Graduate N.Y.U. Law. Owner rental property. Contracting with F.D.I.C. approved contract companies winding up failed insured institutions. I have practiced law, almost exclusively civil dealing with negotiable instruments, real estate titles and title clearing, mortgages and real estate. My work in the past decade has consisted of using my background outside formal practice to resolve issues that impact people and businesses as the economy moves from one cycle to the next and back again.