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MortgagePoint ยป Your Trusted Source for Mortgage Banking and Servicing News 22 August 2024 M O V E R S & S H A K E R S Michigan, Schneiderman & Sherman was founded in 1996 and is a member of the Legal League. Pandiyaraj will play a crucial part in managing a caseload of complex litigation matters, while overseeing the firm's attorney group to ensure efficient case distribution and workload management. Her responsibilities will include providing strategic advice and counsel to both clients and staff on litigation-related issues. "We are thrilled to have Indra join our team and are confident her experi- ence in high-volume, sensitive real estate litigation along with her expertise in areas of practice efficiency, will be a great benefit to our firm" said Neil Sherman, Managing Partner at Schneiderman & Sherman. Prior to joining Schneiderman & Sher- man, Pandiyaraj served as an Associate Attorney at Soble Law PLC, in Farmington Hills, Michigan, where she independently managed a diverse caseload of complex real estate and financial disputes. Her commitment to public service and community advocacy is additionally reflected in her tenure at Lakeshore Legal Aid in Detroit, where she held the role of Supervising Attorney for the Detroit Eviction Team, ensuring high-quality legal representation for her clients. Pandiyaraj graduated in the top 2% of her class from one of India's most prestigious law schools, TamilNadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, earning an Honors Law degree. Upon her relocation to the United States, she embarked on fur- thering her legal career, obtaining an LLM in Corporate & Finance Law from Wayne State University in 2018. STERN & EISENBERG APPOINTS NEW COO Warrington, Pennsylvania-based full-service law firm Stern & Eisenberg has announced the appointment of Patrick O'Brien to the role of COO, bringing more than 27 years of industry expertise and leadership in the mortgage default industry to his new role. "I am excited to have Patrick as our Chief Operating Officer," said Steven Eisenberg Esq., Founding Shareholder at Stern & Eisenberg. "He is the strategic leader I have wanted to enable Stern & Eisenberg to grow our ability to assist our clients with their everyday legal needs while also allowing our attorneys to focus on providing creative legal solutions when needed. Patrick will continue to be an important team member involved in the success of Stern & Eisenberg." O'Brien has developed a strong repu- tation and fostered life-long industry rela- tionships with servicers, investors, banks, and financial industry partners and will focus on providing transparency across Stern & Eisenberg's multistate footprint for all team members and clients. "Change is constant in the mortgage default space and being adaptable while al- ways working toward a shared vision is the key to success," O'Brien said. "The firm has history of proven success, and I am looking forward to contributing to future successes." Stern & Eisenberg provides legal rep- resentation in a variety of matters through- out the firm's footprint, with a focus on creditors' rights, including representation of secured creditors in connection with residential and commercial foreclosures, bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation, REO and post-foreclosure conveyanc- ing, loss mitigation/loan modifications, evictions, as well as other general practice areas including, but not limited to, real es- tate and business law; commercial and cor- porate litigation, real estate closings, estate planning and administration throughout the firm's larger footprint. Stern & Eisenberg's multistate foot- print for GSE matters includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia. The firm also has attorneys licensed in additional states, including, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. TOP FINANCIAL SERVICES ENFORCEMENT ATTORNEY JOINS KATTEN Katten has an- nounced that Matthew Kluchenek has joined its Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement practice as a Partner based in Chicago, bolstering the firm's enforcement practice. Kluchenek is a seasoned derivatives lawyer, having served as an Associate General Counsel at the world's leading derivatives market- place, and as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at one of the world's largest trading firms before focusing on matters of financial enforce- ment and regulation as a Partner at AmLaw 25 law firms. "Matt's broad-based experience in the futures and derivatives industry is an ideal fit for our group. He has unique skills that build on our ability to manage litigation and regulatory risks across all products and regulators in the financial markets," Katten Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement Chair Christian Kemnitz said. "We're excited about his arrival as he adds top-tier talent to the skills and resources we can deploy for our clients." Kluchenek joins a group of more than 30 Katten attorneys dedicated to resolving litigation and enforcement disputes for fi- nancial firms, enhancing its long-standing experience in the derivatives markets. "I am thrilled to join a firm that offers clients unprecedented depth and breadth in the trading and financial market spac- es," Kluchenek said. "I am looking forward to providing opportunities to my clients to tap into an industry-leading team." Kluchenek helps clients with investi- gations and enforcement actions by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other government agen- cies regarding an array of matters. These include disruptive trading, manipulation, noncompetitive trading, supervisory fail- ures and fraud related to derivatives, and cryptocurrency market participants, sell and buy side, as well as a growing number of other matters. Further, Kluchenek is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he teaches Derivatives Law and Practice.