our-people

About Our People

Alan Zimmerman, Founder and President earned his law degree from New York University School of Law in 1967, after receiving his BS in Business from Miami University, Ohio, in 1964. Following his service in the Navy in Vietnam, Alan founded his own law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area and practiced law for 22 years. His clients included businesses in manufacturing, high tech, finance, mortgage banking, retailing and franchising. He has served as Vice Chair of the California Bar Business Law Section, and has been a lecturer in continuing education programs for attorneys. He has also been an author for Practicing Law Institute and California Continuing Education of the Bar.

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Tim Teeter, Chief of Operations focuses on law related loans and assets. He earned his law degree from Creighton University in 1998, after receiving his B.S. in liberal studies from Iowa State University in 1995. After law school, Tim started and successfully operated his own law firm in Iowa. His legal career has included a stint as a professor at the University of the Pacific. For the past three and a half years, Tim has been focusing his skills in the inheritance finance industry. He is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association, and is a Registered In-House Counsel with the California Bar Association.

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Katie Silvestri, Loan Credit and Servicing Manager, earned her BA in Business Administration from Northeastern University in 2001. Prior to joining the team in 2006, Katie worked within the Commercial Finance industry for Wachovia Capital Finance (formerly Congress Financial), and CPA firm Nardella & Taylor LLP. During her time at these firms, Katie gained experience as a field examiner. She joined the business in 2006 as a field examiner, later transitioning to Credit Officer.

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Frank Sabella, Chief Financial Officer, earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and his B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.  Frank is also a California licensed CPA.  After receiving his MBA, he held various operating and managerial finance positions in technology based companies, including Hewlett Packard.  Frank also has extensive small company start-up and management experience, having co-founded two companies and raised venture capital from private sources and the venture funding arm of JP Morgan.

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Dryden Liddle, General Counsel, earned his Master of Laws degree from Boston University School of Law, where he graduated in the top 5 of his class.  He also received a U.K. law degree from London Metropolitan University and a B.A., with honors, in English from the University of York.  He is admitted to practice law in California, New York, and England.  After graduating from law school, Dryden worked as an associate at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP in New York City.  He has represented banks, private equity firms and other creditors. He is actively involved in the California Bar Business Law Section and is Associate Editor of the State Bar's Business News publication.

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