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"Powered by intellect, driven by values"
Law Offices of Les Zieve employs professionals that offer comprehensive legal counsel and guidance to our banking, business, and entrepreneurial clients throughout the Western States. Our attorneys and staff are highly qualified individuals with substantial experience representing clients in transactions and litigation for the banking, financial, and real estate industries. In addition, our professionals address and resolve a wide variety of legal issues for our business clients to assist them in achieving their trade objectives.
The Firm primarily represents financial institutions and mortgage loan servicers of all sizes. In that respect, our practice areas include foreclosure, litigation, bankruptcy, evictions, loss mitigation, loss prevention, title claims, and other aspects of creditor rights. We also provide reconveyance and assignment services. Additionally, the firm provides transactional and litigation services, and general legal counsel for various types of clients including sole proprietorships, mid-sized, and large organizations.
Our Firm is based in Huntington Beach, California, in the heart of Orange County, yet provides a full spectrum of services in California, Nevada, Arizona, and with the assistance of experienced local counsel, Oregon, Washington, and Utah. The Firm is also a member of the Fannie Mae retained Attorney Network in California.
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Network and Technology Affiliations
LPS (Recognized as "Best in State" for California Foreclosures)
VendorScape
Lenstar
REO Trans
New Invoice
IClear
Foreclosure Solution, Inc.
eLoan Data
CollectMax from JST
AMN (Fannie Mae)
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Our Philosophy
We recognize the practice of law is a service and that clients deserve skilled, accessible, and responsive attorneys. Our client's enjoy prompt attention to and regular updates on the status of their legal matters. We also understand that our client's want attorneys that:
Return all client contact promptly;
Understand and care about the success of the client's business;
Listen to the client's opinions, directions, and objectives;
Offer creative, practical, and cost-effective solutions, and;
Provide transparent billing practices.
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Les Zieve
Les Zieve, Principal Attorney at Law Offices of Les Zieve, has represented creditors in bankruptcy cases and litigation for over 25 years. Mr. Zieve has extensive experience in mortgage lending and servicing, real estate, and general business matters. He regularly appears before all of the bankruptcy judges presiding throughout California. Mr. Zieve graduated in 1982 from the University of Southern California, magna cum laude, with a degree in Economics and earned his Juris Doctor in 1985 from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1985.
He has authored two industry specific publications entitled: "Foreclosed Out Junior Lien holder Retains Its Rights To Sue Borrower," and "Update on 'In Rem' Relief for Beneficiaries in Abusive Bankruptcy Cases" These appeared in First Independent's Trustee Industry News (1997 Summer Edition). Mr. Zieve is a member of the State Bar of California, the California Trustees Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and the United Trustees Association.
In February 2002, he completed the Fannie Mae Institute's course on Controlling Default. From 1998-2004, Mr. Zieve regularly sat as a temporary judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court, presiding over a variety of civil and traffic matters. He is also a licensed Arizona Escrow Agent.
LITIGATION
Grace M. Kim
Senior Litigation Attorney
Licensed in CA and NVGrace Kim has extensive experience in business, real estate and real estate finance transactions as well as experience in bankruptcy litigation-creditor's rights, commercial litigation, and general civil litigation. Ms. Kim received a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. She received her Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration from the University of California San Diego School of Law and Business Administration. While in law school, Ms. Kim served as Vice President for the American Trial Lawyers Association, USD Chapter, and Finance Chair to the Women's Law Caucus. She is a member of the California and Nevada State Bars and maintains membership in the American Bar Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Korean American Bar Association. Ms. Kim was recently named "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers magazine for Mountain States in 2010.
