Areas of Practice

• 100% Banking & Finance Law

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1981

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1981
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1978
  B.G.S.
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Speaker, Escrow Analysis Issues, Mortgage Bankers Association of Michigan, Loan Administration Seminar, 1994
• Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section, 1993
• Speaker, Fair Lending Issues for Mortgage Servicers, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Risk Management Seminar
• Speaker, State Law Issues, Mortgage Bankers Association of America Annual Convention

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State of California, 1993 - 2000
  Real Estate Broker
  
  
• Mortgage Brokers Association of America, 1991 - Present
  Member, Legal Issues Committee
  
  
• State Bar of Michigan, 1981 - Present
  Member, Real Property and Business Law Sections
  
  
• Michigan Mortgage Brokers Association
  Member
  
  
• Michigan Mortgage Lenders Association, 1994 - Present
  Member, Legislative Committee
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Independence One Mortgage Corporation, Vice President, Senior Counsel, Secretary and Director, 1987 - 1994
• Advance Mortgage Company Ltd., Staff Attorney and Assistant General Counsel
• USM Savings and Loan Association, Senior Counsel
• Regency Savings Bank, FSB, General Counsel
• Michigan National Corporation, Senior Counsel

Birth Information

• October 14, 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America