On Wednesday, March 28, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed HB 2057 with no veto. This bill now becomes law. Most sections will become effective June 6 (90 days after Signe Die); the new NOD requirements begin with NODs issued after June 30, 2018. The bill contains the following changes:...

UTA Member Dean Prober, Partner with the law firm, Prober & Raphael, has died.  Dean passed away peacefully March 1, 2018, surrounded by his family after his heroic battle with cancer. “It is with indescribable sadness that we inform our friends, clients, and business associates of the death of Dean...

By Mike Belote, California Advocates, UTA California Lobbyist Perhaps science can help describe what a blue state California is, and we are getting bluer all the time.  In 2009, a scientist discovered an intense new blue pigment, described as “the first new inorganic blue pigment to have been discovered since...

By Holly Chisa, HPC Advocacy, UTA Washington State Lobbyist As of this writing, the Washington State Legislature is one vote away from resolving four long-standing issues in foreclosure and DOTA law: -Resolution of the Jordan vs. NationStar case -No judicial process for homes with deceased borrowers -Fix to statutory language...

Andrew Boylan, Esq, of McCarthy Holthus and Stephen Hicklin, Esq, of The Hicklin Firm, will present a Legislative Update at a dinner event on Thursday, April 19th at 6 pm at the Embassy Suites in Santa Ana, California. Topics addressed will include SB 818 in California, and the Association’s legislative...

Please join your colleagues for UTA’s California Lobby Day on Monday, March 12th in Sacramento.  UTA will be lobbying to express our concerns with SB 818, a bill that reinstates the provisions – and imposes more rigorous requirements – of the Homeowner Bill of Rights that expired on January 1,...

Please welcome three new members to the United Trustees Association:       – Sandra Canizales, Old Republic Servicing Solutions, Orange, CA       – Heather Hostetter, Nationwide Posting & Publication, Folsom, CA       – Carrisa Sullivan, Old Republic Servicing Solutions, Orange, CA  

Laurie Maggiano, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s program manager for servicing and secondary markets, has died following a cardiac arrest, according to a family statement posted online.  UTA extends its sincere condolences to Laurie’s family.  Ms. Maggiano was a key speaker at multiple UTA events, including the 2014 educational conference...

UTA’s Board of Directors has voted in the Association’s Officers for 2018.  They will assume their positions beginning February 1, 2018. Cathe Cole-Sherburn of Trustee Corps, based in Irvine, California will serve a second term as the Association’s President.  The President is the Chief Executive Officer of the Association, and...

UTA President Cathe Cole-Sherburn of Trustee Corps, has announced the Association’s Committee Chairs for 2018. –Robert Finlay, Esq. of Wright Finlay & Zak will serve as the Legislative Committee Chair. –Martin T. McGuinn, Esq. of Kirby & McGuinn, will serve as the Legal Resources Committee Chair. – Olivia Todd of...