ALAW Appoints VP, New Partners

""ALAW"":http://www.alaw.net/, a legal services provider for the mortgage banking industry, named Clay A. Cornett VP of sales for the firm and its related technology entities.

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Cornett possesses more than 30 years of experience representing banks and mortgage operations. He most recently served as EVP of sales for ServiceLink, a Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Company. He also served as president of FNF, FNIS, and LPS Default Solutions' group of companies from 2000-2011.

In addition to serving in the VP role, Cornett has also been named a partner with the firm.

Joining Cornett as partners are Christina Liepold and Michael Barron, who more than 20 years of combined experience in the mortgage servicing industry between them.

Liepold was most recently partner at Aronowitz, Mecklenburg, Spitalnick & Leopold, a California lender services firm. She has also served as a VP with Goldman Sachs and director for Avelo Mortgage. Her expertise lies in legal services related to the residential loan secondary market.

Barron brings with him a wealth of operational oversight experience and has long pushed for technological innovation in the mortgage banking industry. Working as general counsel for the United Companies Financial Corporation, he was responsible for the creation and implementation of LAWPlus, which allowed for the electronic filing of documents by the California bar.

James Albertelli, founding partner and CEO at ALAW, said the additions of the three new partners ""build[s] upon the tremendous progress we've made over the past 16 months and help to solidify our mission of providing stellar legal service to the mortgage banking industry for years to come.""