Attorney Vanessa Widener, Anderson, McPharlin & Conners LLP, Los Angeles, California

Vanessa H. Widener
Los Angeles, California

Partner
phone	(213) 236-1613
fax	(213) 622-7594
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Ms. Widener's practice focuses on representation of title insurers, real estate owners and lien holders in litigation of real estate related disputes. She also represents mortgage lenders in lender liability and loan repurchase litigation.

Ms. Widener is a frequent speaker on mortgage fraud, repurchase litigation and recovery options. She has spoken at the California Mortgage Bankers Association loan servicing conference and the Mortgage Bankers Association's national fraud issues conference. Ms. Widener has also spoken on probate, conservatorship and trust sales.

Vanessa lives in Orange County with her family.

Year Joined Organization:: 1999

Areas of Practice:: Real Property and Title Insurance Matters; Lender Liability and Loan Repurchase Litigation; Financial Institutions including Credit Unions

Bar Admissions:: California, 1999; U.S. District Court Central District of California; U.S. District Court Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court Southern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Education:: Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, 1999
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Moot Court member; University of Southern California, 1996
Bachelor of Science
Honors: With Honors
Major: Public Policy and Management

Published Works:: What it is like to be a Real Property Litigator, Los Angeles County Bar Association - Student Lounge, February, 2007; Art of Being - Using Outside Counsel, L.A. County Bar Association - Real Property Section, Spring, 2008

Classes/Seminars Taught:: "Nuts & Bolts of Repurchase Litigation", presented for the 2007 California Mortgage Bankers Association Loan Servicing Conference; "Mortgage Fraud and Recovery Options", presented for the 2008 Mortgage Bankers Association's National Fraud Issues Conference; "Ins & Outs of Probate, Conservatorship and Trust Sales", presented for First American Title Insurance Company; "Risk Mitigation in an Unstable Market", Mortgage Bankers 2008 Quality Assurance Conference

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Los Angeles County Bar Association, Real Property Section; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Title Insurance Subsection - Steering Committee member; Title Insurance Subsection, Co-chair 2009-2010; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation Section; American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section; Title Insurance Litigation Committee; Ball/Hunt Inn of Court; California Mortgage Bankers Association; Mortgage Bankers Association (National); Women Lawyers of Long Beach; President, 2006-2007; California Escrow Association; Long Beach Bar Association; Board of Governors; Long Beach Bar Association; Member