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Richard Ivar Rydstrom
also known as Richard Ivar Rydstrom Esq.
About Richard
Biography
Mr. Rydstrom is Chairman of CMIS
Mr. Rydstrom is the Chairman of the Coalition for Mortgage Industry Solutions (CMIS) out of DC. Mr. Rydstrom has created numerous soluitions to the mortgage meltdown. He hosts executive leadership conferences with captains of industry, congressional members, as well as consumer groups.
The Business, Law & Ethics of Mortgage Modifications: Learn How to Legally Navigate in the New Mortgage Resolution ClimateDecember 4, 2009
Mr. Rydstrom has been quoted or published by:
The Los Angeles Times, USA Today Magazine, MortgageOrb, Mortgage Daily News, Orange County Register, , National Business Institute, CMISfocus eMagazine, Pepperdine University (Law, Business Journal), AIR Commercial Real Estate Association, Constructor Magazine for the AGC Association, Society of California Accountants, various Landlords and Real Estate Owners associations and others. Richard is published or quoted by the national mortgage press and media continually.
Some significant distinctions include:
•Published in a Statement to the 110th Congress, House Ways & Means Committee, Chairman Charles Rangel
•Considered a national expert in mortgage banking and related foreclosures
•Honorary member of the American Legal and Financial Network (AFN)
•Chairman of CMIS (Coalition for Mortgage Industry Solutions)
•Member of the HAMP Policy Working Groups (AFN, Treasury, etc.)
•CLE speaker and educator for attorneys, judges, banks, servicers, accountants and financial advisors for the National Business Institute (NBI)
•Frequent keynote speaker, panelists, and moderator at national conferences and webinars including the AFN, NBI, CMIS, CMBA
•Voluntary Settlement Officer (VSO) for all Los Angeles courts
Practice Areas
7
Practice Areas
Arbitration
25%
36 years | 50 cases
Business
25%
36 years | 100 cases
Commercial Real Estate
25%
36 years | 100 cases
Litigation
10%
36 years | 100 cases
Fees and Rates
Cost
Payment Methods
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Licensed in California for 35 years
State: California
Acquired: 1990
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Licensed in Indiana for 40 years
State: Indiana
Acquired: 1985
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Location
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4695 MacArthur Ct., 11th Floor, Newport Beach, CA, 92660
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Richard Ivar Rydstrom's Reviews
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Posted by Joe Thomas | June 16, 2015
Straight Scoop every time!!!
Richard is one of the most knowledgeable Attorneys I have ever dealt with and has the experience and expertise to back it up legally... He will give you the Straight Scoop every time, which is refreshing...
Posted by B. N. F. | June 16, 2015
Great lawyer trusted friend
Richard came to my rescue when other attorneys were messing up on an emotional difficult case. He did the work that needed to be done and was with me all the way! He went above and beyond but was always straight with me about the case and never let me lose my sense of humor. The best!
Posted by anonymous | February 19, 2014
WITHOUT A DOUBT RICHARD RYDSTROM IS THE NUMBER ONE ATTORNEY IN THE COUNTRY REGARDING THE HAMP PROGRAM
Over the last several years, Mr. Richard Rydstrom has had the opportunity to gain extensive knowledge and experience regarding the Hamp program. Due to Mr. Rydstrom expertise in this matter, this has helped me to feel confident and fortunate to have an attorney of this caliber working for me. I highl...
Posted by anonymous | June 6, 2013
Incredible, Most DEDICATED ATTORNEY to his Clients!
God answered my prayers and sent Mr. Rydstrom to me! We were panicking and if Mr. Rydstrom hadn't taken our case on we probably would have lost our home! He saved our home and WON a TRO & PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION!!!!!
Posted by anonymous | November 25, 2012
Highly Professional
Mr. Rydstrom choose to sue our mortgage lender after carefully collecting and reviewing all pertinent information. He is clearly the most competent attorney that I have ever had the pleasure and fortune to deal with. My family and I feel incredibly blessed that Richard Rydstrom agreed to take our ...
