar since 1980 and is the principal of Roup & Associates located in Lake Forest, California. For over twenty five years, his practice has emphasized a full spectrum of legal services for loss mitigation and asset management for secured creditors and title companies, including judicial and nonjudicial foreclosure services, and legal representation for loan default work-outs, bankruptcy, eviction, title matters, and lender defense.
Mr. Roup has been involved in two published bankruptcy decisions affecting secured creditors rights, In re Ellis, 60 B.R.432 (9th Cir B.A.P. 1985) and In re Teresi, 134 B.R. 392 (E.D. Cal. 1991), and the published foreclosure decision affecting title after a foreclosure sale was deemed void, Dimock v. Emerald Properties LLC, et al, 81 Cal. App. 4th 868 (2000). He has been on the Board of Directors of the United Trustees Association since 2005 and has served as the Legislative Chairperson of that organization since 2005 until present. Previously, Mr. Roup was the President of the Orange County Chapter of the California Trustees Association. Mr. Roup is also a member of the Orange County Bar Association Real Property section as well as the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum.
Ron has been a speaker for the United Trustees Association’s annual education conference, the Arizona Trustee Association annual conference, and the National Business Institute seminars on California Foreclosure and Related Bankruptcy and Title Issues. Ron can be reached via telephone at (949/472-2377 ext. 206) or via email at ron@rouplaw.com.
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Randy Newman, Esq.
Principal, Total Lender Solutions
 Randy Newman is one of the principals of Total Lender Solutions. Licensed as an attorney in New York since 1989 and New Jersey since 1994, Randy has personally represented hundreds of buyers, sellers, owners, and lenders in connection with the sale, purchase, finance, lease, and foreclosure of residential and commercial real property throughout the United States. Randy holds a BBA in Accounting and is licensed as a real estate broker in California. Randy is certified by the United Trustees Association as a Trustee Sale Officer, Level II California. Randy has previously been an adjunct assistant professor of business law and currently teaches Real Estate Principles to aspiring new real estate licensees and trains new real estate agents on contracts and real estate transactions in California. He can be reached at rnewman@totallendersolutions.com. [top] |
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JUDGE Stephen L. Johnson
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of California
Judge Stephen L. Johnson was appointed to the bankruptcy bench in the Northern District of California by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on October 13, 2010.
Judge Johnson received a Bachelor of Science from the University of San Francisco with honors and a Juris Doctor from Hastings College of the Law, where he was a member of the law review. Immediately prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Johnson was an Assistant United States Attorney in San Francisco, California. During his tenure, he represented the federal government's interest in bankruptcy cases, bankruptcy-related forfeiture cases, and enforced debts for criminal fines, restitution and civil judgments. He conducted both bench and jury trials. Judge Johnson served as a trial attorney in the United States Trustee’s Office from 1995 to 2002 and, before entering government service, worked in the creditors' rights and bankruptcy departments of two major law firms. He worked as a Certified Public Accountant before attending law school.
He was a member of the editorial board of the California Bankruptcy Journal, a member of the Insolvency Law Committee of the State Bar of California, and the Bench-Bar Liaison Committee for the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. Judge Johnson is an adjunct faculty member at Hastings. He is a co-editor of a forthcoming treatise on bankruptcy. [top] |
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Stephen Robinson
Deputy District Attorney, San Diego County
 Stephen Robinson is a deputy district attorney with the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. He is currently Chief of the Economic Crimes Division and has spent the past 14 years specializing in the prosecution of white collar crime cases. He has handled numerous real estate matters, including mortgage fraud, foreclosure fraud and real estate investment schemes. Prior to his current position he was a partner at the firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, where he handled complex business litigation cases.
Stephen received a Bachelor of Arts from Lewis & Clark College and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law. He has been an adjunct professor of law at California Western School of Law Since 1994, where he teaches trial practice.
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Kevin Danford
Special Agent (SA), FBI
 Special Agent (SA) Kevin Danford has been with the FBI since early 2009 and is currently assigned to the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, where he specializes in the investigation of financial institution fraud, mortgage fraud, bankruptcy fraud, and related economic crimes. Prior to working for the FBI, he was employed in the mortgage industry for over seven years as a Loan Originator, Senior Underwriter, and Senior Loan Auditor. In addition to being a Certified Fraud Examiner, SA Danford is considered a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the FBI in the areas of mortgage fraud and foreclosure fraud schemes.
