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90 JENNIFER WARREN Warren Greene Management and Consulting, LLC, Principal Jennifer Warren's passion for the legal industry started at the young age of three, when she would watch legal dramas such as Matlock, L.A. Law, and Law & Order with her father. Warren became employed with a law firm when she was just 20 years old, and for the next 20-plus years she worked to advance herself and her knowledge base within the field, culminating in her ultimate goal of owning her own business and utilizing the expansive knowledge and skills that she had developed to provide services and assistance to others. "Owning the company allows us the discretion to be selective with our partners and ensure that our respective values and goals are in line," Warren said. She said communication and collaboration will be essential to being on top of, and ahead of, the ever-changing challenges of the legal landscape. Warren predicts that cybersecurity and data protection will be a hot topic in 2020 with even more threats and increased scrutiny by regulators. "Poor data management can leave your company vulnerable to threats including phishing/hacked emails and data breaches, which bring along additional compliance risks", Warren said. "It is essential that mortgage professionals eliminate any potential risk and situate themselves in the best position for uninterrupted growth." When it comes to challenges, Warren said that her company works with their clients to evaluate and streamline their processes, policies, procedures, and case- management systems to help them achieve high performance and revenue-saving practices. NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY: 23 MARISSA YAKER Padgett Law Group, Managing Attorney of Foreclosure Marissa Yaker, since the age of eight, had dreamed of being an attorney. She said she loves everything about the practice of law. Yaker said,"You truly learn something new every day. My passion for it has been the same since I was a kid, and I think I still bring that excitement to my work every day." •e best part of her job, she said, is providing legal training to her firms' clients and being on the forefront of legal issues that impact the legal industry. "Working with our clients to resolve complex legal issues is rewarding because it's intellectually challenging and keeps me stimulated both as an attorney and a professional focused on exemplary client service," she said. Yaker added that she is proud to be a part of an industry that is evolving daily, with leadership increasingly female. "As a female, our voices are just as loud as our male counterparts, and more people are hearing us now," Yaker said. "At [Padgett Law Group], much of our leadership is female, and we strive to maintain the meritocracy that our firm has always been." She added attorneys and legal professionals can help lenders and servicers by further consolidating both complex and routine work with firms that have proven expertise in multiple jurisdictions. She said Padgett Law Group offers national bankruptcy services, coupled with comprehensive default practices in its multistate footprint. "It's this kind of expertise across relevant practices and a broad geographic footprint that is, as I see it, the path to a better partnership between mortgage servicers and law firms," she said. NUMBER OF YEARS PRACTICING LAW: 6 THE LEADER IN DEFAULT SERVICING NEWS Help shape the next issue of DS News. Drop us a line at Editor@DSNews.com. Top 25 Women of Law