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Litigation Task Force

  • Gabriel Acosta
    Regulatory Specialist
    Mortgage Bankers Association
    Washington, DC
  • Danette Alfonso
    Deputy General Counsel
    Lennar Mortgage
    Miami, FL
  • Todd Allen
    SitusAMC
    Houston, TX
  • David Altman
    EVP and Chief Corporate Counsel
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    Mount Laurel, NJ
  • Richard J. Armstrong
    Executive Vice President General Counsel
    Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc.
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • Charbel J Barakat, Esq.
    Vice President & Counsel - Public Policy
    DHI Mortgage Company
    Arlington, TX
  • Lee Barrett
    SVP, Associate General Counsel
    Planet
    Irving, TX
  • Yvette Binn-Graham
    VP, Corporate Counsel
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    Mount Laurel, NJ
  • Madonna Blanchard, Esq.
    General Counsel
    Success Mortgage Partners, Inc.
    Plymouth, MI
  • Vanessa M. Blanchfield
    Assistant General Counsel
    Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
    Des Moines, IA
  • Gregory Blase
    Partner
    Nixon Peabody, LLP
    Boston, MA
  • Isaac Boltansky
    Head of Public Policy
    Pennymac
    Westlake Village, CA
  • James F. Booth, Jr.
    Corporate Counsel
    Newrez LLC
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Erin Brady
    General Counsel
    Stockton Mortgage Corporation
    Frankfort, KY
  • Sam Bragg
    Attorney
    Alston & Bird, LLP
    Sherman, TX
  • Kevin Brekka
    Associate General Counsel
    Truist
    Greensboro, NC
  • Renee Brooks
    Vice President
    Truist
    Greensboro, NC
  • Chrissy Button
    VP-Subservicing Oversight
    First Federal Bank
    Lake City, FL
  • Lauren E. Campisi
    Partner
    Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
    New Orleans, LA
  • Harry W Cappel
    Partner
    Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Carol Carson
    SVP, Chief Compliance Officer
    Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc.
    San Diego, CA
  • Kevin Chu
    SVP, Corporate Counsel
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    West Palm Beach, FL
  • Morgan Clemons
    Vice President, Assistant General Counsel--Home Lending
    J.P. Morgan
    Plano, TX
  • Brock Cooper
    General Counsel
    Veterans United Home Loans
    Columbia, MO
  • Amanda Daeges
    Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
    U.S. Bank Home Mortgage
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Joshua J. Denney, AMP
    Director & Head of Government Relations
    Western Alliance Bank
    Tysons Corner, VA
  • Courtenay R. Dunn
    Counsel
    ICE Mortgage Technology
    Washington, DC
  • Lisa Ernesti
    Assistant General Counsel
    Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
    Des Moines, IA
  • Jon Feigelson
    Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    West Palm Beach, FL
  • LeAllen Frost
    Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel - Head of Litigation
    Pennymac
    Carrollton, TX
  • Mallory J. Garner
    Senior Managing Director and General Counsel
    Pennymac
    Westlake Village, CA
  • Lally Gartel
    Deputy General Counsel, Litigation
    Rate
    Chicago, IL
  • Suzanne Garwood
    Executive Director, Associate General Counsel
    Chase Home Lending
    Washington, DC
  • Andrew Glass
    Partner
    Nixon Peabody, LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Carolyn Goldman
    Arizona Responsible Individual and Attorney
    Goldman PLLC
    Scottsdale, AZ
  • Joseph Gormley
    President
    Ginnie Mae
    Washington, DC
  • Paul Hancock, Esq.
