Eileen Rubens

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Assistant General Counsel, SVP at Citbank, N.A. @
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Orange, California, United States, United States
About Eileen Rubens

Nearly the entirety of my working career has been concentrated in the financial services industry, including six years, prior to law school, as a commercial banker and credit analyst. I have been involved in secured loan work-outs and bankruptcy reorganizations, as well as compliance and regulatory issues. I have managed defense litigation cases for default mortgage loan servicing for the last several years. Specialties: Banking and Financial Services: Litigation, Regulatory and Compliance, Bankruptcy and Work-Out strategies

Eileen Rubens's Current Company Details
Citbank, N.A.

Citbank, N.A.

Assistant General Counsel, SVP at Citbank, N.A.
Eileen Rubens Work Experience Details
  • Citbank, N.A.
    Assistant General Counsel, Svp
    Citbank, N.A. Aug 2013 - Present
    Fountain Valley, Ca
    Manage the defense of several hundred mortgage litigation matters brought against subsidiary, CitiMortgage, Inc.
  • Citibank, N.A.
    Contract Attorney Through Hudson Global
    Citibank, N.A. Jul 2011 - Aug 2013
    Fountain Valley, Ca
    Currently on contract with Citibank Legal Department through Hudson Global to oversee and manage default mortgage litigation matters.
  • Acc Capital Holdings
    Senior Counsel
    Acc Capital Holdings Jan 2006 - Mar 2010
    Managed residential mortgage and servicing litigation matters involving Ameriquest Mortgage, Argent Mortgage and/or AMC Mortgage Services including alleged violations of FDCPA, FCRA, and RESPA, TILA as well as UDAP and state-equivalent claims, including class actions, in state and federal courts across the U.S. Interfaced regularly with third party loan servicers in order to effectuate loan modifications as a means of litigation resolution. Communicated regularly with securitization trustees involving various litigation matters. Responded to inquiries by state regulators and attorneys general complaints. Recognized critical need to obtain and preserve data and database systems from sold loan servicing company; initiated data retrieval project with acquiring company and worked with IT project team to ensure data was retrieved, preserved and searchable, which proved invaluable in subsequent litigation.
  • Amc Mortgage Services
    Senior Counsel Regulatory And Compliance
    Amc Mortgage Services Jan 2006 - Mar 2007
    Supported mortgage loan servicer, AMC Mortgage Services (“AMC”), to ensure regulatory compliance with federal and state laws. Reviewed and drafted policies and procedures to comply with state and federal law, including RESPA, FDCPA and FCRA. Reviewed corporate responses to regulatory complaints; worked with the MBA loan servicing subcommittee to review and develop documentation and servicing protocols for borrowers that were to receive grant monies arising from the Hurricane Katrina federal block grants issued to the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. Involved in various Mortgage Banker Association subcommittees addressing legal and regulatory matters. Analyzed Texas tax lien transfer issue, provided the legal response to Texas tax lien legislation and worked with company-retained lobbyists to address with the Texas legislature.
  • Ameriquest Mortgage Company
    Senior Counsel
    Ameriquest Mortgage Company Jan 2006 - Mar 2006
    Legal Department moved to holding company, ACC Capital Holdings Corporation in March 2006
  • Imperial Credit Industries
    General Counsel, Senior V.P.
    Imperial Credit Industries Jun 2002 - Aug 2005
    Senior VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, June 26, 2002 to July 17, 2003. Promoted to General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of ICII, a publicly-traded financial services holding company and its subsidiaries, including SPB, a California Industrial Bank. Heavily involved in negotiations arising from the recapitalization efforts of the bank including restructuring of ICII’s privately-issued senior secured debt and four layers of debt subject to an indenture. Handled numerous other legal, corporate and litigation matters. Interfaced regularly with directors, federal and state regulators, participated in board meetings and authored board minutes. July 17, 2003 to August 2005After the CA DFI named the FDIC receiver of SPB in February 2003, addressed work-out and litigation, corporate governance and related issues with respect to ICII and its non-bank subsidiaries. Chosen by the Board of Directors to remain as the sole remaining employee of the holding company and charged with liquidating company assets as the Chapter 11 DIP. Responsibilities included the liquidation of the company’s interests in a CDO, real property, a subsidiary, and a film loan portfolio. Terminated the company’s 401-K plan and worked with the plan administrator to effectuate the same. Communicated regularly with creditors’ counsel. Worked with bankruptcy and litigation counsel to maximize potential recovery to creditors. Addressed potential claims asserted against the estate and initiated claim objection litigation against the FDIC. Developed legal theories and initiated litigation against various parties, including a former director that involved the company in a sham tax shelter. Obtained bankruptcy court approval to retain litigation counsel on a contingency basis to continue litigation against a pool insurer of securitized auto loans originated by a former subsidiary, resulting in a multimillion settlement after two jury trials in the Northern District of Illinois.
  • Southern Pacific Bank
    General Counsel, Senior Vice President
    Southern Pacific Bank Jun 2002 - Feb 2003
    Transferred from asset-based lending division of the bank to General Counsel position at headquarters during critical effort to recapitalize the bank under regulatory orders from the CA DFI and the FDIC. Despite approval from the CA DFI, the FDIC would not approve the recapitalization plan, and, as a result, the DFI declared the bank insolvent and named the FDIC receiver in February 2003. Key participant in turnaround effort of new management team to satisfy regulatory orders issued by the FDIC and the CA DFI to recapitalize the bank, designated a troubled institution under applicable regulations. Heavily involved with negotiations to recapitalize with investor. Worked with outside counsel in addressing various corporate, bank regulatory and litigation matters. Interfaced regularly with new bank directors, participated in board meetings and authored board minutes. Approved by the FDIC and DFI as a corporate officer. Despite approval by the DFI to consummate the recapitalization agreement, the FDIC rejected the plan and on February 7, 2003, the bank was placed into receivership.
