Elizabeth Knight Honored with Phil Adleson Award

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...

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Ben Levinson Receives Member of the Year Award

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...

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UTA Silent Auction Raises $2,210

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,...

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Role of Trustee at Issue in California

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...

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Washington State Agency Will Spend the Summer Reviewing Trustee Practices

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...

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Fannie and Freddie Speakers Highlight Annual Conference

Representatives from Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac highlight the sessions at UTA’s 47th Annual Education Conference, held at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa in Las Vegas, August 21-23, 2022. Room rates are just $75 per night, Sunday – Tuesday, and $185 per night Friday and Saturday (plus $17...

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UTA’s California Basic Trustee Certification Class Offered

UTA’s California Basic Trustee Certification Class is Offered Sunday, August 21st at the 47th Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The Basic Foreclosure Certification Course Syllabus includes Outline of state foreclosure procedures; Monetary and non-monetary defaults; Judicial v. nonjudicial foreclosures; What a Lender provides to the Trustee; What a Trustee does; Notice of...

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