    Partner
    K&L Gates, LLP
    Miami, FL
  • Thomas M. Hefferon
    Partner
    Goodwin
    Washington, DC
  • Laura Hopkins, AMP
    Senior Vice President of Membership, Meetings and mPower
    Mortgage Bankers Association
    Washington, DC
  • Sharon M. Horstkamp
    Chief Legal Officer
    ICE Mortgage Technology
    Reston, VA
  • Dalia Istanbouli
    Director of Loan Administration Support
    Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC
    Aliso Viejo, CA
  • David Janis
    Associate General Counsel
    Rocket Mortgage, LLC
    Detroit, MI
  • April Jordan
    Deputy General Counsel
    MidFirst Bank
    Tulsa, OK
  • Eric T. Jorgensen
    Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
    Pennymac
    Moorpark, CA
  • Michael Richard Keefe
    Vice President
    Fifth Third Bank
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Jeffrey Kibbey
    Vice President, Compliance
    Zillow Home Loans
    Irvine, CA
  • Mitch Kider
    Chairman and Managing Partner
    Weiner Brodsky Kider PC
    Washington, DC
  • Melissa J. Klimkiewicz
    Senior Counsel
    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
    Washington, DC
  • William Kooper, MPA
    MBA Staff
    Vice President of State Government Affairs and Industry Relations
    Mortgage Bankers Association
    Washington, DC
  • Paul W. Kucinski
    Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel
    M&T Bank Corporation
    Buffalo, NY
  • John C. Lynch
    Partner
    Troutman Pepper Locke
    Virginia Beach, VA
  • Robert R. Maddox, CMB, AMP
    Partner
    Bradley
    Birmingham, AL
  • Sherri Mallory, AMP
    Vice President - Servicing
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    Fishers, IN
  • Mark Malolos
    Bank of America
    Charlotte, NC
  • Michael Manno
    Regulatory Compliance Counsel
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    Mount Laurel, NJ
  • Cheryl Marchant
    Senior Vice President
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    Fishers, IN
  • Jed Mayk
    Partner
    Hudson Cook, LLP
    West Chester, PA
  • Joe McDermott
    Counsel
    Ameriprise Bank, FSB
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Daniel J.T. McKenna
    Partner
    Ballard Spahr LLP
    Philadelphia, PA
  • British Mclean
    Senior Counsel
    Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
    Des Moines, IA
  • Steven Molitor
    EVP & Chief Legal Officer
    Freedom Mortgage Corporation
    Mount Laurel, NJ
  • Jeff P. Naimon
    Partner
    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Timothy P. Ofak
    Partner
    Weiner Brodsky Kider PC
    Washington, DC
  • Anna Pane
    Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel
    Truist
    Greensboro, NC
  • Thomas V. Panoff
    Partner
    Mayer Brown LLP
    Chicago, IL
  • Kimberly Pierro
    Group VP and Assoc Counsel
    Truist
    Richmond, VA
  • Laurence E. Platt, Esq.
    Partner
    Mayer Brown LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Eric J. Pretzlaff
    Chief Financial Officer
    PrimeLending
    Carrollton, TX
  • Kate Prochaska
    Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs
    J.P. Morgan
    New York, NY
  • Mark Rooney
    Partner
    Spencer Fane LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Sherry-Maria Safchuk
    Partner
    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
    Santa Monica, CA
  • Ruth C. Saunders
    Director, Associate General Counsel Consumer Litigation
    Citibank, NA
    O Fallon, MO
  • Benjamin Schmidt
    SVP, Deputy Gen. Counsel
    Radian Guaranty Inc.
    Wayne, PA
  • Matthew Sheldon
    Partner, Co-Chair of the Banking & Consumer Financial Services Practice
    Goodwin
    Washington, DC
  • Mike G. Silver
    Partner
    Husch Blackwell LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Jennifer Stout
    SVP Legal
    Flagstar Bank, N.A.
    Troy, MI
  • Ashley Taylor
    Partner
    Troutman Pepper Locke
    Richmond, VA
  • Matthew Underwood
    Deputy General Counsel - Senior Vice President
    Fifth Third Bank
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Justin S. Walker
    Vice President, Litigation
    Onity Group
    West Palm Beach, FL
  • Nanci L. Weissgold, Esq.
    MBA's 2025-2026 MORPAC Chair; Co-Chair, Financial Services Group
    Alston & Bird, LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Phoebe Winder
    Partner
    K&L Gates, LLP
    Boston, MA
  • Justin Wiseman
    MBA Staff Representative
    Vice President, Managing Regulatory Counsel
    Mortgage Bankers Association
    Washington, DC
  • Kathleen Wood-Wagner
    Associate General Counsel, Litigation
    Citibank, NA
    Fountain Valley, CA
  • Joseph F. Yenouskas
    Partner
    Goodwin
    Washington, DC