Attorney Bios

About Reid

Reid practices in the firm’s Litigation Section specializing in financial services litigation. He represents consumer finance and mortgage companies throughout the country and has defended his clients in single plaintiff cases, as well as mass actions and class actions filed by consumers. Reid routinely handles mortgage cases involving loan origination issues, servicing issues and contested foreclosures. Reid also represents mortgage companies and correspondent lenders in repurchase and/or make-whole disputes as well as litigating mortgage fraud cases. He also has experience handling commercial cases, as well as intellectual property litigation.

Professional Memberships

• American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA), Fellow - ACMA is an association of attorneys from the United States and Canada who are highly skilled and experienced in the preparation of real estate mortgages, lending transactions secured by real estate and related practices.

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Commercial Litigation Section and the Financial Institutions Subsection, Ex-officio; Convention Exhibitors’ Committee, Chair; Projects and Objectives Committee, Vice-chair; Corporate Counsel Symposium, Program Chair - FDCC is composed of recognized leaders in the legal community who have achieved professional distinction, and is dedicated to promoting knowledge, fellowship and professionalism of its members as they pursue the course of a balanced justice system and represent those in need of a defense in civil lawsuits.

Speaking Engagements

• “Practical Way to Cost Effectively Deal with E-Discovery,” Litigation Management Conference for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (June 2011)

• “Defending Individual Cases: Contested Foreclosures, MERS and Litigating Against the Pro Se Plaintiff,” Mortgage Bankers Association Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference (May 2011)

• “TILA Rescission: Inconsistent Interpretations from the Federal Bench,” American Conference Institute’s 5th Annual Forum on Residential Mortgage, Litigation & Regulatory Enforcement (October 2010)

• “Claims Against Partners and Other Players—Repurchase Demand Litigation,” Mortgage Bankers Association’s Regulatory Compliance Conference (September 2010)

• “Disregarding ‘Manifest Disregard’ — The Effect of Hall Street Associates, LLC v. Mattel, Inc. and its Progeny on the Standard of Arbitral Review,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Winter Meeting (March 2010)

• “The Subprime Meltdown: Recent Litigation and Litigation Arising From the Fiasco,” American College of Mortgage Attorneys 2009 Annual Meeting (October 2009)

• “Recent Trends in TILA and State Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act Claims,” Mortgage Bankers Association’s Regulatory Compliance Conference (September 2009)