United States
Former General Counsel and Fortune 5 financial services executive experienced in: commercial real estate development and due diligence, CRE and residential mortgage lending, multi-family real estate development and financing, customized and agency mortgage securitizations, structured transactions, secondary market placements, REITs, DSTs, C-PACE, capital markets, private equity, institutional and LLC investments, investment property management, real property law, title insurance, land surveys, mortgage insurance, and general corporate law. Active member and officer of the American Bar Association. Independent Board Member, business advisor, expert consultant, author and public speaker. Neighborhood information regarding my profile & background photo taken by Paul Duda, July 2019: https://www.pauldudagallery.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorZbljNL3GW-iHsaroZaEXnGout6SmvcETi7SuxAuH8lIzgBrSb Located in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood on the near west side, St.Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral is the oldest Orthodox Church in Ohio. Built in 1911 by first generation immigrants, such as my Rusyn grandparents, Fedor (Frank after Ellis Island, Theodore in English) and Anastazia (Ester) Chomik (now Homick); the cathedral's architectural plans were personally approved and construction funded by the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. In this photo the cathedral is in the foreground with the city's downtown and Lake Erie in the background. Tremont is home to many more Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches and well worth a visit. Onion shaped cupolas (Russian: луковичная глава, lúkovichnaya glava) are a type of architectural dome usually associated with Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. For more information about St. Theodosius see: https://sttheodosius.org, and when in Cleveland be sure to visit my favorite tourist site, Tremont's Ukrainian Museum and Archives of Cleveland. See: https://www.umacleveland.org for an historical trip back to the city's 19th and 20th century. For more magnificent photos of St. Theodosius, our family church for over a hundred years, and where my parents and my wife, Victoria, and I were married, see the full collection to glorify our Lord and Savior at: https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x8830faa31ffe2ad5%3A0xe673f20c55f8426!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPkw-IYbj2ngituE0G0LsznU4uhpsXOxfBrMOLp%3Dw160-h160-k-no!5sst%20theodosius%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipO0LRDCmV0CXkCpjvmZOEWwGSaQGPuG3lJJ12vJ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfv7eJt-fvAhVYV80KHRFRAGUQoiowEnoECCYQAw
Axiom's 4,000+ Fortune 500 and 1,700+ AM LAW 200 experienced lawyers, from Australia to Zürich, can drive greater value from your corporate in-house department for your business and better align outside counsel more effectively with your in-house team throughout the world. Real estate is a vital component of business strategies. Today real property law has an even wider range of risk and return than ever before, as transactions become more complex and involve more sophisticated financial agreements. At Axiom, we can help with your real estate development, real estate financing and capital markets needs including: Transactional work: real estate development; office, retail, commercial, and residential leases; defaults, workouts, foreclosures, short sales, and REOs; management, vendor, and license agreements; due diligence review and counsel; Portfolio management: portfolio right-sizing; title review and negotiation; internal governance policies; local and federal regulatory compliance; Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs); loan portfolio inventories, LIBOR and index exposure; Design and construction: design, development, and construction agreements; American Institute of Architects (AIA) agreements; environmental property assessments; ALTA/NSPS (formerly ALTA/ACSM) Land Title Survey counsel; commercial real estate due diligence; and Real estate finance: acquisition and construction loans; commercial mortgage loans, title and residential mortgage insurance requirements; customized commercial and residential mortgage securitization (CMBS and RMBS), structured investment transactions; investment property management and institutional investment due diligence. Matching highly credentialed corporate lawyers with legal work across industries and practice areas enables in-house counsel to become more efficient and flexible. Axiom is the future of law. Offices: Australia, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Toronto, and Zurich
Seeking an Independent Board of Directors position for a publicly traded corporation. No startups or investment opportunities please. Current Director and Corporate Secretary of Next Generation Education, Inc., a Maryland non-profit corporation. The mission of Next Generation is to provide and promote academic instruction for underperforming at-risk K-12 students. Next Generation envisions a world where students in grades K-12 will have affordable access to quality instructional support, highly trained instructors, and the most effective online and print materials available; opportunities similar to those provided by more affluent private schools. Former President (2009-23) of Board of Directors of Palm Manor Condominium Association (Englewood, Florida) where among other duties, helped to successfully restore and obtain insurance coverage after Hurricane Ian in 2022; Former member of Board of Directors of Greystone Community Reinvestment Associates, Inc. (Hartford, Connecticut) helping to pioneer the concept of CRA securitization with First Union National Bank (now part of Wells Fargo); former Board of Directors of SecurNet Financial Corporation (Phoenix, Arizona) where he managed the SecurNet/CenTrust Bank relationship; former member of Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Dade County (Miami, Florida); elected to two more condominium association Board of Trustees in Ohio and Wisconsin and served on an additional nine condominium association Boards as the developer’s representative in Georgia, Tennessee and Florida. RELEVANT CORPORATE MERGER AND ACQUISITION EXPERIENCE: Provided M&A advisory services through Grace Capital Advisers Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee; led the CenTrust due diligence team in Miami, Florida to explore a potential M&A with Integon Mortgage Insurance in Winston-Salem, NC; and assisted GE Capital with their analysis of a potential acquisition of Mercur Bank, a mortgage subsidiary, from the Bank of Austria.
ABA Presidential Appointment to the Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI) Regional Council for Central European and Eurasian Law (CEELI) 2025-26. Member, In-House Coordinating Committee, Section Officers Conference, American Bar Association, 2023-26. Currently a member of the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law (RPTE), the Senior Lawyers Division (SLD), and the International Section. Serving on two RPTE standing committees: corporate sponsorship, and groups and substantive committees. Serving on SLD's council, co-vice chair of real estate law committee. Other SLD leadership and committees include: Deputy group director of membership & communications, vice chair of revenue & corporate sponsorship, co-vice chair of Program Committee, deputy group director of programming & service, member of nominating committee, member of bylaws & rules committee, member of communications within ABA and with other bar associations, member of corporate sponsorship committee, member of membership & membership benefits. Former RPTE Leadership positions: RPTE council member, chair of the investment in real estate group, vice-chair of the law practice management group, co-chair of the membership standing committee, co-chair (formerly vice chair) of the standing committee on marketing and social media, co-chair of the special committee on in-house counsel, chair of the social media subcommittee, chair of the securitization committee, and chair of the mortgage insurance subcommittee. Member of the RPTE standing committees on publications; goal IX/diversity; groups & substantive committees; and corporate sponsorship committee. RPTE senior liaison to the Law Student Division. Member, Membership Committee, Section Officers Conference, American Bar Association, 2000-01. Co-chaired RPTE’s first international conference, “The Evolving Worldwide Legal and Regulatory Climate for Securitization,” in Brussels 1993.
Committee membership included: Ad hoc committee on central and eastern European law initiative, financing affordable housing committee, International investment in real estate committee, ad hoc committee on technical assistant to emerging economies, task force on securitization of assets, committee on federal regulation of securities, task force on financial services and European Community, committee on international business law, subcommittee on foreign investments in U.S., committee international real property financing and secured transactions, committee on newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, subcommittee on securitization of assets, and subcommittee on multinational merger and acquisitions.
Mortgage Backed Securities; Structured Transactions; Institutional Investments; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Multi-Family Rental and Condominiums; Mortgage Insurance; Commercial and Residential Real Estate Financing and Development; Leasing; Landlord & Tenant Disputes; Real Estate Investments. https://www.expertinstitute.com