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Real Estate Sales

Location:
Miami, FL
Posted:
January 12, 2014

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Resume:

IRIS G. HERNANDEZ, ESQ.

**************@******.***

Tel. 305-***-****

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:

Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco, PC

Attorney

February 2013 - November 2013

Assisted with the creation of policies, compliance documents, and

implementing procedures in order to obtain no objection letters from Fannie

Mae for the firm's offices in Florida and Georgia for the first time.

Oversee the client directives to ensure compliance. Create and distribute

weekly eblast with highlights of the law and/or court's procedures.

Participate in investor/client conferences and lead onsite training

sessions. Create and edit the firm's forms as necessary. Review workflow

processes; monitor workloads, sales, hearing and trial calendars.

Supervise the title department, examine complex title searches, prepare

title opinions and sign title commitments

Spear and Hoffman, P.A., Miami, FL (a member of the Fannie Mae

Retained Network) July 1990-Feb. 2013

Managing Attorney

2008 - Feb. 2013

Prepare the 2001 application for the Fannie Mae Retained Network (RANT) and

its renewal in 2009. Participate in the RANT training sessions. Create

flow charts, policies and procedures related to firm's structure, business

continuity, information security, document management and fraud prevention,

etc. Interact with the servicers and vendors as necessary throughout the

course of the proceedings. Conduct on-site training for servicers.

Create, review and provide reports, as required by the servicers, for

audits and compliance reviews. Conduct firm training to assure compliance

with servicer's and investor's requirements and the appropriate laws

affecting the mortgage default industry (Fair Debt Collection Practices

Act; Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act -SSCRA-, Protecting Tenants at

Foreclosure Act of 2009, etc.).

Default Related Legal Services- supervise end-to-end default related legal

services (foreclosure, bankruptcy, loss mitigation, evictions, REO

closings) for mortgage loans owned or securitized by Fannie Mae, FHA, VA

and other investors. Experienced dealing with loss mitigation, pre-suit

mediations, conciliations, and mediations. Prepare motions and discovery

requests, attend hearings, and conduct non-jury trials. Review

ATIDS/abstracts for title examinations and prepare title opinions for

mortgage foreclosures. Substantial experience with title curative issues.

Review and issue Owner's and Mortgagee's Policies. Negotiate and prepare

residential/commercial purchase/sales contracts. Monitor closings and

trust account reconciliations.

Law Offices of Cesar R. Camacho, Miami, FL

March 1988-July 1990

Associate Attorney

Sept. 1988-July 1990

Experience - Represent commercial banking institution, Continental National

Bank of Miami. Review accuracy and requirements of approved loans. Review

commitment letters and loan construction documents. Supervise paralegal's

closing documents and title searches. Prepare Title Opinions and attend

Closings. General Lender's litigation including foreclosures, actions on

Note and IRS levies.

Law Clerk and Paralegal

March 1988-Aug. 1988

Managed all phases of Real Estate law: Conduct abstract search, review

Abstracts, and prepare Title opinions, Commitments, Owner's and Mortgagee's

Title Policies, preparation of closing documents.

Office of the Public Defenders/8th Judicial Circuit, Gainesville, FL

May 1987-Aug. 1987

Student Intern. Represent individuals in all phases of pretrial and trial

practice under supervision of Assistant Public Defenders.

William A. Ingraham, P.A., Miami, FL

August 1979-Jan. 1988

Law Clerk and Legal Assistant. Perform legal research and prepare

memorandums. Extensive knowledge of preparing collections related documents

such as demand letters, notices of depositions in aid-of-execution, writs

of garnishments, execution and levies.

STATE COURT JURISDICTIONS

FL, 1988; NJ, 1993; PA, 1993; CT, 1995

FEDERAL COURTS: U.S.

District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida

LEGAL EDUCATION:

University of Florida College of Law Juris Doctor 1987

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Approved agent of Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins.

Co./ Attorney's Title Fund Services, LLC, FL Bar Real Property Section,

Miami-Dade Attorney's Real Estate Council (past president), Colombian

American Bar Association (past president), Southern Union Attorneys (past

president), and VENAMBAR (Venezuelan-American Bar Association).

COMMUNITY: Wish Granter at the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Pastoral Care

Volunteer at W. Kendall Baptist Hospital

LANGUAGES: Fluent in Spanish.



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