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Experience
Honors
2013
OC Top Attorney Award, OC Metro Magazine
2011
OC Top Attorney Award, OC Metro Magazine
2010
Top Lawyer, OC Metro Magazine
2009
Member Working Group, AFN, MBA, US Treasury, Working Groups for President Obama's HAMP Foreclosure and legal Policy
2009
CMIS Lifetime Achievement Presenter to CEO AFN, Coalition for Mortgage Industry Soutions
2008
Person of the Week, MortgageOrb
2008
CMIS Executive Leadership, CMIS
2008
Keynote Speaker AFN, AFN
2008
AFN Endorsement, AFN
2007
AFN Honorary Exectuive Member, AFN American Legal and Financial Network
2007
Person of the Week 2nd Time, Mortgage Orb
2003
Task Force Toxic Mold Litigation, Ca Dept of Health Services
2000
NFL Players Award, NFL Retired Players Association
1995
National Committeeman Victory Awards, Victory Awards for JFK Awards Show with President Bush; Regan
Work Experience
2009 - Present
VSO, Los Angeles Superior Court
2008 - Present
Chairman, CMIS Mortgage Coalition DC
1990 - Present
Attorney, Rydstrom Law
2003 - 2009
Dean LLM Progarm, PWC
1988 - 1999
Accountant, Beverly Hills Business Management
1986 - 1987
Accountant Legal Interface, Warner Bros WEA Intl
Associations
2007 - Present
AFN American Legal and Financial NetworkHonorary Executive Member
1990 - Present
State Bar of CaliforniaAttorney
1985 - Present
Los Angeles County Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Hope North v. Chase
Settled , Matter Resolved
West v. JP Morgan Chase
Won Landmark Appeal, Made HAMP case Law
Fischer v. GMAC
Won Remand, HAMP, SCRA
Roop v. Citi, Kaiser Bank
Won Remand, HAMP, Settled
HN v Chase
pending
BIJ v Chase
pending
Doe v Major Bank/Servicer
Matter Resolved; Confidential
Olen Commercial Realty v Doe
Successful
Doe v Roe
Successful Special Tasks
Friedkin v Double U Prods My Best Friends Wedding
Proved trial error; but not reversed
Berman v Warner Bros; Weston, Fast Times Ridgemont High
Prevailed; Overturned Dismissal
Doe v Countrywide, La Salle Bank, et al
Obtained Return of Home in Wrongful Foreclosure
Doe v Masonry Inc
Saved Client over $1M potential judgment
Chandler v Caldwell, Biknius
Obtained Dismissal of Case against Client
Education
1984
Western State University College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1984
Cambridge University Law England
Certification International Law
1980
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2010
ALFN CMIS DC Conference - Residential Mortgage Banking Foreclosures, Commercial Workouts
ALFN DC Conference
2009
NBI National Business Institue
Ethics, Business, and Law of Mortgage Modifications
2009
NBI Nationa Business Institute CLE Educator
Business, Ehtics, & Law of Mortgage Workouts
2009
CMBA Strengthening Servicing Stabilizing Communities
Mortgage Servicing Modifcations
2009
2009 Western States Loan Servicing Conference
Loan Servicing
2008
The NEW WORLD - Historical Change vs. Mortgage Finance Industry
Wilbur Ross Solutions to Mortgage Markets
2008
Tax and Cost Segregation
2008 Asset & Tax Protection Conference!
2008
Hidden Gems: Reconciling New Laws, Rules & Best Practices Guidance
Mortgage Banking Secondary Market Principal Reduction Modifications
2008
CMIS Executive Leadership Summit
Mortgage Banking Law
2008
CMIS AFN Conference DC
Mortgage Crisis
2008
AFN American Legal and Financial Network
Mortgage Banking Law
2008
2007
The Work of the Coalition
The Work of the Coalition
2007
AFN American Legal and Financial Network
Emergent Realities & Impediments to Solutions
2006
Asset Protection for Landlords
Asset Protection for Landlords, Cost Segregation
Publications
2017
HG.org Global Legal Resources
Don’t Sell That Home Without Reading This First
2014
Southern California Homes Magazine
Mortgage Default Resolutions in California
2013
Mortgage Servicing Management
Real Estate Mortgages Foreclosures, Ca Bill of Rights
2013
Mortgage Orb Servicing Magazine
New California Homeowner’s Bill of Rights May Trigger New Borrower Rights, Lawsuits with Damages!
2013
Secondary Mortgage Market MorgageOrb
Real Estate Mortgages
2010
MortgageOrb Servicing Secondary Market
Year in Review 2010-2011
2010
Stay and Pay HAMP Workout Guide
Stay and Pay HAMP Workout Guide
2010
13 Secrets of the Rich or Informed
13 Secrets of the Rich or Informed
2010
Rydstrom Articles Commerical workouts
Commercial Workouts New Tax Regs
2010
2010
MortgageOrb
The Foreclosure-Gate Freeze & Litigation Trigger
2010
2010
CMIS focus
WAIVER OF THE HUD 90 DAY NO FLIPPING RULE?
