Zac Addison

About Zac Addison

I am a motivated and effective leader in recruiting volunteer attorneys to serve low-income residents. For many years I served as a results-driven mortgage litigation attorney and recovery operations executive with extensive expertise and success in managing pre-litigation and litigation recoveries for leading publicly and privately held mortgage lenders and banks. I demonstrate a deep understanding of mortgage servicing and originations processes as well as litigation risks. I serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives and partners in risk, legal, capital markets, servicing, and originations. I am known for building, training and motivating high performing teams and providing excellent customer service.Areas of Expertise:• Management of outside counsel and in-house litigation paralegals • Leading title insurance claim, criminal restitution, repurchase, contested foreclosure and bankruptcy case resolutions • Drafting contracts, demand letters, pleadings, discovery responses and settlement agreements • Process mapping and improvements leveraging technology to reduce expenses and increase revenue • Leading, inspiring and developing world-class teams• Training individual contributors and unit managers• Collaborative problem solving• Root cause analysis• Excellent communication skills• Public Speaking• Negotiation• Mediation• Coaching• Microsoft OfficeSome Examples of My Contributions:• Evaluated over 100 suspended correspondent lending clients and strength of unpaid repurchase claims to prioritize recovery of over $30 million through litigation and settlements, closing out unrecoverable claims, and consulting risk team in evaluating clients for reactivation.• Developed emerging future leaders by working to mentor and position them for growth as demonstrated by placing four direct reports in business analyst and unit manager positions which led to further promotions.• Grew and led teams resolving over title issues in foreclosure cases, spearheading interdepartmental review of process flows to fill process gaps, prevent default judgment losses in third-party foreclosures, maximize title insurance claim recoveries, shorten case aging, and charge off aged losses.• Drafted and implemented sworn document procedures for multiple departments to fulfill regulatory requirements.

Experience

1. New Mexico Legal Aid

   Dec 2023 — Present · Albuquerque, NM, US

Education

• Florida State University

  BS, Communications

• California Western School of Law

  JD, Law

• Mortgage Bankers Association

  Mortgage Compliance Achievement Certificate, Mortgage Compliance