In the past 3 years, SA Danford has successfully investigated numerous large-scale foreclosure fraud cases, including the Darwin Bowman/Irving Cohen case in 2010, which involved approximately 1400 properties, and the Glen Alan Ward/Frederic Gladle case in 2011, which involved approximately 1300 properties. The latter case included the recent arrest in Canada of Glen Alan Ward, a 12-year fugitive from the FBI who conducted his fractionalized-interest foreclosure delay scheme from Canada during those 12 years. [top] |
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Judge Eileen W. Hollowell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona
 Judge Eileen W. Hollowell is a Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge for the United States bankruptcy court, District of Arizona. A former private practitioner who specialized in insolvency, business representation, debtor and creditor law, Hollowell was appointed to the bankruptcy court in 2000 after 15 years of private practice. She served as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Racketeering Section of the Arizona Attorney General's Office's Financial Fraud Division in Phoenix from 1984 to 1985, and attended college at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Michigan before graduating from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1981. The Ninth Circuit BAP was established in 1979 by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit as an alternative forum to district courts for hearing appeals from bankruptcy court decisions. It is based in the Richard H. Chambers U.S. Courthouse in Pasadena. [top] |
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Rande Johnsen
President, Director and Co-founder, Trustee Corps
Rande Johnsen is the President, Director and Co-founder of Trustee Corps a division of MTC Financial Inc., based in Irvine, California. He represents many of the top mortgage company, credit unions, law firms and investors throughout the United States.
After graduating from college, Rande entered into the real estate field achieving nationwide recognition as one of the top 20 sales broker for Century 21. In addition to his real estate career, he has been an REO Manager, partner of a Southern California escrow company, title company consultant, along with managing several real estate and mortgage companies.
After entering into the default and foreclosure industry in 1985, he established an independent trustee company and became the in-house trustee for a major title insurance company. As an independent trustee, his company pioneered many of the timesaving and default methods still used today in many operations.
Since 1996, he has been part of the Freddie Mac Designated Counsel Program in the state of California. In the year 2000, along with his partner law firm, was appointed to represent Freddie Mac in the state of Nevada. Also, in the past, he has been called upon to serve as the foreclosure trustee to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Presently, he manages his company's overall operations which include services in California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah Alaska, Hawaii and Texas.
As a lecturer and seminar provider, he conducts seminars to the largest banks and mortgage companies throughout the United States. On many occasions he has been called upon as an expert witness in the fields of foreclosure, default, loss mitigation, Real Estate Owned (REO) and collections.
In addition, he operates Credit Loan Servicing, a niche loan servicing company, providing loan collection services to the mortgage and investor based industry. [top] |
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T. Robert Finlay, Esq.
Co-Founder, Wright, Finlay & Zak
 Robert Finlay graduated from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1993. His entire legal career has been in the mortgage industry, starting with handling post-foreclosure evictions and related bankruptcy matters for the California office of LOGS, Shapiro & Miles. Robert later moved to the civil litigation area, graduating to Litigation Partner with Miles, Wright, Finlay & Zak in 1998. In late 2001, he 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 was recently selected by Fannie Mae to be a member of its newly organized Retained Attorney Network. He can be reached at 949-477-5050 or rfinlay@wrightlegal.net. [top] |
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Scott Lundberg, Esq.
Founder, Lundberg & Associates
 Scott Lundberg founded Lundberg & Associates in 1991. He represents mortgage lenders and servicers in foreclosure, loss mitigation, eviction, bankruptcy, collection, lender liability and title insurance litigation. He regularly speaks and writes on these topics. He is a member of the Utah Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Lundberg & Associates is a long standing member of the USFN and the ALFN. [top] |
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Michael Belote, Esq.
UTA's California lobbyist
 Michael Belote is UTA's California lobbyist. He has over twenty-six years experience in representing a variety of clients before the Legislature and state regulators. Before joining California Advocates, Mike worked as a legislative advocate for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants followed by the California Association of Realtors. He has also served as Vice President and Legislative Counsel for the California Land Title Association. In the latter capacities, he gained valuable knowledge in land use and development issues.
