Dr. Gary Lacefield Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Tx, Us

Stephenville, Tx, Us

Stephenville, Tx, Us

Assistant Professor - Direct the development of the Institute to provide alternative dispute resolution courses leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees. The Institute will offer certificate programs in conflict resolution methods including mediation and arbitration. The Forensic Studies includes the study of fraud and other criminology related issues.

CityVision is a 29 year old non-profit with a focus and charter to help families protect their housing rights under the Fair Housing Act. We help consumers understand their Fair Housing rights and help with the preparation and filing HUD complaints to protect their ability to obtain and retain housing. Our expertise addresses all critical areas associated with Fair Housing related regulatory matters. We can assist consumers with writing, evidencing, and filing a Fair Housing complaint to protect their civil rights. Our expertise in Fair Housing encompasses the practical application of the Fair Housing Act's laws as well as an insider's understanding of how HUD processes the complaints within their administration from the submission of the complaint through investigation and ultimately the negotiation process. We are uniquely positioned for success based upon my experience as a former Supervisor of Investigations and Senior Civil Rights Analyst for the US Department of HUD for almost 10 years. As our Mediator/Conciliator I work with HUD or the Respondent to negotiate a resolution for the complainant who has suffered from a discriminatory housing practiceWe provide Fair Housing and Fair Lending Education and training for Consumers and the Multifamily Industries.Do you believe you are being subjected to different treatment on the basis of your Race, Skin Color, National Origin, Sex, Religion, Disability or Familial Status? Are you a Disabled Veteran and believe that you have been treated differently because of your disability?

My primary responsibilities are to review financial transactions for state and federal regulatory compliance; prepare expert reports and testify if need be; Mediate and Arbitrate and train people to be qualified Mediators and Arbitrators. We also help people who believe that they have been discriminated against in the application for housing, apartment rental or single family homes. See summary above.

Arlington, Tx, Us

I teach the upper level and graduate Business Communication (BCOM 3360 & BCOM 5375) courses at UTA through the Marketing Department in the College of Business. In addition, I also teach the Texas State Bar accredited Basic Mediation (40 hours) and Arbitration (40 hours) courses for the UTA Office of Community Standards and the UTA Criminology Department. I am a Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series member, Chair of Student Publication Committee for 8 years, Moot Court Competition Judge, Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching nominee from the College of Business for 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 2009 'Recognized Professor'; 2006 College of Business Outstanding Lecturer; and 2005 Inducted into the Order of Omega by the UTA Student Congress.

Dallas, Tx, Us

A professor in Executive MBA program and College of Business teaching the state bar accredited Basic 40 hour Mediation Course; the state bar accredited Family-Advanced 40 hour Mediation Course; upper level and graduate Negotiations course, Advanced Negotiations-Labor Relations course, Employee Compensation course, Intro to Marketing courses, and the Business Communication courses. I retired from DBU after 20 years.

Plano, Tx, Us

Over Compliance, Quality Control, Fair Housing-Fair Lending training, Fraud training, RESPA compliance and training. Co-Developed and received Texas State Law Enforcement Approval for Mortgage Fraud 101 for Law Enforcement with the Assistant District Attorney and Chief of Financial Fraud Division of Collin County.

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Reviewed issues involving compliance, quality control, branch operations, new business development, RESPA compliance. My primary focus was Fair Housing/Fair Lending Training for the over 300 branches in 42 states. In addition, I responded to HUD complaints filed against Centex Corporation companies including: Centex Multifamily Properties, CTX Mortgage, Centex Home Equity, Centex Homes (home sales) and Fox & Jacobs (home sales).

Investigated and supervised the investigation of Fair Housing/Fair Lending complaints by consumers who believed that they were discriminated against in housing or mortgage lending. I negotiated the 12 largest settlements in HUD history totaling over $10.3 Billion in relief, as well as an additional settlement of 24 cases totaling over $8 Million for consumers. I conducted Fair Housing Act training for industry, government agencies, and consumer groups including LULAC and the NAACP.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Vietnam Era-Veteran; NCOIC of the Flight Surgeons Office in Korea, General Medical Technician Duties.

Doctorate In Education, Admin., Supervision, & Conflict Resolution

Masters Of Business Administration, Finance

Bachelors Of Applied Business Administration, Business Administration And Human Resource Management

High School Diploma, Business, Mathmatics

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