Mark E. Yonan

Mr. Yonan has a national law practice specializing in a range of real estate, finance, leasing, settlement service, general business and corporate matters, including:

• Representing real estate companies, real estate developers and commercial real estate buyers and sellers in a wide variety of standard and complex real estate, corporate and general business transactions.
   

• Representing business entities for general business and corporate matters including formation, shareholder/ownership agreements, asset purchase agreements, purchase and sale of ownership interests and dissolution.
   

• Representing landlords and tenants for standard and complex commercial leasing matters.
   

• Representing mortgage banks, mortgage brokers, state and federally-chartered banks, thrifts, real estate brokers, title insurance companies, general insurance companies, settlement service providers and other financial institutions in connection with their corporate, regulatory, compliance, licensing, joint venture, employment, contract and general legal matters.
   

• Reviewing and analyzing proposed settlement service business plans, and drafting the related agreements and disclosures, based upon applicable federal and state laws, regulations and rules, such as the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”), the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Housing Act, state licensing laws, consumer credit laws, usury laws, unfair and deceptive trade laws and real property laws.
   

• Negotiating and drafting a variety of agreements for mortgage originators including (i) loan broker, loan correspondent and whole loan purchase agreements, (ii) correspondent agreements, (iii) affiliate branch agreements, (iv) services agreements, (v) employment agreements, (vi) servicing rights purchase and sale agreements, (vii) repurchase agreements, (viii) reverse purchase agreements, and (ix) warehouse lines of credit agreements.
   

Representative Cases and Clients

Prior to founding the Firm, Mr. Yonan was in-house counsel for one of the nation's largest privately-owned financial institutions, with responsibility for managing the corporate leasing and joint venture legal departments and advising executive management on a full range of legal, regulatory and compliance issues.

Mr. Yonan has negotiated, documented and closed the purchase and sale of numerous low and high rise commercial buildings in Arizona.

Mr. Yonan has negotiated, documented and closed numerous multi-acre raw land transactions on behalf of purchasers and sellers.

Mr. Yonan has negotiated, documented and closed numerous multi-million dollar purchases and sales of business assets and ownership interests.

Mr. Yonan negotiated and documented commercial leases for 200+ corporate office locations across the nation and implemented a leasing protocol for all corporate lease matters.

Mr. Yonan has negotiated and drafted joint venture documents, formed joint venture entities and handled all legal, compliance and licensing questions for joint ventures between a national mortgage bank and its real estate, builder, insurance and mortgage partners.

Mr. Yonan trained, advised and counseled corporate settlement service personnel and executive management regarding RESPA, state licensing, HUD/FHA licensing and regulations, and other state and federal laws related to the mortgage, title, real estate, insurance and credit service industries.

Professional Experience

Wright & Yonan PLLC
August 2007 - present

First Magnus Financial Corporation
May 2005 – December 2007

Lewis & Roca LLP
March 2004 – May 2005

Rusing & Lopez, PLLC
October 2000 – March 2004

Meehan & Associates
July 1998 – October 2000

Judge Nanette Warner, Pima County Superior Court
July 1997 – July 1998

Education

Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D. with honors 1997)

University of Illinois (B.A. History 1993)

Personal

Mark was born in Hanover, New Hampshire and raised in Central Illinois. Mark met his wife, a native Tucsonan, in Chicago and moved to Tucson with her in 1997. In his spare time, Mark enjoys running, golf and spending time with his family.
 

Bar Admissions

Mr. Yonan was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1997.
 

Court Admissions

Mr. Yonan is admitted to practice before the United States District Court, District of Arizona.
 

Community Involvement / Special Recognition

Mr. Yonan has a BV rating from Martindale Hubbell.

Mr. Yonan received the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Arizona State Bar Real Property Section in 2006.

Mr. Yonan received an Appreciation Award from the Red Cross of Southern Arizona in 2005 for his pro bono representation of the Red Cross for its purchase of a new headquarters building in Tucson.

Mr. Yonan has served as a Board Member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson (2002-2005) and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2005-2006).

Mr. Yonan has also been a student mentor at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and has volunteered as a tutor at Duffy Elementary School in the Tucson Unified School District.

Memberships

Mr. Yonan is a member of the State Bar of Arizona (Real Estate and Business Law Sections.), the Pima County Bar Association, and the Real Estate Service Providers Council (“RESPRO”).

Mr. Yonan served as the President of the Real Estate Section of the State Bar of Arizona from 2005-2006 and as an Executive Council member of the Real Property Section from 2002-2006.