Michelle Mierzwa is the worthy recipient of the inaugural (2017) ‘Phil Adleson Award’. The award will be 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 educated...
Note: This article was provided by Wright, Finlay & Zak Several years ago, a jury in a remote farming community outside of Sacramento sent a widely heard message to loan servicers when it awarded a borrower $16MM in damages over PHH’s alleged failure to properly implement a loan modification. As...
By Mike Belote, California Advocates, UTA California Lobbyist By now it is likely that most UTA members are aware of the enactment of SB 2, imposing a $75 surcharge on recording real estate documents, effective on January 1st of the new year. What is not known is how fifty-eight different...
By Holly Chisa, HPC Advocacy, UTA Washington State Lobbyist First, thank you to those who attended the UTA Annual Conference in November, 2017. I appreciate the input you provided throughout the conference on policies before the Washington State Legislature, including potential fee increases and active legislation we’re working on for...
Marsha Townsend of Mortgage Lender Services was awarded the Dorothy Schick Veteran Member of the Year Award while Andrew Boylan, Esq. of McCarthy Holthus was the recipient of the Association’s Suzanne Kelly New Member of the Year award at the UTA’s annual meeting, held November 7th during the Association’s 41st...
The United Trustees Association held an election of the general membership at the Association’s Annual Meeting on November 6th, 2017. The election was mandated by the Association’s bylaws. Re-Elected as Directors were Martin McGuinn of Kirby & McGuinn and Elizabeth Knight of PLM Lender Services. Joyce Copeland Clark of Wright...
The attorneys and employees at Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. (“T&B”) banded together and collected $2,600 for the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief effort to help the thousands of lives that have been affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Hurricane Irma in Florida and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. “We raised...
UTA’s 2017 Annual Dinner event paid homage to the 80’s with an evening of dinner, drinks, 80’s music and two games of ‘Family Feud’. Family Feud’s categories included ‘The Coolest Bands of the 80’s’; ‘The Most Admired People of the 80’s’ and the ‘Totally Bitchin’ Phrases from the 80’s’ as...
Seventeen Silent Auction items were sold during the Annual Dinner Event at the 42nd Annual Education Conference raising $2,500 for the Association. UTA thanks the companies who contributed the excellent and exciting silent auction prizes that led to such a successful event. -Alan Burton gave the winning bid on an...
UTA held a bowling tournament in the private Kingpin Club at the National Bowling Center in Reno, Nevada on November 5th. While the second game included fun bowling adventures – such as spinning before bowling; bowling between a teammates legs; and bowling while sitting down – the first game was...