Mike's activities in the legislative process have spanned a broad array of issues, including financial services, real estate, health care, the judiciary, and local government. He has been involved in such diverse endeavors as creating new occupational licensing laws, fostering economic development, shaping state tax policy and influencing the budget process.
Mike is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the McGeorge School of Law. He is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in California. He can be reached via email at mbelote@caladvocates.com. [top] |
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Armand Howell
Partner, Matheson, Mortensen, Olsen & Jeppson
 Armand J. Howell is a partner with the firm of Matheson & Howell, P.C.. Mr. Howell has over 16 years experience representing lenders in the areas of foreclosure, bankruptcy, eviction and title related matters. Mr. Howell is admitted in California and Utah. [top] |
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Elizabeth Knight
President, PLM Lender Services
 Elizabeth M. Knight is President of PLM Lender Services, Inc., an independent trustee service which specializes in foreclosures, private investor loan servicing, loan documentation, bulk assignments, reconveyances and REO disposal. Elizabeth has been in the foreclosure and loan servicing field since 1981. She has been in the real estate field (with emphasis on escrow prior to 1981) since 1977. She currently holds the position of Director on the board of the California Mortgage Association as well as Director on the board the United Trustees Association. Elizabeth is a graduate of St. Mary's College with her Bachelor's degree in Business Management. She is a court qualified expert in the field of foreclosure and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker. She is a frequent giver of seminars in foreclosure and loan servicing.
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Cheryl Blomstrom
Founder, Blomstrom Consulting, UTA Nevada Lobbyist
 Cheryl Blomstrom is UTA's Nevada Lobbyist. Prior to founding Blomstrom Consulting in 2001, Cheryl served as the Director of Government Affairs for the Associated General Contractors.
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Holly Chisa
Owner, HPC Advocacy, LLC
 Holly Chisa is UTA's Washington lobbyist. She is a contract lobbyist, and owner of HPC Advocacy, LLC in Washington State. A partner of Tower Ltd., she and Brad Tower work together to advocate on behalf of several corporate clients and business associations in the Washington State Legislature. She has over 15 years of political experience, including campaign work and individual work as staff with Members of the Washington Legislature and the U.S. Congress. Ms. Chisa can be contacted via HollyChisa@hpcadvocacy.com. [top] |
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Mark S. Blackman, Esq.
Attorney, Alpert & Barr
 Mark S. Blackman is an experienced business and real estate litigator. He represents clients in judicial foreclosures, title and escrow company disputes, creditors' rights in bankruptcy and in manufactured housing and mobile home transactions and litigation.
Mr. Blackman is a former president of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association. He has served as the chair for the Bars annual Law Day programs, which provides free legal services to members of the community. Mr. Blackman is a board member for the California Trustees Association and has served as a member of the Loyola Law School Board of Governors. Mr. Blackman also serves as a member of the Formation Committee for the Woodland Hills-Warner Center area's soon City wide Neighborhood Council.
Before joining Alpert & Barr 12 years ago, Mr. Blackman was an attorney with another San Fernando Valley law firm where he handled all aspects of business and real estate litigation including case intake and review, and preparation of complaints, answers, demurrers, motions for summary judgments/summary adjudication and other discovery.
Mr. Blackman received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles and his Juris Doctor from Loyola University School of Law in 1985. He is licensed to practice in California and before the United States District Courts for the Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California.
Mr. Blackman enjoys football and basketball, theater and music. He is married and lives in Woodland Hills, California. He can be reached at via email at mblackman@alpertbarr.com. [top] |
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Patric J. Kelly, Esq.
Senior Attorney, Adleson, Hess & Kelly, A.P.C.
Mr. Kelly has been a practicing attorney for 32 years, focusing on the fields of bankruptcy and real estate since 1976. A summa cum laude graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law, he is a founding member of, senior attorney in and shareholder of the law firm of Adleson, Hess & Kelly, A.P.C. Since 1982, Mr. Kelly has been a speaker at numerous industry seminars, focusing on the subjects of bankruptcy and foreclosure law and related legislation.
