Practice Areas

Stuart B. Wolfe is the co-founder of Wolfe & Wyman LLP and chair of the firm's Banking, Lending & Finance practice group which represents national banks, Fortune 500 companies, large financial service companies and other businesses in significant and complex civil litigation.   Stuart's practice involves representing primarily mortgage lenders, loan servicers, banks, title insurance companies, escrow companies and other financial institutions. His practice includes lender liability defense, secondary market disputes (including loan repurchase and indemnity disputes), loan fraud recovery and loss mitigation, class action defense, unfair business practice claims, title insurance defense and lien validity and priority challenges. The cases Stuart handles range from single borrower and plaintiff disputes to large high profile class actions.

Admitted to Practice
California State Bar
New York State Bar
Washington, D.C. Bar
All California Federal Courts
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Activities

Stuart Wolfe has long been active in national, regional and local industry trade groups and bar associations.  He has served as the of the Banking and Lending Section and the Financial Services Section of Orange County Bar Association (OCBA). Stuart has been active in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) and the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) and many of their respective committees, relating to legal issues, loan fraud, loan servicing, and ethics. Stuart has also participated in California Land Title Association (CLTA), the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, the Conference on Consumer Finance Law, and formerly sat on the board of directors of Diversified Title Ins. Co. In 2005, Stuart was appointed to CLTA's E-Recording Task Force to assist the California Attorney General's office promulgate rules relative to the Electronic Recording Delivery Act. Stuart also previously served as the chair of the Association of Real Estate Attorney s (AREA).

Stuart is a frequent lecturer to bar and industry trade associations, as well as individual financial institutions and other companies, including the MBA, CMBA, OCBA, American Conference Institute, and the American Bar Association.

He has authored articles for Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report; California Land Title Association; California Mortgage Bankers Association Legal News; CLTA Claims Awareness Hot Sheet; California Mortgage Finance News; Orange County Lawyer; and other publications.  Additionally, he has been a news source in many news publications, including Forbes Magazine; The Washington Post; US News & World Report; the Orange County Register; Mortgage Banking (trade magazine); National Mortgage News (trade newspaper); Business News Daily; and more.

In addition to his law practice, Stuart has also served as a private mediator and designated an expert witness with respect to business, real estate and finance disputes. "Southern California Super Lawyers" magazine identified Stuart on its annual list in 2005-2009 and 2016-2025.

Hobbies and Interests

Stuart is actively involved in community service.  He was the founding chair of "Interest Free Loans of Orange County," a non-profit division of the Jewish Federation of Orange County (JFOC) providing interest free micro-loans to students, women-in-crises, new entrepreneurs, and others without traditional access to capital.  He is the current Chair of Solomon Society, a division of JFOC, which named him “Mensh of the Year” in 2017.