Legislative and Legal Landscape of MERS and Foreclosure/Mortgage Law and Policy

This event will feature Simon Whang and focus on the changing legislative and legal landscape of MERS as well as foreclosure laws and policies.  

Simon Whang

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Enforcement
Financial Fraud & Consumer Protection Section

EDUCATION:
Johns Hopkins University, B.A. 1992
New York University School of Law, J.D. 1999

In college, Simon Whang was president of the Johns Hopkins University debate team and a nationally-ranked debater, a source of both pride and embarrassment. Simon started his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan. He moved back to Oregon in 2003, prosecuting property and financial crimes at the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office. Simon continued prosecuting securities and investment fraud for the State Division of Finance and Corporate Securities, until he joined Department of Justice in 2008. He enjoys working at the Financial Fraud and Consumer Protection Section, where he specializes in mortgage and foreclosure fraud cases.