  • Coast Business Credit, A Division Of Southern Pacific Bank
    Senior V.P. Legal Liaison, Attorney
    Coast Business Credit, A Division Of Southern Pacific Bank Mar 1997 - Jun 2002
    Responsible for developing and implementing work-out strategies for borrowers subject to asset-based loan facilities that were in default; addressed bankruptcy matters, mergers and acquisitions, and coordinated with borrowers’ creditors’ committees and various counsel; supervised outside litigation counsel; actively participated in multi-million litigation case against certain former officers of a borrower and borrower’s counsel in a $6 million dollar claim; reviewed existing loan documentation for troubled credits and addressed deficiencies that put company’s secured position at risk; provided guidance and instruction to portfolio management relating to risk avoidance; reviewed contracts, and supplied additional due diligence on a variety of matters. Promoted June 2002. See Southern Pacific Bank and ICII, above.Vice President, Loan Documentation, March 1997 to August 1997Responsible for documenting and negotiating commercial finance-related loan and security documents, in association with outside counsel, for multi-million dollar transactions.
  • Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy Llp
    Associate
    Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy Llp Oct 1993 - Mar 1997
    Associate, Litigation Department, October 1994 to February 1997 Responsible for case management of several commercial disputes, including settlement and preparation for trial. Member of four-person trial team for multi-million dollar patent malpractice case in September 1996. Member of two to three person teams in landlord/tenant, bankruptcy claims, multi-party breach of contract, leveraged lease, and oil & gas disputes in both state and federal courts. In February 1995, authored initial drafts of appellees' opposition brief before the Ninth Circuit, which affirmed the decision below. In October 1996, primary author of respondents' brief in opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. Member of Recruiting Committee.Associate, Bankruptcy Department, October 1993 to October 1994Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda on various bankruptcy and/or litigation issues for cases in both federal and state courts, as well as for professional panels. Admitted to the California State Bar, December 1993. Drafted and filed bankruptcy claim objections; drafted and filed various pleadings for defendant of a multi-million dollar adversary claim. Summer 1992: Summer Associate
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    Summer Intern
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Jun 1991 - Aug 1991
    Summer 1991: Summer Intern Split summer between Bankruptcy Section and Advisory Section. Prepared various pleadings. Drafted legal memoranda on various applications of FIRREA to inquiries and claims of depositors, other bank creditors and borrowers of banks in receivership. Reviewed files and provided fact summaries. Attended court proceedings.
  • Bank Of California
    Loan Officer
    Bank Of California Jun 1989 - Aug 1990
    Loan Officer, Entertainment Lending, March 1990 to August 1990Initiated marketing calls on existing and prospective clients. Managed a portfolio of entertainment-related business management clients. Completed the "Commercial Analysis for Lenders" cash flow seminar offered by Financial Proforma's, Inc. Continued to perform tasks described below.Banking Officer, Entertainment Lending, June 1989 to March 1990Prepared financial analyses and drafted loan presentations of various entertainment-related loan requests. Performed various administrative tasks associated with bank-financed negative pick-ups (loans to independent production companies whose films were to be distributed by Orion and Disney, among others), including supervising negative pick-up loan advance requests, tracking film budgets against bank advances; interfacing with outside counsel, producers, and distributors. Coordinated the United Way Campaign during 1989. Promoted to Loan Officer in March, 1990.
  • Marine Midland Bank, N.A.
    Credit Analyst
    Marine Midland Bank, N.A. Jul 1988 - Apr 1989
    Prepared financial analyses and drafted loan presentations of commercial loan requests.
  • Mbank El Paso, N.A.
    Commercial Loan Officer, Regional Lending Division
    Mbank El Paso, N.A. Jul 1984 - Sep 1987
    Commercial Loan Officer, Regional Lending Division, August 1986 to September 1987 Managed a portfolio of $60 million of commercial bank loans. Participated in loan work-outs. Closed new loans. Foreclosed on unimproved real property. Prepared financial and collateral documents. Researched and prepared credit analyses of loan requests directly for bank president.Senior Credit Analyst/Credit Analyst, Commercial Lending, January 1985 to August 1986Prepared financial analyses and drafted loan presentations of commercial loan requests for loan committee approval. Experience included real estate development loans, building contractors, Fed Fund lines, standard business and S.B.A. loan requests, and automobile retail paper and floor plan requests. As a Senior Analyst, trained and assisted in the evaluation of management trainees entering as Level I analysts. Served on a five-member ad-hoc committee that formulated a five-year plan. Served on Participations Committee, which evaluated acceptability of loan participations offered by other banks within MBank system.Management Trainee, July 1984 to December 1984

Eileen Rubens Skills

Mortgage Lending Loan Servicing Due Diligence Asset Backed Lending Banking Commercial Lending Underwriting Credit Analysis Bankruptcy Instruction Chapter 11 Litigation Mortgage Servicing Compliance Courts Credit Real Estate Finance Portfolio Management Loans Capital Markets Negotiation Legal Research Risk Management Executive Management Insurance Fraud Mergers

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