Michael R. Pfeifer is the managing partner of Pfeifer & Reyolds, LLP, an "AV" rated law firm that concentrates on representation of mortgage lenders, brokers, servicers, and investors. Mr. Pfeifer has over 30 years of experience in representing clients in the financial services industry, with particular emphasis on financial fraud recovery and investigation, lender liability defense, regulatory compliance, and creditor representation in bankruptcy. He is currently the Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee of the California Mortgage Bankers Association and is a member of the CMBA’s Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the Quality Assurance Committee for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, and was the Chair of the MBA’s Subcommittee on Fraud and Ethics from 1999 through 2002.

Mr. Pfeifer is admitted to practice in all of the state and federal courts in California, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, where he was the managing editor of the International Law Journal, and earned his Bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Claremont McKenna College in Southern California. He also completed a year of study at the London School of Economics in London, England and has achieved the highest rating, "AV," given by the Martindale-Hubbell national directory of attorneys.

An accomplished author, Mr. Pfeifer has published articles in a variety of leading trade journals including Mortgage Banking Magazine, Mortgage Finance, Mortgage Matters, Servicing Management, and publications of the American Bar Association. He is the Editor of "Combating Fraud and Unethical Practices in Real Estate Transactions, Second Edition: A Practice and Training Guide," published by the Mortgage Banker's Association of America (Autumn, 2002), and is one of the contributing authors of The Handbook of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, edited by Frank Fabozzi, Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University.

Mr. Pfeifer is also a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars sponsored by the MBA, CMBA, CAMB, and American Conference Institute (ACI) on the subjects of mortgage fraud recovery, lender liability defense, predatory lending, and regulatory compliance, and has also taught courses on Civil Litigation, Deposition Skills, and Pre-trial Discovery for California’s Continuing Education of the Bar ("CEB"), and continuing education and extension courses for the University of California at Irvine on Evidence Law, Civil Procedure, and Prejudgment Remedies.