2010
CMIS focus
Seven (7) New California Mortgage Laws
2010
CMIS focus
Jumbo Mortgage Sector
2010
Ca Society of Accountants
California Successful Accountants
2009
NBI National Business Institute
Ethics, Law, and Business of Modifications
2009
Mortgage Orb
Commercial Workouts
2009
MortgageOrb Magazine
Is There Any Viability Left In The Jumbo Mortgage Market?
2009
2009
Recent Treasury Draft HAMP Servicing Guidelines: Subjective vs. Objective
Recent Treasury Draft HAMP Servicing Guidelines: Subjective vs. Objective
2009
Tax.org TaxAnalysts REMICS Tax Regs
Service Expands REMIC Penalty Relief to Latest Housing Program
2009
Journal of Mortgage Banking Professionals Secondary Marketing
Annual Roundtable - 23 Experts year in Review
2009
Mortgage Modification Safe-Harbors? HAMP, Are We There Yet?
Mortgage Modification Safe-Harbors? HAMP, Are We There Yet?
2009
The AFN Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & REO Legal Watch The eMagazine
The AFN Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & REO Legal Watch The eMagazine
2009
2009
Apartment Management
Expanding Liability Circle - Landlords
2009
CMIS focus
OCTOBER 8, 2009: A BUSY HAMP DAY IN D.C.
2008
September 7, 2008! Another Sunday Shocker, or Business as Usual? ™
September 7, 2008! Another Sunday Shocker, or Business as Usual? ™
2008
Constructor Magazine AGC
Tax-Smart Construction: Newest Building Block of Success
2008
110th Congress House Ways Means
The Middle Class American Dream of Homeownership: Problems, New Solutions
2008
The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007
The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007
2008
AFN Screaming from the Rooftop of the White House!
All the President’s HAMPmen -
2008
Solutions to the Hollow Promises of Wall Street’s Shadow Banking System! ™
Who’s Zooming Who? ™
2008
Mortgage Orb
BLOG VIEW: A Case For Conversation
2008
Mortgage Org
Wilbur Ross Discussion with Chairman Rydstrom, CMIS
2008
Mortgage Orb
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Opinions On Fixing What's Broken
2008
Mortgage Orb
CMIS Launches Four Task Forces
2008
2008
AFN CEO Alert
It’s Sunday Again: It Must Be Business-As-Usual™
2008
Mortgaeg Orb
CMIS Launches Four Task Forces
2007
Orange County Register Newpaper
The Orange County Foreclosure Buying Bonanza!
2007
CELEBRITY WILLS AND TRUSTS! ™©2007
CELEBRITY WILLS AND TRUSTS! ™©2007
2007
Congress House Ways Means
STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD BEFORE THE
2007
2007
CMIS eFocus Magazine
CMIS focus Richard Rydstrom and Wilbur Ross Solutions
2007
USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)
USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)
2007
National Mortgage News
It Begins With The Data
2007
California Successful Accountants
Accountant's Update - Tax Haven Abuse, Private Annuity Trusts
2007
Apartment Management
4 Most Dangerous Trends Facing Landlords
2007
Foreclosures.Com
Landlords Protect Yourself from Your Tenants and Lawsuits
2007
Landlords Club
Landlords IRS Shake Down Tax Haven Abuse Act
2007
Orange County Foreclosures
Orange County Real Estate Success
2007
Foreclosures.Com
Landlords Protect Yourself from your Tenants
2007
Encyclopædia Britannica
Coping with the National Mortgage MELTDOWN and the COLLAPSE of the Shadow Banking System
2007
AIR Commercial Real Estate Association
Brokers! Supercharge Your Clients’ 2006-2007 Commercial Property Tax Breaks!
2007
2007
Comprehensive Property Review
The Difference between a Nail and a Screw
2007
LandlordsClub.Com
THE LANDLORD’S EXPANDING
2007
Los Angeles Times
A SIMPLE Matter of Providing a Plan for Retirement
2007
IRS Rev. Proc. 2008-28
IRS Rev. Proc. 2008-28
2007
Comprehensive Property Review
Cost Segregation: What’s Legal What’s Not? ™
2006
USA Today Magazine
Mortgage Meltdown Crisis & the Shadow Banking System
2006
Society of California Accountants
New Liability Circle From Enron to Martha
2006
Commerical Real Estate Owners Association
http://www.airea.com/AIRWAVES/airwaves20070104.htm
2006
Apartment Owners Association AOA
Tax and Valuation Benefits for Commerical Real Estate - Cost Segregation
2005
News Blaze Tax Secrets Pensions Education
Reveals 8 Tax Secrets to Education Savings Plans for 2004-2005
2005
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2001
Cal Osha Toxic Mold
Is Toxic Mold really a Serious Health Problem?
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