[February 09, 2012]

Brillion Asset Solutions Announces National Networking Program with O'Connor Cochran LLP for Real Estate Legal and Transactional Services

O'Connor Cochran LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm, announced Wednesday that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Brillion Asset Solutions, Inc., a Newport Beach-based asset management firm, to collaborate in the administration and growth of Brillion's full-service, technology-driven real estate services network, and to provide and coordinate commercial real estate-related legal services to Brillion's institutional clients and broker network.

According to a statement from the firm, the network "materially increases O'Connor Cochran's ability to offer high-quality legal representation for clients holding assets and portfolios that span the nation, leveraging our experience with large deployments to help extend the geographic reach of our process-driven, predictable-pricing approach to real estate law."

"Brillion is excited to work with O'Connor Cochran and participating firms to provide Brillion's financial institution and real-estate portfolio clients with the opportunity to readily obtain local market legal representation, leveraging national knowledge and experience to engage competent legal counsel throughout the default process, from loan document review to foreclosure," said John Fukuda, CEO of Brillion.

Maura O'Connor, Managing Partner of O'Connor Cochran, is the outgoing Chairman (and first woman chair) of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. O'Connor writes the national real estate industry law blog, Practical Counsel, for www.GlobeSt.com, the premier national commercial real estate web portal. She was named one of the top 10 real estate lawyers in Southern California by Real Estate Southern California.

"Our lawyers are highly experienced practitioners who handle real estate, workout and finance transactions on the West Coast of the U.S. Our partners launched successful real estate and finance teams in major national law firms before opening a firm designed from the ground up to use technology intelligently to deliver practical strategies, agile responses, transparent process management, predictability in pricing and quality control. Given the tools that are available today, there's no excuse for not using modern business processes to deliver legal services. Our alliance with Brillion to assist its clients gives our cost-effective approach further traction as a national model," said O'Connor.

Brillion provides technology and education-based outsourcing solutions for banks, credit unions, hedge funds, REITs, private equity firms and high net worth individuals. The company requires its practitioner-broker network to complete company-endorsed and third-party provided certification courses in order to receive transactional business, creating differentiation in the marketplace.

Most recently, Brillion has added private and public auction capabilities to further extend its comprehensive suite of solutions for the disposition of non-performing assets in the most efficient manner. Unique to this method of disposition, Brillion utilizes both a listing and selling agent to complete the transaction with full commission participation.

Brillion (BrillionAS.com) is a minority-owned business offering an end-to-end solution for aggregation, valuation and disposition of troubled, distressed and special real estate assets. By offering comprehensive asset management in both the short sale and REO verticals as well as fulfillment utilizing a national network of best-in-class, third-party certified, real estate practitioners to handle the disposition, Brillion efficiently resolves non-performing real estate assets.

O'Connor Cochran LLP (oconnorcochran.com), headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, is a certified women-owned law firm founded by Maura O'Connor and Jim Cochran. The California-based boutique real estate and finance firm, started by experienced partners from top-100 law firms, provides practical and cost-effective legal solutions to its clients and their businesses. O'Connor Cochran's lawyers have extensive experience in creating and implementing efficient transactional programs by coordinating services with local counsel, asset managers, brokers, servicers and workout teams. As with all law firms, legal services are only offered where licensed, pursuant to clear written engagements with clients, and subject to local regulatory requirements.

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