He is the author of numerous articles and books relating to the fields of real estate, bankruptcy and foreclosure. He recently successfully litigated a multi-million dollar case in bankruptcy court entitled In re Cecconi (2007) 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 1323. He has successfully prosecuted or defended numerous appellate cases. He co-authored the successful amicus brief filed on behalf of the California Trustee’s Association in the landmark case of I.E. Associates v. Safeco (1985) 39 Cal.3d 281 and authored the successful amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court case of BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation, 511 U.S. 531 (1994). Other key and landmark appellate cases for which Mr. Kelly has been engaged and won include Ung v. Koehler (2005) 135 Cal. App. 4th 186; Nguyen v. Calhoun (2003); Prudential Home Mortgage v. Superior Court (1998) 66 Cal.App.4th 1236); Abdallah v. United Savings Bank (1996) 43 Cal.App.4th 1101; Apte v. Japra (In re Apte) 96 F.3d 1319 (9th Cir. 1996); Lindsay v. Beneficial Reinsurance Company 59 F.3d 942 (1995) (amicus brief author); City of Cupertino v. Perry; (1988) (unpub); Katz v Peelle Financial (1987) (unpub).
A licensed real estate and mortgage broker since 1979, Mr. Kelly has been an instructor in real estate at San Jose State University and De Anza Community College. Mr. Kelly’s practice focuses on representation of real property secured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, real property secured creditors in civil court proceedings, and parties involved in complex real estate and business transactions. Happily married since 1970 with three grown children, he has coached and played softball since 1988 and enjoys the occasional round of golf. Mr. Kelly can be reached via email at pjkelly@ahk-law.com. [top] |
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Benjamin R. Levinson, Esq.
 Benjamin R. Levinson has been representing lenders and foreclosure trustees in all Bankruptcy Courts and State Courts in California since 1985. His practice emphasizes creditor bankruptcy representation, lender and receiver representation in state court receivership actions, lender representation in judicial foreclosures and post-foreclosure evictions, and defending lenders, trustees, and third party purchasers in foreclosure-related litigation.
Mr. Levinson is a member of the State Bar of California, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum, the San Jose chapter of American Inns of Court solely dedicated to bankruptcy reorganization practice, the California Mortgage Association and the United Trustees Association.
Mr. Levinson has been a seminar speaker for the California Mortgage Association, the California Trustees Association and its successor organization, the United Trustees Association on various bankruptcy topics and foreclosure topics over the last twenty years. In 2005, he authored an article entitled, "BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 2005--WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND HOW WILL IT AFFECT LENDERS AND LOAN SERVICERS?" for the quarterly newsletter of the California Mortgage Association.
Published appellate cases that Mr. Levinson has been counsel for the prevailing party include, Pacific Loan Management v. Superior Court, (1987) 196 Cal.App.3d 148; which specifically provided for the right of a foreclosure trustee to interplead surplus funds, and Melendrez v. D & I Investment, Inc., (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 1238; which held that a bona fide purchaser for value at a trustee's sale could include those persons that regularly bid at such sales and which held that the conclusive presumptions of the Trustee's Deed given to BFP's only apply to the statutory procedures with respect to the default and sale notices and do not apply to other requirements of the foreclosure process.
Mr. Levinson received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Santa Clara in 1984 and his Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1979. He is licensed to practice in the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern District Bankruptcy Courts in California and he has extensive experience handling bankruptcy matters in all of these Districts.
Mr. Levinson can be reached via email at ben@benlevinsonlaw.com. [top] |
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Lee Raphael, Esq.
Managing Partner, Prober & Raphael
 Lee Raphael is managing partner of Prober & Raphael. Mr. Raphael oversees the firm's bankruptcy practice. Mr. Raphael has extensive experience with bankruptcy, real estate and federal appellate matters.
Mr. Raphael's professional affiliations have included: the Mortgage Bankers Association, American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, United Trustees Association, Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Mr. Raphael has been a panelist on bankruptcy lien strips for both the San Fernando Valley Bar Association and the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association. He also served on the Central District of California Bankruptcy Forms Committee, has taught Real Property law for the Legal Education Conference Center and been a panelist on Central District of California Chapter 13 Local Rule changes for the San Fernando Valley Bar Association.