BANKRUPTCY
Daniel Singer
Senior Bankruptcy Attorney
Licensed in CA and NV
Daniel Singer is the managing Bankruptcy attorney at Law Offices of Les Zieve. Mr. Singer has an extensive background in bankruptcy, troubled loan workouts, enforcement of creditor's rights and remedies, finance and real estate, and also has substantial experience in Foreclosure law. Mr. Singer graduated from the University of Minnesota. Twin Cities in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Political Science, and earned his Juris Doctor in 2003 from California Western School of Law. While at California Western Law Review, Mr. Singer is a member of the California Western Law Review. Mr. Singer is a member of The California and Nevada State Bars, and is admitted to practice before each of the four United States District Courts for California, and United States District Court for Nevada.LITIGATION
Benjamin Petiprin
Associate Litigation Attorney
Licensed in CA and NVBenjamin Petiprin is a Nevada associate in the Litigation Department with litigation and transaction experience in California and Nevada. Mr. Petiprin concentrates in complex business and real estate litigation, as well as unlawful detainers, judicial foreclosures, and bankruptcy. Mr. Petiprin graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, magna cum laude, with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and English. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego, where he spent a summer abroad studying international human and civil rights. While in law school, Mr. Petiprin served as the Philanthropic Chair for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and was a finalist in the Thorsnes Closing Argument Competition. He is a member of the California and Nevada State Bars and maintains membership in the Clark County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the American Constitution Society.
BANKRUPTCY
Jennifer Bender
Associate Bankruptcy Attorney
Licensed in CAJennifer Bender is an Associate Attorney in the Firm's Bankruptcy Department. Since being admitted to the State Bar of California in 2006, Ms. Bender has represented a number of major residential mortgage lenders and loan servicing companies in bankruptcy litigation and general civil litigation claims for lender liability, fraud, breach of contract, negligence, as well as statutory claims, such as violations of Business and Professions Code section 17200, the Truth in Lending Act, and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, in both state and federal court.In 2001, Ms. Bender received her Bachelor of Science in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Bender graduated magna cum laude from Whittier Law School in 2006 after receiving a full academic scholarship. During law school, she was a Notes and Comments Editor of the Whittier Law Review. Ms. Bender also served as a judicial intern to Presiding Justice David G. Sills of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three. Ms. Bender is licensed to practice before all state and federal district courts in California.
LITIGATION
Nathaniel Brodnax
Senior Litigation Attorney
Licensed in CA and AZ
Nathaniel Brodnax is a senior attorney managing the Arizona legal department at Law Offices of Les Zieve. Mr. Brodnax concentrates his areas of practice on the areas of forcible detainers, bankruptcies and foreclosure issues in the state of Arizona. Mr. Brodnax attended Pepperdine School of Law and was a member of its prestigious Law Review program. In 2007 he graduated cum laude from Pepperdine school of law earning his Juris Doctorate degree. Prior to attending Law School Mr. Brodnax obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy with a Pre-Law emphasis from California State University Long Beach, where he graduated magna cum laude and was named "Outstanding Graduate" for the class of 2004. Mr. Brodnax is a member the California and Arizona state Bars. He is also admitted to practice law before all state and federal district courts in California and Arizona.EVICTION
Linda Seals
Senior Eviction Attorney
Licensed in CALinda Seals is the managing attorney in the Firm's unlawful detainer department. She has extensive experience in business litigation, real estate, subrogation, and insurance related matters. Ms. Seal's concentration is unlawful detainer litigation, and more particularly, trial practice. Prior to joining Law Offices of Les Zieve, Ms. Seals practiced creditor's rights law in a joint practice with her husband. Ms. Seals earned a Bachelor of Science at Law and Juris Doctor degrees from Western State College of Law. Ms. Seals also attended a summer law program at Downing College of Law at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. Her honors include an American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Brief Writing. Ms. Seals is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before all California State Courts, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Eviction
Janine Gonzales
Associate Eviction Attorney
Licensed in CA
Janine Gonzalez is an associate attorney in the Firm's unlawful detainer department. Prior to joining the Law Offices of Les Zieve, Ms. Gonzalez practiced in the areas of eviction and real property litigation, business transactions, and family law. Ms. Gonzalez graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Marketing from California State University, Fullerton. She earned her Juris Doctor from New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. While in law school, Ms. Gonzalez was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and Women's Law Caucus. She is currently a member of the National Women's Political Caucus, Los Angeles Metro Chapter. Ms. Gonzalez is a member of the California State Bar and maintains membership in the American Bar Association and the California Young Lawyers Association. -
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MANAGING DIRECTOR
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DIRECTOR OF CLIENT RELATIONS
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EVICTION MANAGER
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BANKRUPTCY MANAGER
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Representative List of Clients
Alta One Federal Credit Union
AMS Servicing
Aurora Bank, FSB
Bayview Loan Servicing
Bogman, Inc.
