 James D. Prendergast is a Senior Vice President and the General Counsel of the Uniform Commercial Code Division of The First American Corporation. Prior to joining First American, Mr. Prendergast was in private practice in the Los Angeles area for over 25 years (commercial and corporate finance law). Mr. Prendergast is currently the President of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of the Los Angeles Country Bar Association, Immediate Past President of the Financial Lawyers Conference, Co-Chair of the Programs Committee of the Commercial Financial Services Section of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, and a member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Mr. Prendergast is also Adjunct Professor of Secured Transactions Law at Pepperdine University School of Law.
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