Mr. Raphael earned his bachelor's degree in Sociology from California State University Northridge and his Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law where he also received the Dean's Scholar Designation. He was admitted to State Bar of California in 1995 and is also admitted to all California Federal District Courts as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Raphael can be reached via lraphael@pprlaw.net. [top] |
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Felita Kealing
Marketing & Sales
 Felita Kealing is a Marketing Representative for LPS Agency Sales & Posting. She has been with ASAP for 12 years and in the industry for over 30. She has worked in various capacities in the posting, publishing, and the conducting of foreclosure sale industry.
She currently serves on the United Trustees Association Board of Directors and is the current Membership Chairperson. She has also served this organization under the California Trustee's Association, both Los Angeles and Orange County Chapters. She is the 2008 UTA Dorothy Schick Veteran Member of the Year Recipient.
In her community and as a civic volunteer she serves on the following boards: Central Altadena Little League and Pasadena Unified School District's African American Parent Council. She also referees AYSO soccer games on the weekends.
Felita can be reached at Felita.Kealing@lpsvcs.com. [top] |
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Rex C. Anderson, Esq.
The Law Office of Rex C. Anderson
 Rex C. Anderson is an AV-rated Arizona attorney whose clients include foreclosure trustees, mortgage loan servicers, and individual investors facing challenges with non-performing real estate loans.
For 17 years, his practice of law has helped lenders find acceptable and quick resolutions to problem loans, and comply with servicing requirements, investor guidelines, and changing laws. His clients benefit from his experience gained while handling over 11,000 Arizona foreclosures and over 9,500 consumer bankruptcy cases for clients that included several of the largest national loan servicers. He can be reached at RCA@RexAndersonLaw.com. [top] |
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Jim DeLoach, Esq.
Attorney, Butler & Hosch, P.A.
 Jim DeLoach is an attorney with Butler & Hosch, P.A. Butler & Hosch is a preeminent provider of legal services to the mortgage banking industry and provides default services to its clients in 8 states. Jim is licensed to practice law in Texas and in Mississippi. His experience includes over 25 years in mortgage banking, including managing the default division of a major mortgage banking operation and managing the default operation of a major law firm. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, and the Mississippi Bar Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the United Trustees Association. Jim can be reached at jdeloach@butlerandhosch.com. [top] |
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Martin T. McGuinn, Esq.
Vice President, Kirby & McGuinn, APC
 Martin McGuinn is a real estate and creditors' rights litigator who focuses his practice in the representation of lenders, loan servicers, receivers and trustees in complex bankruptcy, foreclosure and lender liability litigation, including class action suits.
Mr. McGuinn received a Juris Doctor degree from California Western School of Law in 1978, where he was elected to membership in Phi Delta Phi. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1975. He has written several amicus briefs on behalf of trade associations involving foreclosure and lenders rights. He has been repeatedly listed in San Diego Super Lawyers magazine in the area of real estate, a designation conferred upon him by nomination of his peers.
Mr. McGuinn is admitted to practice before the courts of California; the U.S. District Court for the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; the U.S. District Court of Arizona; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association; State Bar of California Real Property Section; United Trustees Association f.k.a. California Trustees Association; Mortgage Bankers Association of America; American Bankruptcy Institute; California Mortgage Association; REO Managers Association; and the California Mortgage Bankers Association.
His professional activities include: Member, Bankruptcy Law Section, San Diego County Bar Association; Member, Board of Directors, 1989-2005, Amicus Brief Chair 1998 to present and State Legislative Chairman, 1989-1992, President, San Diego Chapter 2003-4, Chairperson Legal Resources Committee, United Trustees Association fka the California Trustees Association; Member, Legal Issues Committee, Mortgage Bankers Association; Member, Legal Resource Panel, California Mortgage Association; and Member, Loan Servicing Committee, California Mortgage Bankers Association.
Mr. McGuinn has authored many legal articles for real estate-related publications and is a frequent speaker throughout the United States on matters relating to creditors’ rights, including the February 2003 and 2005 Mortgage Bankers Association Loan Servicing Conference speaking on Avoiding Risk and Responding to a Crisis in the Servicing of Defaulted Real Estate Loans and New Product Lines: Reverse Mortgages and Interest Only Loans. Mr. McGuinn co-authored for National Business Institute California Foreclosure and Repossession in 1995 and 1999. He authored the amicus brief filed on behalf of UTA and other trade organizations in Nguyen v Calhoun (2003) 105 Cal. App. 4th 706 and Bank of America vs. La Jolla Group (2005) 129 Cal. App. 4th 706 and Kachlon vs. Markowitz (2008) 168 Cal. App. 4th 316.
