Experience

MARINOSCI LAW GROUP, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner & General Counsel

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area • Responsible for the firm’s entire default servicing portfolio in the states of AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MO, MS, NH, OK, RI, TN, TX, & WI • Direct oversight of the firm’s consumer finance litigation matters, and personally engaged in all high-risk litigation cases • Consolidated management of the firm’s bankruptcy practice from individual state offices into a single national practice with attorneys and legal assistances situated nationwide • Created and implemented… Show more • Responsible for the firm’s entire default servicing portfolio in the states of AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MO, MS, NH, OK, RI, TN, TX, & WI • Direct oversight of the firm’s consumer finance litigation matters, and personally engaged in all high-risk litigation cases • Consolidated management of the firm’s bankruptcy practice from individual state offices into a single national practice with attorneys and legal assistances situated nationwide • Created and implemented electronic reviewing, filing, and serving of pleadings in all bankruptcy cases as well as federal & state court lawsuits • Researched, reviewed, vetted, and onboarded a single vendor to streamline the current and incoming population of the firm’s CM/ECF notifications, thus saving the firm almost 70% in costs over the previous process and provider • Oversee the firm's Compliance Department including conducting training for all employees; creating, maintaining, and reviewing all client and vendor contracts; completing and submitting client-distributed assessments, questionnaires, and surveys, as needed; and ensuring the firm remains compliant with all federal, state, local, and municipal laws on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis • Routinely partake in onsite and virtual client audits reviewing individual files, discussing in-depth the firm's policies and standard operating procedures, and certifying the firm's compliance with the laws and rules governing the default servicing industry Show less



Bonial & Associates, P.C.

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Attorney - Texas Litigation

  • May 2018 - Jul 2019

  Addison, Texas • Responsible for an extensive docket of consumer-finance litigation matters • Managed a team of junior attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants • Created and implemented electronic review, filing and service of pleadings in litigation matters • Accountable for engaging, retaining and confirming satisfactory performance of third-party vendors that provided integral support to the firm’s bankruptcy, litigation, and probate practice areas •… Show more • Responsible for an extensive docket of consumer-finance litigation matters • Managed a team of junior attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants • Created and implemented electronic review, filing and service of pleadings in litigation matters • Accountable for engaging, retaining and confirming satisfactory performance of third-party vendors that provided integral support to the firm’s bankruptcy, litigation, and probate practice areas • Participated in client audits and certified compliance with applicable laws, rules and client directives • Reviewed client scorecards to ensure top performance and implement corrective action plans as needed • Communicated and interacted with various client contacts to confirm their respective pipeline of files are being processed in the most efficient and economical manner and address any client concerns

• Managing Litigation Attorney

  • May 2018 - Jul 2019

  Addison, Texas



McCarthy & Holthus LLP

• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Litigation Counsel

  • Jan 2017 - May 2018

  Plano, Texas • Civil litigator representing institutional clients, with a specific focus on defending and enforcing creditors’ rights in judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings in state and federal courts throughout Texas • Represented financial institutions, including mortgage lenders, servicers and investors, in state and federal courts in breach of contract, tort, FCRA, FDCPA, RESPA, SCRA, TILA, and TDCA litigation cases • Responsible for case management of 150 plus… Show more • Civil litigator representing institutional clients, with a specific focus on defending and enforcing creditors’ rights in judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings in state and federal courts throughout Texas • Represented financial institutions, including mortgage lenders, servicers and investors, in state and federal courts in breach of contract, tort, FCRA, FDCPA, RESPA, SCRA, TILA, and TDCA litigation cases • Responsible for case management of 150 plus active litigation cases from initial referral through final disposition, including all aspects of arbitration, mediation, and trial Show less



Buckley Madole, P.C.

• Senior Attorney

  • Dec 2009 - Jan 2017

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area • Provided operational support to institutional clients on managing their respective default portfolios, including performing and non-performing accounts as well as accounts in active and post-bankruptcy statuses • Tried and obtained three jury verdicts in favor of creditor-clients that were affirmed on appeal • Successfully reversed trial court’s evidentiary ruling sustaining a “hearsay within hearsay” objection on appeal – CitiMortgage, Inc. v. Sczepanik… Show more • Provided operational support to institutional clients on managing their respective default portfolios, including performing and non-performing accounts as well as accounts in active and post-bankruptcy statuses • Tried and obtained three jury verdicts in favor of creditor-clients that were affirmed on appeal • Successfully reversed trial court’s evidentiary ruling sustaining a “hearsay within hearsay” objection on appeal – CitiMortgage, Inc. v. Sczepanik, 2013 WL 6096536, (Tex. App.— Dallas 2013) • Managed and supervised a team of attorneys, legal assistants and paralegals Show less



United States Bankrupcy Court, Southern District of Texas

• Judicial Intern to the Honorable Jeff Bohm

  • Jan 2009 - May 2009

  • Responsible for researching and preparing corresponding drafts of published and unpublished opinions.



Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • 2008 - 2008

  Worked on a variety of projects in the litigation, restructuring, and securities practice areas.



Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Teacher

  • 2007 - 2007

  Assisted incoming 1L students through a six-week crash course on the rigors of law school.