Meet Ryan

Marissa M. Yaker, Esq. is the Managing Attorney of Foreclosure for Padgett Law Group (PLG). PLG is a full-service creditors' rights law firm with GSE compliant practices in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio and Arkansas. The firm's practice offers exclusive representation to institutional clients such as lenders, mortgage servicers, credit unions, banks, hedge funds, investors and other financial services industry stakeholders.  

​Marissa's practice is primarily focused on creditor’s rights and foreclosure, an area of law in which she has actively practiced for five years.Marissa also has a passion everything FHA related, and spends her weekends in the handbook/regulations.  She is a member of the Legal League’s Special Working Initiatives Group, the Florida Bar Grievance Committee,  WILL (Women in Legal Leadership), along with ALFN’s JPEG Committee.  Additionally, as an exciting piece of news, she was recently sworn into the United States Supreme Court as a member on December 9, 2019.
LICENSED IN FLORIDA

2004 Earned j.d.
UNIVERSITY NAME

2019 sworn in to united states supreme court

2020 top 25 women in law - DS NEWS

Recent Press, Panels, and Trainings

Top 25 Women in Law DS News | Policy & Regulation Review Five Star Government Forum | Modifications, Workouts, & Negotiated Solutions IMN NPL/Notes Panel Session | Setting the Standard: FHA Rules & Practices Five Star Conference | FHA Training PLG Webinar Series | Texas HELOCS + Deceased Borrowers PLG Webinar Series | Article Name ALFN Women in Legal Leadership | FHA Sub-Committee, FHA Property Preservation & Claims Comittee, FHA Loan Administration Committee, Loan Production Committee,  Mortgage Bankers Association