Most recently, Mr. McGuinn has authored the following articles for the United Trustee’s Quarterly: If You Promise and the Borrower Relies Promissory Estoppel Applies (2010); Anolik vs. EMC Mortgage, Court Clarifies Language which Describes Breaches in the Notice of Default (2005); Using RESPA to Attack the Validity of Foreclosure Sales, the Saga of Wanger vs. EMC Mortgage (2003); “Avoiding Sanctions for Violation of the Automatic Stay While Defending or Prosecuting State Court Litigation” (2001); “Six Angels v. Stuart-Wright Mortgage, Inc. The End of Relief in Mistaken Bid Cases? (2001); “Holding the Lines of Defense in Foreclosure Litigation” (1998). He can be reached via email at mmcguinn@kirbymac.com. [top] |
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Gary Wisham
President, Allied Trustee Services
 Gary Wisham is the President of Allied Trustee Services, a company that specializes in the collection of delinquent homeowner's association assessments. Prior to his involvement with Allied, Gary was the Onsite Regional Manager for First American National Default Title Services based out of Orange County, California. Before taking a position with First American, he has worked with other trustee services including Northwest Trustee Services and Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation.
In addition, Gary is currently the Education/Conference Chair for the United Trustee's Association. His positions with UTA have not only included the past eleven years as Education/Conference chair, but he has also served as President, PAC Chair, and Secretary and acted as President. Gary has also completed and been certified in the Basic Certification Course.
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JOE SOLSENG
Vice-President, Robinson Tait, P.S.
 Joe Solseng is vice-president of Robinson Tait, P.S. and a graduate of Columbia University and Seattle University School of Law. Mr. Solseng is licensed to practice in Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, and Washington and has significant trial and litigation experience in all aspects of default-related legal matters. He has been involved in all
aspects of Nevada mediations since the program began.
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Richard Chambliss, esq.
Shareholder, Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson, P.C.
 Richard Chambliss is a shareholder in the law firm Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson, P.C. Over the last twenty-five years, he has been involved in all aspects of real estate-related representation, including escrow, title insurance, and foreclosure matters. He has lectured for the Maricopa County Bar Association, United Trustees Association, Arizona Trustee Association and other organizations on real property, foreclosure and civil litigation matters. He is a member of the Maricopa County Bar Association and the State Bar of Arizona. He is licensed to practice in Arizona as well as before the District Court of Arizona and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has been "AV" rated by Martindale & Hubbell since 1996 and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Arizona as Judge Pro Tempore of Maricopa County Superior Court, Civil Division, from 1995 until resigning in 2008. He has been actively involved in the Arizona Trustee Association, currently serving as the President and has chaired or co-chaired the Legislative Committee for the last six years. He can be reached at rec@bowwlaw.com. [top] |
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The Honorable Scott C. Clarkson
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Central District of California
 Scott C. Clarkson was appointed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California on January 20, 2011. Judge Clarkson sits in the Santa Ana Division of the Central District of California and hears Chapter 7 and 11 cases filed in both Riverside and Santa Ana Divisions. Judge Clarkson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Federal Bar Association and serves as the Judicial Chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute's Battleground West Conference.
Judge Clarkson received his B.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington, and his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law, where he served as Articles Editor of the Law Review. Judge Clarkson is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Judge Clarkson clerked for United States District Judge William L. Hungate (E.D. Mo.) and served as a Legislative Assistant to United States Representative Harold L. Volkmer during the 95th through 97th Congresses. In his latter role, he was a direct observer of, and participant in, the creation of the 1978 Bankruptcy Code. Judge Clarkson engaged in private law practice in California from 1989 through his appointment to the bench, specializing in complex Chapter 11 reorganization cases and bankruptcy litigation.
