UTA is hosting a holiday party this year! Join your friends and colleagues for a fun-filled holiday party. Heavy appetizers, your beverage of choice, raffle prizes, and beautiful breezes await. The party is held Tuesday, December 6th from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm on the Bayside Restaurant Patio in Corona...
UTA President Randy Newman has announced the dates for the 2023 Annual Conference. “The conference will be held November 5th to 7th at the Peppermill Hotel in Reno. “Because we canceled our conference in 2020 at the Peppermill due to Covid, in order to eliminate the payment of the cancellation...
View Conference Photos Code: 082222 UTA’s 47th Annual Educational Conference held August 20th-23rd at the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada, Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nevada received rave reviews from attendees. The Education sessions received positive reviews from members; – On the ‘Default Servicing...
Elizabeth Knight is the worthy recipient of the 2022 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...
Ben Levinson of Law Office of Benjamin R. Levinson was awarded the Dorothy Schick Member of the Year during the Association’s 47th Annual Education Conference. Levinson received the award for his work on the Board for six years, including two years as Vice-President of the Association, and for leading UTA’s...
SB 1323 will not be signed into law. The bill had proposed creating two foreclosure tracks – one for properties with equity and one for properties without equity. For properties with equity, the trustee would have been required to appraise the property, select a real estate agent, list the property...
Seventeen Silent Auction items were sold during the Annual Dinner Event at the 47th Annual Education Conference raising $2,210. UTA thanks the companies who contributed the excellent and exciting silent auction prizes that led to such a successful event. – Josh Jacoby gave the winning bid on Beats Studio Buds,...
SB 1323 passed though the Assembly Judiciary Committee on June 28th, but it has been referred to the Appropriations Committee before it can be sent to the Assembly floor. Because the recent amendments to the Bill propose the use of a database by trustees from which to randomly select a...
By Michael Belote, Esq., California Advocates, UTA California Lobbyist Probably as long as nonjudicial foreclosure has existed in California, bills have been introduced to refine the process. Many of those bills have been sponsored by the California Trustees Association, and now, United Trustees Association. But never in memory has the...
By Holly Chisa, HPC Advocacy, UTA Washington State Lobbyist Most of you are familiar with the recurring discussions in Washington State among stakeholders about trustees – how the industry is regulated, whether trustees should be licensed, do trustees remain independent during the nonjudicial foreclosure process. The industry has responded effectively...