Amicus Briefs


ALFN AMICUS BRIEFS COMMITTEE
The ALFN Amicus Briefs Committee monitors appellate cases with the potential for major industry or practitioner impact. The group reviews and approves submitted cases as well as coordinates position development, authorship, and submission of amicus briefs on behalf of the ALFN. The Amicus Briefs Committee meets quarterly and as cases are suggested and thereafter as necessary. To request the ALFN's support as a friend of the court in a case pertinent to the mortgage servicing industry, contact info@alfn.org. ALFN members may submit cases to the Amicus Briefs Committee for review at any point by emailing info@alfn.org.  

Click here to join the Amicus Brief Group (website login required).

Review the guidelines ALFN utilizes when reviewing and filing Amicus Curiae Briefs, which also contains an application to complete if you are interested in proposing a case for ALFN to consider filing an Amicus Brief (PDF format)(WORD format).  Or you may access the application to complete here.
 
Amicus Leadership Team:
  • Chair (Law Firm/Foreclosure Trustee member, must be an Attorney)
    • Chris Picard, Esq. – Neubert, Pepe, & Monteith, P.C. – cpicard@npmlaw.com (term ends 12/31/27)
 
  • Vice Chair (Law Firm/Foreclosure Trustee member, must be an Attorney)
    • Michael Rak, Esq. – Lender Legal – mrak@lenderlegal.com (term ends 12/31/27, then moves to Chair for a 2-year term that ends 12/31/29)
 
  • Servicer Chair (Servicer/GSE, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
 
  • Chair Emeritus (Immediate Past Chair) (Law Firm/Foreclosure Trustee member, must be an Attorney)
    • Vacant Position
 
 
Appointed Leadership Positions (Not Members of the Committees Leadership Team. Appointed by the Committees Leadership Team:
  • Secretary (Law Firm/Foreclosure Trustee member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
    • Clayton Gordon, Esq. – McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC - cgordon@mtglaw.com (term ends 12/31/27, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after term ends) 

PRIMARY CONTACTS

Susan McMillan (formerly Susan Rosen)
ALFN Staff Liaison
smcmillan@alfn.org

Chris Picard, Esq.
Chair - Amicus Briefs Committee
Neubert, Pepe, & Monteith, P.C.
cpicard@npmlaw.com

Michael Rak, Esq.
Vice Chair - Amicus Briefs Committee
Lender Legal
mrak@lenderlegal.com