Regulatory Compliance, Financial Services, Bankruptcy and Foreclosure groups.• Director of operations for firm’s high-volume Washington D.C. area office. • Represent Global 100 banking clients as lead attorney in financial service litigation matters • Train firm attorneys / outside counsel with regards to litigation matters, negotiation strategies and client SOP adherence.• Mitigate client liability by drafting settlement and release agreements after directly engaging defendants.• Analyze obligations under Dodd Frank, RESPA, TILA, GLBA, FDCPA and FTC/CFPB actions. • Analyze proposed bills and monitor nationwide judicial trends with regards to federal/state regulation.• Lead development of risk management strategies with firm’s compliance department to limit firm/clients' risk exposure.• Draft and implement firm policies that incorporate changes to federal and statewide regulation.• Coordinate policy education and training for attorneys and staff.• Negotiate cost-effective outcomes with opposing counsel in line with clients’ strategic goals.Business Process Improvements: • Assist with creation of data analytics and metrics models to shape firm and clients’ business strategy.• Manage new client acquisition/onboarding; oversee conflict checks, and document integration.• Engage with clients as point of contact during audits and examinations of firm processes.• Develop system controls and remediation measures responsive to client audits.• Analyze exception reports; determine root cause of process flaws; develop systemic corrections.• Provide foreclosure services under loans through Freddie Mac, FHA, VA, Fannie Mae, USDA and others.• Review notices of default/acceleration, conduct title reviews, handle curative resolutions and litigation, non-judicial foreclosure sales of residential and commercial properties, deed preparations, and evictions.• Deliver loss mitigation services, including loan modifications, deeds in lieu and short sale negotiations.

• Communicate recommendations to the Courts’ chief judges regarding Court procedures and operations.• Facilitate communications and coordination between the Fairfax County Court Bench and Bar; • • Study and collect information regarding the procedures and operations of the Court system; make recommendations to the Bench and Clerk’s Office on policy improvements.• Establish dialogue between judges, clerks, and counsel to enhance operations in Virginia’s largest court.• Advance clients’ and firm’s concerns and viewpoints to the Courts’ Chief Judges and Chief Civil Judges.

• Identify key issues towards enhancing fluid Court operations for the largest court system in Virginia and addressing concerns stemming from operational relationships between Judges, clerks and lawyers.

• Monitor proposed bills and nationwide legislative trends to develop appropriate NARCA response and advocacy strategy in coordination with heads of individual state creditor bars.• Develop outreach efforts with key agencies and national lawyer groups to bring awareness to NARCA brand and agenda.

Director (2019 – 2021), President (2017 – 2019), Vice President (2015 – 2017) Secretary (2013 – 2015).• Manage organizational budget of $150,000.00.• Drafted new subpart to the Rules of Virginia Supreme Court adopted and promulgated in the 2018 revision. • Coordinate with judges and state senators to shape legislation affecting regulation of creditor attorneys.• Promote reform in the law and judicial procedure with regards to creditors’ rights and financial services litigation.• Shape VCBA responses to proposed legislation affecting rules of court and state regulation of creditor clients.• Identify and develop relationships with key Virginia judges and legislators and staff to advance VCBA policy goals.

Regulatory Compliance, Financial Services Litigation, and Foreclosure groupsLitigation Management: • Managed firm’s Virginia financial services litigation practice as lead counsel; oversaw counsel and staff.• Defended client banks against consumer actions alleging violations under the FDCPA and the FCRA.• Drafted memoranda to protect clients’ interests in real/personal property against competing creditors.• Recruited outside counsel; developed SOPs and managed counsel’s handling of client files. • Formed and managed network of local counsel to appear in court on behalf of firm throughout Virginia, which attracted new clientele and dramatically increased firm’s case volume. Developed procedure for case management between firm’s paralegals and network counsel. Managed this network by developing attorney guidelines and communicating client expectations. Managed firm’s Virginia high-volume litigation practice concentrated in creditor’s rights.• Defended clients against actions alleging violations under the FDCPA and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.• Drafted and filed complaints, discovery requests, judgment liens, garnishments, levies, interrogatories, unlawful detainers, writs of possession, and motions in limine.• Drafted client memoranda to protect security interests in real and personal property against competing creditors. Foreclosure Services • Appointed Substitute Trustee; initiated foreclosure actions on behalf of banks/credit unions.• Prepared foreclosure accountings to commissioners of accounts for final approval.• Appointed as substitute trustee by client banks to initiate foreclosure proceedings and prepare related accountings.

• Mediated numerous disputed civil matters and drafted mediated agreements in compliance with court procedures.

• Drafted complaints under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act on behalf of consumers and business owners.• Analyzed the effect of the federal Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCA) on bankruptcy petitions, particularly in conjunction with divorce proceedings. Synthesized research into a CLE course offered for credit in Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina.

• Researched and wrote memoranda comparing the then existing Military Commission Instructions to both the Geneva Conventions and the international Law of Armed Conflicts. The Judge Advocate General of the Army used the memoranda to aid his testimony at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the legality of U.S. military commissions, which contributed to the drafting and passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.•Organized evidence and prepared witnesses necessary for testimony at trial before the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. • Analyzed how Hamdan v. Rumsfeld affected detainee operations and the U.S. Army Field Manual. Reviewed proposed changes to the U.S. Army’s Standing Rules of Engagement for compliance with international law.• Helped draft Army’s response to Polish request for legal assistance with a criminal incident in Iraq.