As a Senior Partner, James Brody actively manages complex mortgage banking litigation at Garris Horn LLP and its diverse clientele (e.g., national mortgage lenders, warehouse lenders, secondary market investors, loan servicing companies, Wall Street banking firms and insurers, title insurance companies, and technology companies).  Mr. Brody is lead litigation counsel for numerous mortgage banking and commercial related disputes that are venued in both state and federal courts all across the Country, in a direct capacity or on a pro hac vice basis, in AZ, CA, FL, MD, MI, MN, MO, OR, NJ, NY, PA, TN, and TX.

Mr. Brody has made numerous media appearances and industry presentations regarding the prevention, detection, and resolution of mortgage fraud matters. Mr. Brody continues to be a featured speaker in the area of repurchase and make-whole claims, mortgage banking litigation, trade secrets/poaching litigation, and regulatory compliance matters.

Mr. Brody received his J.D., with a certified concentration in Advocacy, from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in 2000. Mr. Brody also studied under Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, A., whereby he obtained a Certificate of International Legal Studies in 1999. While in law school, Mr. Brody was chosen to be a member of McGeorge’s prestigious National Moot Court Team and had participated in McGeorge’s Business Law Forum.  Also, Mr. Brody was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Bancroft-Whitney Award, as well as the Adrian and Annebel McGeorge Academic Achievement Scholarship.

Mr. Brody is licensed to practice law in California and has been admitted to practice in front of the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

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EXPERIENCE

Mr. Brody has successfully resolved hundreds of mitigation and litigation cases that involve complex mortgage fraud schemes, as well as large-scale repurchase and/or make-whole disputes. Mr. Brody’s experience centers on those legal issues that arise during and through loan originations, loan purchase sales, loan securitizations, foreclosures, bankruptcy actions, and repurchase and indemnification claims.

EDUCATION

• University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2000)

• Drake University (B.A. in International Relations, 1997)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• California