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MortgagePoint » Your Trusted Source for Mortgage Banking and Servicing News 46 December 2025 F E A T U R E S T O R Y A rtificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the legal profession—but for mortgage default law firms, where ac- curacy, efficiency, and compliance are par- amount, the adoption of AI has been met with caution. Many firms are intrigued by the promise of AI but hesitant to embrace it due to concerns about confidentiality, ethics, and control. Can AI really help a mortgage default law firm? What exactly does it do, who can benefit, and how do you manage the risks associated with it? These are all questions that I have struggled with as a law firm owner and as someone who is much more comfortable making legal arguments than attempting to learn something as technical as AI.' While I am not the most tech-savvy attorney, I do understand that AI is here to stay, and if I don't understand it and im- plement it where I am able, I will be left behind. So, I reached out to Eyal Leeder, co-founder of AskTuring and an expert in AI who has created an AI platform that was tailored specifically to assist the mortgage default industry. Eyal answered my questions in a language that I could understand. I left our conversations feel- ing excited to get started, and I thought the conversation might be helpful to oth- er attorneys trying not to be left behind. Below are some of the questions that Eyal helped me with. Q: I see AI everywhere—in articles, webinars, in the news, at conferences and in casual conversations with friends—but I don't understand how a law firm can benefit from AI. Eyal: AI provides you with access to tools that can dramatically reduce the time that a person would have to spend on repetitive tasks, things like populating forms, creating policies, template generation, searching internal documents for answers, ensuring billing is submitted properly, marketing, and creating draft newsletters. The tasks it can handle are really endless. Q: If it can do all of this, then why do you think there is such hesitation to move forward with implementing it in mortgage default law firms? Eyal: Mortgage default firms handle high volumes of sensitive data—from borrower financials and loan documents to court filings and foreclosure notices. As a result, firms are understandably cautious about adopting any new technology that might jeopardize client confidentiality, introduce legal or ethical risks if outputs are inaccurate, or disrupt compliance workflows tied to investor, agency, or court guidelines. In addition, a default firm doesn't really manage one workflow, but dozens of separate flows based on client- specific requirements and guidelines. Introducing brand new technology into such a complex environment can certainly appear daunting. And then, of course, there's a fear of hallucinations and a general lack of clar- ity about which tools are safe, which are not, and how AI fits into legal practice. Q: Hallucinations? Eyal: Yes, hallucinations. It is when AI generates information that may sound correct but is factually wrong. Think of it like this: a five-year-old might come to you J E N N I F E R R O G E R S is the Founding Member and Managing Attorney of IDEA Law Group, LLC. For more than 20 years, Rogers' practice has primarily focused on representing mortgage lenders and services in real estate, title curative matters, routine and complex civil litigation, bankruptcy, creditors' rights, residential and commer- cial foreclosures, and evictions. Rogers is a founding member of the Colorado Creditor's Bar Association. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado. HOW AI CAN HELP MORTGAGE DEFAULT LAW FIRMS WORK SMARTER AND STAY COMPLIANT Mortgage default firms are cautious but increasingly curious about AI. Here's how technology can streamline workflows while maintaining strict compliance. B y J E N N I F E R R O G E R S