Judge Clarkson is also a noted Documentary Photographer. His 2007 book "Windows to Vietnam - A Journey in Pictures & Verse", now in second edition, was chosen as "editors pick" by the United States Military Academy (West Point) Association of Graduates, 2008. As a photographer, Judge Clarkson has traveled to Afghanistan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Peru, resulting in a number of photography exhibits. For cameras, he uses a Hasselblad 500c/m (120 film), a Leica M7 (35 mm film), a Leica M9 and Leica M8 (35 mm digitals), a Nikon F100 (35 mm film) and a Nikon 90 (35 mm digital).
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The Honorable Peter Wentworth Bowie
Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of California
 Currently Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California, Judge Bowie graduated from Wake Forest College (now University) in 1964, served four years in the United States Navy with two Viet Nam tours, then attended the University of San Diego School of Law. After graduating magna cum laude in 1971 he was a trial attorney in the Honors Program in the United States Department of Justice, followed by fourteen years in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California, the last six of which he served as the Chief Assistant United States Attorney.
While a lawyer, and then as a judge, Judge Bowie served on the Review Department of the State Bar Court concerned with attorney discipline. In 1995 he was appointed by the late Chief Justice Rehnquist to the Codes of Conduct Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. After serving eight years with that Committee he was appointed by the Judicial Conference as a liaison to the ABA's Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, which concluded its work in 2007. In Fall, 2009 he was appointed to serve as a member of the Judicial Advisory Committee of the ABA's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
Judge Bowie is on the Executive Board and a Master of the Louis M. Welsh Inn of Court (No. 9); a founding board member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, San Diego; and a member of Rotary Club #33. He is married to Sarah, and they have two grown and self-supporting children, Heather Kaye and Gavin Bowie.
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Deborah Kaufman
Vice President Operations, Regional Trustee Services
 Debora Kaufman is the Vice President Operations at Regional Trustee Services. Deborah began her career at Regional Trustee Services in 1990. Along with overseeing operations in the Foreclosure and Reconveyance divisions, she handles complex commercial and high liability files in all eight states where she utilizes her 25 years of experience in the legal, title insurance and real estate industries. Deborah also uses her paralegal training to keep RTSC current on regulatory and compliance issues in the industry. She can be reached at dkaufman@rtrustee.com. [top] |
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Michael Le
Senior Compliance Counsel, Brice, Vander Linden & Wernick, P.C.
 Michael Le is Senior Compliance Counsel at Brice, Vander Linden & Wernick, P.C. Mr. Le specializes in advising and representing lenders, trustees, loan servicers in real estate, mortgage related litigation and compliance/regulatory matters. Mr. Le can be reached at mml@bvwlaw.com. [top] |
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Edward A. Treder
Managing Partner, Barrett Daffin Frappier Tredrer & Weiss, LLP
 Edward A. Treder is the managing partner of BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP located in Diamond Bar, California and was formerly a Senior Attorney at the Law Offices of ROBERT E. WEISS INCORPORATED located in Covina, California. His law firm is affiliated with BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TURNER & ENGEL, LLP with offices in Addison, Texas, with BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER LEVINE & BLOCK, LLP in Atlanta, Georgia and with NDeX WEST, LLC in Addison, Texas. He holds an AV® Preeminent ™ Peer-Review Rating for Legal Ability and General Ethical Standards from Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Tredrer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, cum laude, with a major in Business Management from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in June 1981 and a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in May 1984.
He has been admitted to the California State Bar since December 1984 and is also is admitted to the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He practices law at the trial and appellate court levels in every state and federal court throughout California.
His statewide practice is devoted exclusively to representing mortgage lenders, loan servicers and foreclosure trustees in bankruptcy matters, post-foreclosure evictions, mortgage and foreclosure-related civil litigation defense, title curative actions, asset-forfeiture proceedings, judicial foreclosure and receivership cases, legislative and administrative proceedings, surplus funds distribution and recovery and other legal matters involving mortgage banking and default servicing. His affiliated firms handle non-judicial foreclosures in Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia.
He has lectured on topics relevant to his practice areas before industry organizations and bar associations and is a member of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the United Trustees Association, the California Mortgage Bankers Association, the American Legal & Financial Network, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum. His firm is a member of the Legal League 100, and his Texas affiliate is a founding member of the USFN. His firm and his Texas affiliate are also Members of the Fannie Mae Retained Attorney Network.
