James R. Manion, III
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**** ****** ***** ***** ? Parker, CO 80134 ? Telephone: 214-***-****
Email: *********@***.***
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General/Senior Counsel, Corporate, Finance & Financial Services
Corporate, Finance and Regulatory Expertise/ Financial Services/Mortgage
Banking/Joint Ventures/Mergers & Acquisitions/Revenue Generation Strategies
Product Development/Risk Management/Business Process Reengineering/Creating
Investor Value/Asset Sales/Building Strategic Alliances
JD, BA, Senior business lawyer with more than 20 years of senior-level
management experience, combining legal skills with a strong business
acumen.
Senior-level management acumen gained over the past 20+ years encompasses:
. Selected at the age of 34, to act as General Counsel & Secretary of a
NYSE company as part of a 6-member management team, charged with
turning around a bank holding company in serious financial trouble.
Within an 18-month time period, jettisoned losing business lines,
reduced financial exposure, and raised capital in the first U.S. bank
recovery not requiring federal assistance.
. Grew in 7 years, GreenPoint Mortgage, from a $1 billion mortgage
operation to $60 billion, including the creation of subsidiaries in
Bangalore, India and BPO joint venture with Progeon a subsidiary of
InfoSys. Also formed an NASD joint venture with the Winter Group to
facilitate sales in the securities markets
. Turnaround in 2 years, a $100,000 a year net income financial
services company, into a $100,000 a month net income company, with
gross revenues increasing from $1.3 million to $9.5 million.
Core competencies: Creating a Shared Operational Vision; Forming &
Leveraging Strategic Alliances; Managing Outsourcing Providers; Leadership
by Example; Board-Level Presentation Skills; Turning the Business Plan into
a Legally and Ethically Compliant Strategy; Contract Negotiations/Deal
Structuring; P&L Improvements; and Restructuring Underperforming
Businesses. Turning corporate vision into reality.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
W.J. BRADLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORP., Denver, CO 2009 to Present
(A closely held retail conforming mortgage company)
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary - As the Company's first
in-house lawyer, primary responsibilities focused on risk assessment and
navigating the
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organization through the most significant statutory and regulatory changes
in the mortgage industry in the last 30 years.
CONSULTANT, Dallas, Texas 2006 to 2008
Advise and counsel public and private organizations on all issues of
corporate law and finance. Engagements include international organization
and contractual arrangements, reorganization and reengineering, mergers and
acquisitions and risk mitigation.
DIGITAL DOCS, INC., Dallas, Texas 2004 to 2006
(A mortgage lending, financial services, and technology company providing
integrated and automated loan closing solutions that tripled loan closing
productivity. approximately 50 loans per day)
President & Principal - Primary duties focused on growing Digital Docs into
a national application service provider for automated mortgage compliance
solutions. Hired at Digital Docs, to take a outsourced compliance services
provider from a small company with minimal cash flow to the next level. In
less than 3 years, transformed the Company into a viable competitor in the
national ASP compliance marketplace.
GREENPOINT MORTGAGE CORP. & FUNDING, INC. 1995 to 2003
Novato, California & Charlotte, North Carolina
(A $60 Billion Mortgage subsidiary of an NYSE Bank Holding Company
providing mortgage loans through a network of more than 30 offices in the
United States)
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary (1999 to 2003) -
Scope of duties consisted of providing legal services in connection with
wholesale, retail, and correspondent originations exceeding $10 billion
annually with a servicing portfolio in excess of $10 billion.
Senior Vice President, Legal, Human Resources & Corporate Services General
Counsel & Secretary (1995 to 1999) - Responsible for the provision of
legal, HR, and corporate services for a national banking operation with
wholesale, retail, telemarketing, servicing, and commercial businesses.
BARCLAYSAMERICAN MORTGAGE CORP 1993 to 1995
Charlotte, North Carolina
(U.S. Mortgage Subsidiary of UK Headquartered Barclays Bank)
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary - Selected as executive
officer tasked with assessing the financial condition of a failing company
and developing and implementing strategies to ameliorate losses.
. Financial and Risk analysis to uncover losses exceeding $600 million
with substantial ongoing risk.
. Implemented Strategy for asset sales, selling servicing assets to one
buyer and production assets to another buyer.
EQUIMARK CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1987 to 1993
(A $3 Billion Diversified Bank Holding Company offering banking services
through multiple banking, credit and insurance subsidiaries.)
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary (1991-1993); Deputy
General Counsel (1987-1991) - Selected as the only employee of the old
management structure who was promoted to serve as one of 6 executive
officers tasked with saving the organization. As corporate secretary,
responsible for counseling the Board of Directors and shareholder relations
and reporting.
Prior 1987 Professional Experience
Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1983 to 1987
Counsel (1983-1987), Attorney (1983-1984)
Federated Investors, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1981 to 1983
Associate Corporate Counsel
EDUCATION & HONORS & AWARDS
Juris Doctor, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
1981, (Class Rank 8/104)
Honors: Brennan Scholarship, second in class; Law Review; Appellate Moot
Court Board
Awards: Clerkship with the Honorable Ruggero Aldisert, United States Court
of Appeal for the Third Circuit
BA., Political Science & Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, Washington and
Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1978, (Class Rank 25/232)
Honors: Dean's List; James Clyde McGregor Prize in Political Science, Pi
Sigma Alpha
Awards: Distinguished Military Student