BSI Financial Services, Inc.
California Housing Finance Agency
Cenlar Bank, FSB
Citi Mortgage (Citigroup)
City National Bank
Community Commerce Bank
Fannie Mae
Flagstar Bank
Franklin Credit Management
Goodman Dean
Green Tree Servicing
Kern Schools Federal Credit Union
Kondaur Capital Corporation
Lender Business Process Services
LoanCare Servicing, a Division of FNF Servicing, Inc.
Logan Investments
Midwest First Financial
Nationstar Mortgage
Neighborhood Housing Services of America
Ocwen Loan Servicing
Penny Mac
PHH Mortgage
Provident Bank
Regions Bank
Security National Servicing Corporation
ServiceLink, a Fidelity Lender Platform
Specialized Loan Servicing
Statebridge Company
The Argus Group
Umpqua Bank
US Bank National Association
US Res
Wealthbridge Mortgage
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Practice Areas
The Firm primarily represents financial institutions and mortgage loan servicers of all sizes. In that respect, our practice areas include foreclosure, litigation, bankruptcy, evictions, loss mitigation, loss prevention, title claims, and other aspects of creditor rights. We also provide reconveyance and assignment services. Additionally, the firm provides transactional and litigation services, and general legal counsel for various types of clients including sole proprietorships, mid‐sized, and large organizations.
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Bankruptcy
The Firm's attorneys have broad experience in all matters arising under the United States Bankruptcy Code and State laws governing real property secured transactions, including receivership actions. Our professionals are especially proficient in obtaining relief from the automatic stay, prosecuting non-dischargability actions, objecting to disclosure statements and plans of reorganization, and prosecuting and defending other adversary proceedings.
In bankruptcy cases, we assist secured creditors with other issues such as adequate protection, the use of cash collateral, challenges to the perfection and priority of liens, asset sales involving collateral, and the restructuring of secured claims under plans of reorganization.
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Litigation
The Firm is dedicated to serving the litigation needs of our clients including financial institutions, mortgage loan servicers, real estate clients, and various other businesses. Our seasoned litigation team handles cases involving problem loans, title claims, and actions arising in connection with the purchase, leasing and sale of real estate, including foreclosure litigation.
We understand that clients prefer to resolve disputes as quickly and cost effectively as possible, and our lawyers are committed to doing just that. When a trial becomes unavoidable, our business litigators zealously advocate client interests drawing on significant experience before State, Federal, Bankruptcy, and Appellate Courts to obtain the best possible results. Our practice includes assisting clients in pre-lawsuit matters including developing internal operating procedures, risk avoidance, internal audits of business practices, and pre-litigation resolution of claims.
Our litigation team handles lender liability actions involving common law causes of action (e.g., quiet title, breach of contract, unfair business practices, and fraud, among others) and statutory causes of action (e.g., Fair Debt Collections Practices Act violations, RESPA, TILA, HOEPA, FCRA, etc.), the insurance coverage issues related thereto and other related types of controversies involving financial institutions.
Additionally, our litigators regularly handle business-to-business disputes, real estate litigation, general business litigation, fiduciary litigation, unfair competition litigation, defense of administrative actions, and construction-related litigation. We also handle collections matters, secured transactions, shareholder and partnership disputes, representation of foreclosure trustees, and receiverships. Further, our attorneys litigate mortgage fraud actions, commercial lease disputes, contract disputes, land use disputes, and homeowner's association litigation. Our clients range from small sole proprietorships and family-owned businesses to large and publicly traded companies and institutions.