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Jeffrey J. Todd, Esq.
Associate Attorney, Brook Bauer, LLP.
 Jeffrey J. Todd is an associate attorney with Brooks Bauer LLP. He practices in the areas of civil litigation, criminal law, and bankruptcy.
Mr. Todd attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Law & Society and Global Studies. He also played on the men's basketball team and competed in the NCAA Tournament. Mr. Todd received his Juris Doctorate from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Following law school, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kathy Hardcastle, then Chief Judge of the Eighth (8th) Judicial District Court of Nevada.
Mr. Todd is admitted to practice in the State of Nevada and in the U.S. District of Nevada. He can be reached at jtodd@brooksbauer.com. [top] |
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Marsha TowNsend
Mortgage Lender Services
 Marsha Townsend is Chief Financial Officer of Mortgage Lender Services, Inc. and its’ subsidiary Sunrise Assessment Services located in Folsom, CA. Ms. Townsend began her career with Pacific Plan of California in 1976 where she originated private money loans before transferring to the servicing and foreclosure department. In 1982, she began Mortgage Lender Services processing California foreclosures for institutional and private lenders. Ms. Townsend opened up Sunrise Assessment Services in 1999 to assist homeowner associations with their collection accounts. She has testified as an expert witness for the US Marshal’s office. In 2001, Marsha partnered with Michael Andrews where they expanded the services of the company. Marsha has served on the Board of the United Trustees Association and served as the Chief Financial Officer for the California Trustee’s Association’s Capital Region Chapter from 1986 – 2004. Ms. Townsend has taught the California Certification I course on numerous occasions for UTA. In addition, Ms. Townsend has obtained California certification on both levels I and II.
Mortgage Lender Services specializes in foreclosure services, including mixed-collateral, agricultural and residential properties in the Western States. Sunrise handles homeowner assessment collections in California. Ms. Townsend can be reached at mtownsend@mtglenderservices.com. [top] |
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Drew Hagedorn, Esq.
Of Counsel Attorney, Tonkon Torp's Government Relations and Public Policy Practice Group
 Drew Hagedorn is UTA's Oregon lobbyist. He is an Of Counsel attorney in Tonkon Torp's Government Relations and Public Policy Practice Group.
Drew focuses his practice on the representation of clients before the Oregon legislature, state agencies and local governments. He has represented a diverse client portfolio ranging from health care entities to telecommunications, commercial construction, natural resources and other general business interests.
Drew is an experienced state government lobbyist formerly associated with the lobbying and public relations firm of Conkling Fiskum & McCormick, where he built a state and local government affairs practice serving both public and private sector clients including nonprofits and industry associations. Prior to joining CFM, Drew served as legal and policy advisor to the Oregon Senate Majority Office and Senate President's Office. He also worked for U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at drew.hagedorn@tonkin.com.
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Jennifer Tait, Esq.
President, Robinson Tait, P.S.
 JENNIFER TAIT is the President of Robinson Tait, P.S. She is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law. She has extensive jury and non-jury trial experience. Licensed to practice in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, Ms. Tait's practice focuses on representation of lenders, servicers and trustees in litigated matters. Ms. Tait's practice also includes all matters related to judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, bankruptcy actions involving both real and personal property, title issues, suits on notes and unlawful detainer actions. She can be reached via jtait@robinsontait.com.
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Chet Sconyers
Vice President of Operations, First American Trustee Servicing Solutions
 Chet Sconyers is Vice President of Operations at First American Trustee Servicing Solutions in Westlake, TX, a division of First American Mortgage Services based in Santa Ana, CA. He has been with the company for 16 years. Since February 2010 he has managed the company's overall operations which includes non judicial foreclosure services in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. He has managed various other areas of the company's operations since February 1997. Chet has over 27 years of mortgage banking experience with over 24 year's default servicing experience.
He is a graduate of the University of North Texas, Denton, TX with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a specialization in Financial Markets and Financial Institutions. He has been a proud member of the UTA/CTA since 2001. He has attained certification as a Trustee Officer for California Level I and II, Nevada, and Arizona thru the UTA. He can be reached at ccsconyers@firstam.com.
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