Interview with Steve Hicklin.   Who is Steve Hicklin, what do you do and for what company? I have been an attorney in California for 34 years, and I am also admitted in Texas and Washington state.  In 2018, I created my own law firm, The Hicklin Firm, with offices in...

Interview with Kayo Manson-Tompkins.   Who is Kayo, what do you do and for what company? I am the managing foreclosure and eviction attorney for The Wolf Firm: – Oversee all aspects of new and pending foreclosures – Oversee all aspects of new and pending evictions – Title claim matters –...

Interview with Edward Treder. Who is Ed Treder, what do you do and for what company? I am the managing partner of Barrett Daffin Frappier Treder & Weiss, LLP, part of the BDF Law Group, based in Addison, Texas. We have offices in California, Nevada & Arizona with colleagues and affiliates...

Interview with Susan Pettem. Who is Susan, what do you do and for what firm? A longtime title industry national sales executive for primarily Fidelity National Financial (FNF)-owned title companies, Susan’s legacy business footprint is focused on residential & commercial mortgage and attorney-driven title and escrow transactional business. Although her background...

    UTA’s 46th Annual Educational Conference held November 7th-9th at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nevada received very high reviews by attendees. The Education sessions received positive reviews from members; –  On the ‘Default Servicing Economic Forecast’ session, sponsored by First American Mortgage Solutions with Rick Sharga: “Rick is  a great...

After a tumultuous pandemic year in the Capitol, the California legislature is on fall recess until Monday, January 3, 2022.  As predicted, the 773 new laws enacted by the legislature and signed by Governor Newsom are almost double the number enacted last year, when the legislature was forced to close...

Work in Washington ramps up as we prepare for the 2022 legislative session.  After a great UTA conference in November, the input we received from members gives us good direction for policy proposals in Washington State. We continue to meet with various stakeholders to discuss the surplus funds bill and...

Robert Finlay is the worthy recipient of the 2021 Phil Adleson Education & Advocacy Award.  The award is 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...

Chet Sconyers of First American Mortgage Solutions was awarded the Dorothy Schick Member of the Year Award at the UTA’s annual meeting, held November 8th during the Association’s 46th Annual Education Conference. Sconyers received the award for serving as a Director to UTA and Treasurer for two years. “He has...

Nineteen Silent Auction items were sold during the Annual Dinner Event at the 46th Annual Education Conference raising $2,410, a record high, for the Association.  UTA thanks the companies who contributed the excellent and exciting silent auction prizes that led to such a successful event. –  Rande Johnsen gave the...