PRACTICE AREAS
Co founder of Wolfe & Wyman LLP, Stuart's practice involves representing primarily mortgage lenders, auto lenders, loan servicers, banks, title insurance companies, escrow companies and other financial institutes. His practice includes lender liability defense, secondary market disputes (including loan repurchase and indemnity disputes), loan fraud recovery and loss mitigation, class action defense, unfair business practice claims, title insurance defense and lien validity and priority challenges. The cases Stuart handles range from single borrower and plaintiff disputes to large high profile class actions.
EDUCATION
UC Santa Barbara, B.A., Political Science, 1988
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1991
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
California State Bar
New York State Bar
Washington, D.C. Bar
All California Federal Courts
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Stuart has long been active in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) and the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) and many of their respective committees, relating to legal issues, loan fraud, loan servicing, and ethics. Stuart is also an active member of the California Land Title Association (CLTA), the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, the Conference on Consumer Finance Law, and formerly sat on the board of directors of Diversified Title Ins. Co. In 2005, Stuart was appointed to CLTA's E-Recording Task Force to assist the California Attorney General's office promulgate rules relative to the Electronic Recording Delivery Act. Stuart also previously served as chair of the Financial Practices Section of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), as well as a director and officer of the Association of Real Estate Attorneys (AREA).
Stuart is a frequent lecturer to bar and industry trade associations, as well as individual financial institutions and other companies, including the MBA, CMBA, OCBA, American Conference Institute, and the American Bar Association. (For a detailed list of Mr. Wolfe's published articles, speaking engagements and presentations, click here.)
In addition to his law practice, Stuart also serves as a private mediator and expert witness with respect to business, real estate and finance disputes. "Southern California Super Lawyers" magazine named Stuart one of only thirty-six "Banking and Financial Super Lawyers" in 2005 (February 2005 publ.) and one of forty "Banking Super Lawyers" in 2006 (February 2006 publ.) This annual report is published by Law and Politics and Los Angeles Magazine.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Stuart is actively involved in community service. He is the chair of "Interest Free Loans of Orange County," a non-profit organization presently being formed by the Jewish Federation of Orange County to provide interest free micro-loans to students, women-in-crises, new entrepreneurs, and others without traditional access to capital. He is also a trustee and Vice President of Temple Beth El of South Orange County. For details of Stuart's professional community service, please click here.
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