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Foreclosure
The Firm has a full service non-judicial foreclosure department that operates with state of the art technology and seasoned staff to consistently exceed timeline expectations. We process foreclosures on residential and commercial properties (including "unified sales"), and mobile homes. Because we perform all "trustee" services for California, Nevada, and Arizona foreclosures in-house, our attorneys work hand-in-hand with the foreclosure department staff, oversee the work, and efficiently carry out our clients' objectives.
Having an in-house foreclosure department streamlines the handling of eviction, bankruptcy, and civil litigation actions. This is especially helpful when properties revert to the lender at sale or when borrowers file bankruptcy or litigation to stall the foreclosure or eviction process. Often, we successfully obtain orders from bankruptcy courts which deem foreclosure actions taken without prior notice of a bankruptcy filing to be unaffected by the filing, thereby avoiding costly and time consuming "start-over" costs and delays. We also defend against various other methods used in court to delay the foreclosure or eviction.
Our Foreclosure Department also handles a variety of loss mitigation matters, including the preparation and recording of loan assumptions and modifications. We also offer lien release/reconveyance, assignment, deed in-lieu, "bid-at-sale" and senior lien monitoring services. In addition, because we have attorneys licensed in several Western States, we are able to prosecute judicial foreclosures, an effective remedy in certain cases. This has become particularly important in Nevada in light of recent legislative changes.
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Eviction
Our Eviction Department works side-by-side with our Foreclosure, Litigation, and Bankruptcy Departments for the quick, efficient removal of holdover occupants from lender-owned properties. We have vast experience in both post-foreclosure evictions and commercial evictions. The Firm strives to resolve eviction cases promptly and without extended litigation. Often, we negotiate stipulated judgments and/or "cash for keys" agreements. Our litigators are skilled at obtaining money judgments concurrently with judgments for possession. In today's rapidly-evolving housing and job markets, these judgments are an effective method of recovery of funds for our clients.
When holdover occupants file bankruptcy, we swiftly prosecute relief from stay motions, often obtaining orders which eliminate the effect of any further bankruptcy filings on the eviction process. Further, we take prompt action to avoid having a court grant a stay or injunctive relief, which can significantly delay client goals.
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Transactions
We serve public and private businesses of all sizes and in all industries. From small start-ups, for which we might handle the initial organizational matters, to large-scale firms for which we might negotiate, structure, and evaluate contracts involving complex legal issues, we handle the matters facing lien holders, property owners, and space users for retail and business transactions.
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General Business Representation
Our attorneys have extensive experience in the most important issues facing your business. We can help your company maximize its competitive advantages and avoid legal problems through careful planning and the skillful drafting of contracts, leases, and other business and business real estate documents.
At Law Offices of Les Zieve, we have earned a reputation for excellence in general business representation. Our attorneys guide clients through the financial and modern challenges facing businesses - large and small. Our skilled lawyers assist with the gauntlet of issues modern businesses face such as employment agreements, separation agreements, entity formation and operating agreements, bylaws, audit compliance, and dissolutions. Additionally, we guide our clients through insurance coverage matters, real estate transactions, loan and financing agreements, enforcement of contractual rights, and the adjudication of liens.
We are hands-on business counselors that use our broad experience to deliver efficient and practical solutions for our clients as they seek to structure, negotiate, document, and close the deals that are critical to the success of their businesses. A number of our attorneys have a background working at large firms allowing us to provide the highest quality legal services, but without compromising client service and without having to charge large-firm fees.
From mergers and acquisitions to advice regarding corporate and limited liability company formation and dissolution, trade name registration, real estate and land use matters, and employment matters, Law Offices of Les Zieve provides unparalleled legal expertise. Our attorneys have substantial experience in the field of real estate law, representing the varied interests of builders, developers, owners and lenders in the acquisition and development of agricultural, commercial and residential properties.