CALIFORNIA
BURLINGAME
ComplianceEase has appointed David Kittle as senior vice president of government and industry relations.
In this role, Kittle will oversee the company's interactions with federal and state regulators, GSEs, capital markets participants and mortgage industry groups.
He was elected chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association in 2009 and has previously served on the MBA board of directors.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON
Falcon Capital Advisors said that Robert Gaither has joined the firm as a managing director to support its strategic advisory, risk management and regulatory compliance practices.
Gaither previously served as senior vice president at PNC Mortgage, managing investor and counterparty relationships.
Prior to PNC, he served as a senior vice president for Bank of America, where he was the government lending executive and was responsible for managing the relationships with GSEs, FHA, HUD and Ginnie Mae.
FLORIDA
FORT LAUDERDALE
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC said that Mahra Sarofsky has joined its Fort Lauderdale office and commercial litigation practice as of counsel.
Sarofsky's practice includes the representation of clients in the areas of real estate litigation, bankruptcy litigation, title claims resolution, and various creditors' rights issues in state, federal and bankruptcy courts.
She currently represents companies in complex commercial and contested residential mortgage foreclosure actions throughout Florida.
McGlinchey Stafford also said that Cody Peterson has joined the firm's Dallas office and national commercial litigation practice as of counsel.
For more than a decade, Peterson has represented creditors, lenders, financial institutions, servicers, investors, and real estate companies in commercial and consumer litigation.
He has handled matters relating to commercial and consumer lending, secured property, secured finance, real estate, home equity loans, lines of credit, title, lien priority, lien perfection, and federal and state regulations.
OHIO
CINCINNATI
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. LPA, a full-service creditors' rights law firm, has added attorney Ricardo Johnstone to its Cincinnati office.
As an attorney in the real estate default group, Johnstone will handle real estate default matters within Ohio.
He started working at WWR in 2013 as a legal collector until transitioning into a legal assistant role within the REDG in May 2014.
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