MARY ELLEN STOCKMAN
Clearwater, FL 33756
**********@*****.*** • 727-***-****
QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
• Legal experience: bankruptcy, debtor and creditor representation, asset protection for debtors, litigation, assessment of business opportunities, real estate contracts, formation of business entities, limited appellate representation, and other general legal representation.
• Comprehensive understanding of legal issues related to bankruptcy, real estate development, investment vehicles, mortgage financing, property valuation, real estate and commercial loans, contracts, publicly traded securities and real estate securities. Familiar with insurance products, generally accepted accounting principles and procedures and financial statements, and business tax issues.
• Goal oriented. Ability to adapt; excellent multi-tasking skills, solves problems, supportive, amicable and cooperative with associates. Attentive, responsive and courteous to clients.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SUN BAY MORTGAGE, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
Licensed Mortgage Broker 2007 – Present
Place all categories of mortgage loans. Knowledgeable regarding Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, commercial, portfolio and hard money lending, sub-prime and FHA lending. Familiar with new FHA guidelines. Able to provide financing for chapter 7 and 13 debtors, including chapter 13 buyouts. Can provide financing for challenged borrowers previously rejected by other lenders.
THE STOCKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC, PHOENIX AND SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
1999 – 2007
Law practice with a primary focus on business issues, contracts, business venture analysis, formation of business entities, business and personal bankruptcy. Also prepared wills and living wills, and reviewed trust agreements. Assertive advocate and responsive to all clients, trustees, and opposing counsel in timely manner. Successful in filing actions and opposing actions for the benefit and protection of the firm’s clients.
SPECTRUM FINANCIAL GROUP, INC, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
Mortgage Loan Officer 2005 - 2007
Placed prime, sub-prime, Alt-A, portfolio, and hard money loans. Worked directly with wholesale representatives, underwriters, title officers and appraisers. Placed mortgage loans for borrowers in bankruptcy, for chapter 13 buyouts, and after bankruptcy discharge, or with other special circumstances. Placed mortgage financing for borrowers who had been turned down for financing by other lenders.
LONG & FOSTER REAL ESTATE, COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND
Associate Broker and Executive Vice President 1987 - 1995
Specialized in the lease and sale of commercial and industrial properties, land sales, development, and site acquisition. Negotiated multi-million dollar contracts. Assisted clients by working with their engineers and architects, preparing financial proformas, provided financing, and in all aspects of the sale, purchase, study, and development of real property from listing, then contract for sale, through closing.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW (FLORIDA) CLASS OF 1998
Juris Doctorate; graduated cum laude; focus on business studies including business entities, corporations, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, real estate, land use, chapter 11 reorganization, and commercial law. Chosen above other applicants and interned at the Assistant UST’s office in Miami, Florida (1997). Also, took LLM classes in corporate tax, tax fraud and money laundering, T&E, and tax exempt organizations.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CLASS OF 1995
BA in Sociology. Study of Groups. Including studies in statistics, demography, global health and welfare, and philosophical and structural differences in governments and societies.
STRAYER COLLEGE (WASHINGTON, DC) CLASS OF 1993
Accounting and computer science. Attended 2.5 years. No degree obtained.
REAL ESTATE EDUCATION 1980 - 1992
Including, but not limited to CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Management), SRA (Society of Real Estate Appraisers), Real Estate Securities, Creative Commercial Financing, substantial sales training, including Tom Hopkins sales training and Dale Carnegie real estate sales training, GRI, Brokers licensing and ongoing licensing educational requirements.
LICENSES AND MEMBERSHIPS
FORMER:
SERIES 6 SECURITIES LICENSE (MD 1980-1989) INSURANCE LICENSE (MD 1980-1989); MD REAL ESTATE BROKER until 1995.
CURRENT:
MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA BAR in good standing (1998-present); FLORIDA MORTGAGE BROKER LICENSE (2007-present); FLORIDA REAL ESTATE LICENSE (2007-present).