Fair Lending Expert Witnesses

Gilbert, Arizona

Automotive, Financial - Automotive, Automotive Industry Standards, Auto Financing, Dealer Fraud Prevent, Auto Lending, Policy & Procedure, Compliance, Fair Lending, Improper Disclosure, New & Used Auto Transactions, Sales Finance Act, Risk Management, Diminished Value, Dealer Operations, F&I Practices, Wrongful Termination, Financial Statement, Lemon Law

Stuart Landsverk, CMD, is a nationally recognized automotive expert witness with 35+ years in dealership operations and auto finance, holding the prestigious NIADA Certified Master Dealer designation (achieved by <1% of U.S. dealers for ethical excellence and leadership). Since the 1990s, he has scaled multi-location platforms to $30M+ revenue, executed turnarounds, and maintained flawless compliance—providing impartial, data-backed testimony in federal/state cases for plaintiffs and defendants. Key expertise includes automobile industry standards of care, dealership policies/procedures, auto financing/compliance (TILA, Fair Lending, Red Flags Rule), F&I practices, diminished value appraisals, employment disputes (e.g., wrongful termination), fraud/theft prevention, and P&L/financial analysis. He demystifies complex issues with clear, jury-friendly explanations, supported by real-world C-suite experience from salesperson to CEO/Dealer Principal. Recent successes: Employee liabilit...

California

Automotive, Financial - Automotive, Automotive Industry Standards, Auto Financing, Dealer Fraud Prevent, Auto Lending, Policy & Procedure, Compliance, Fair Lending, Improper Disclosure, New & Used Auto Transactions, Sales Finance Act, Risk Management, Diminished Value, Dealer Operations, F&I Practices, Wrongful Termination, Financial Statement, Lemon Law

Stuart Landsverk, CMD, is a nationally recognized automotive expert witness with 35+ years in dealership operations and auto finance, holding the prestigious NIADA Certified Master Dealer designation (achieved by <1% of U.S. dealers for ethical excellence and leadership). Since the 1990s, he has scaled multi-location platforms to $30M+ revenue, executed turnarounds, and maintained flawless compliance—providing impartial, data-backed testimony in federal/state cases for plaintiffs and defendants. Key expertise includes automobile industry standards of care, dealership policies/procedures, auto financing/compliance (TILA, Fair Lending, Red Flags Rule), F&I practices, diminished value appraisals, employment disputes (e.g., wrongful termination), fraud/theft prevention, and P&L/financial analysis. He demystifies complex issues with clear, jury-friendly explanations, supported by real-world C-suite experience from salesperson to CEO/Dealer Principal. Recent successes: Employee liabilit...

Tequesta, Florida

Financial, Real Estate - Mortgage lending expert, Mortgage compliance, RESPA, TILA, TRID, Dodd-Frank, Fair lending, Steering, Redlining, Loan officer conduct, Underwriting standards, Debt-to-income (DTI), Automated underwriting system (AUS), Overlays, Pricing discretion, Quality control (QC), Repurchase disputes, Wrongful foreclosure, Industry standard

Joshua Ulmer is a mortgage lending expert witness and mortgage compliance expert witness with more than 22 years of experience in mortgage lending operations, mortgage underwriting, and loan officer conduct. He provides expert witness services in mortgage litigation for both plaintiff and defense counsel on a nationwide basis. Mr. Ulmer has extensive experience in mortgage origination, underwriting standards, debt-to-income (DTI) analysis, automated underwriting system (AUS) findings, lender overlays, and pricing discretion. He routinely evaluates whether mortgage lenders and loan officers complied with industry standard of care and federal mortgage regulations, including RESPA, TILA, TRID, and Dodd-Frank. As a mortgage compliance expert, Mr. Ulmer analyzes claims involving fair lending, steering, redlining, discriminatory lending, wrongful foreclosure, and improper underwriting. He is also retained in matters involving quality control (QC) failures, repurchase disputes, rep and w...