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Dr. Gary Lacefield
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Dr. Gary Lacefield

Arbitrator & Mediator

Texas City, United States · Americas
Bench: Corporate & Commercial Bench Practice: mediation arbitration Sectors: Banking and Finance Media Entertainment and Sports Real Estate and Property Disputes
Professional Biography
Our company focuses on issues involving mortgage compliance and regulation based upon my over 30 years in the industry: 1) as a supervisor of investigations with HUD for almost 10 years; 2) as an executive in compliance with a Fortune 500 company, as well as, the largest privately held mortgage company in Texas combined for 15 years; and 3) in the private community for 26 years. Our company was founded in 1989 and we provide compliance, quality control services, HUD related consultation, RESPA and MSAs, and expert reports, and opinions to local government, industry, and consumers. I have been deposed and/or testified in trial in over 180 cases. I have mediated over 1200 cases with a 98% settlement rate. In addition, we provide State Bar approved 40 hour Mediation Training certifications, State Bar approved 30 hour Family Mediation Training certifications, State Bar approved 40 hour Arbitration Training certifications, State agencies approved Continuing Education credit for RESPA and Fair Housing-Fair Lending training for the settlement service and housing industries. We also help people who believe that they have been discriminated in the application or continuing residency in apartments and single family housing. We are the good guys.
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Corporate & Commercial Bench

Contracts, partnerships, M&A, shareholder matters, trade, supply chain, and general business disputes.

Services & Capabilities
Arbitration Expert Determination Dispute System Design
Who this Neutral Serves
For Construction Industry For Global Corporations For Lawyers & Legal Fraternity
Industry Experience
Financial Services Real Estate Consumer Business
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