Miles, Wright, Finlay and Zak, LLP

What Miles, Wright, Finlay and Zak, LLP does

Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP (WFZ) is a West Coast-based litigation and transactional law firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with a second office in Las Vegas, Nevada. The firm is WBENC Certified Women Owned and operates as an independent limited liability partnership led by Managing Partner Robin P. Wright, with T. Robert Finlay and retired co-founder Jonathan M. Zak among its founders. The practice is organized into five core service divisions — Financial Services (mortgage banking litigation, foreclosure defense, title matters, compliance/regulatory, reverse mortgage, bankruptcy, unlawful detainer, appellate, and nationwide litigation management), Business Services (real estate transactional, corporate, commercial foreclosure/workout/receivership, landlord/tenant, litigation, general counsel, and construction defect), Private Lender Services, Certified Appellate Specialist, and Trusts & Estates — plus specialized modules for General Counsel Services, Nationwide Litigation Management, Construction Defect, Litigation, Commercial Landlord/Tenant, and Debt Validation.

The firm serves enterprise financial services clients (lenders, loan servicers, investors, title companies, foreclosure trustees), corporate clients needing transactional and litigation counsel, private money lenders, and individuals requiring estate planning and probate services. Attorneys are licensed across 11 western states (California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Utah, Oregon, New Mexico, Montana, Hawaii, South Dakota, and Colorado), and the firm maintains a national network of affiliated counsel for out-of-footprint litigation management. The firm holds a California Debt Collector License (#10087-99) and is actively involved in industry associations including the Mortgage Bankers Association, California Mortgage Association, United Trustees Association, NAMWOLF, and the National Private Lenders Association.

WFZ operates a professional services revenue model with hourly billing at undisclosed rates and no publicly posted fee schedules, electronic payment processing subject to a 3.55% third-party fee, and direct attorney-client engagement as the primary go-to-market motion. The firm has no disclosed technology platform, software products, or AI capabilities, and its distribution is driven by partner relationships, industry-association involvement, CLE seminars, publications (including The WFZ Quarterly), and word-of-mouth referrals rather than marketing-led demand generation.

Name

Miles, Wright, Finlay and Zak, LLP

Legal name

Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP

Website

https://wrightlegal.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP is a WBENC Certified Women Owned West Coast litigation and transactional law firm with offices in California and Nevada, serving financial institutions, lenders, servicers, and real estate clients across 11 western states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business Valuation & Litigation Support (BPAHABAK)

Keywords

• Real estate law
• Mortgage banking litigation
• Financial services law
• Business transactional law
• Trusts and estates

Headquarters

HQ city

Newport Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Billing: Provides legal services at reasonable hourly rates with particular attention to the overall cost of any matter. Services include litigation and transactional law.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP is a WBENC Certified Women Owned litigation and transactional law firm providing legal services for financial institutions, businesses, and individuals, with particular emphasis on real estate, mortgage banking, consumer finance, and business law. The firm operates across five core service divisions covering financial services litigation and compliance, business transactional matters, private lender support, appellate practice, and trusts and estates. Legal services are billed at reasonable hourly rates with attention to overall cost of each matter.

Product overview

Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP is a WBENC Certified Women Owned litigation and transactional law firm serving the Western United States. The firm operates as a unified legal services practice organized into five core service divisions: Financial Services Division (encompassing consumer finance litigation, compliance/regulatory, title matters, foreclosure services, and bankruptcy), Business Services (covering transactional real estate, corporate matters, litigation, and construction defect), Private Lender Services, Certified Appellate Specialist, and Trusts & Estates. Practice-specific modules include General Counsel Services, Nationwide Litigation Management, and specialized divisions for Construction Defect, Litigation, Landlord/Tenant, and Debt Validation. The firm provides both litigation and transactional legal services with particular emphasis on real estate and finance needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Financial Services Division

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)coreOthersWBENC Certified Women Owned business enterprise. Certification validates the firm as a women-owned business.
• National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)coreOthersActive member and participant. Firm is on the PAC committee for Financial Litigation of NAMWOLF. Managing Partner Robin Wright serves on NAMWOLF committees.
• California Mortgage Association (CMA)coreOthersT. Robert Finlay serves as General Counsel for CMA, advising Board and members on legal and compliance issues. Firm actively participates in CMA activities and publications.
• Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)coreOthersActive member firm participates in MBA events and educational programs.
• United Trustees Association (UTA)coreOthersActive member. T. Robert Finlay served as President in 2011-2012 and chaired the Legislative Committee from 2013-2019. Firm contributes to UTA Quarterly publications.
• National Private Lenders Association (NPLA)coreOthersT. Robert Finlay serves as Co-Chair since 2020. Firm contributes articles and participates in NPLA activities.
• California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA)coreOthersActive member. T. Robert Finlay serves on the Legislative Committee since 2013. Firm contributes publications and expertise.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch: California-based full-service firm with deep real estate, business, and financial services practices serving institutional clients—an overlapping Western US peer.
• Snell & Wilmer: Western US business law firm with offices across multiple states where WFZ is licensed, with comparable real estate, financial services, and commercial litigation practices.
• Hinshaw & Culbertson: Multi-office firm with one of the largest consumer financial-services litigation practices in the US, including default servicing, foreclosure, and regulatory defense—closely comparable to WFZ's core mortgage-banking work.
• Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato: California creditors'-rights and commercial litigation boutique focused on banking, mortgage servicing, and consumer-finance matters—a closely comparable niche competitor to WFZ's Financial Services Division.
• McGlinchey Stafford: National financial-services and creditors'-rights firm with a strong consumer finance litigation and compliance practice serving banks, servicers, and institutional lenders—directly overlapping with WFZ's Financial Services Division.
• Sessions & Kimball: California creditors'-rights and consumer-finance litigation firm with comparable default-servicing and mortgage-banking defense work.
• Buchalter: California-based business law firm with real estate, financial services, and litigation practices serving institutional clients across the Western US—directly comparable regional peer to WFZ.

Broad incumbents

• Duane Morris: National full-service firm with a strong financial-services litigation and creditors'-rights practice that competes with WFZ for institutional lender mandates as part of a broader portfolio.
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: National firm with a sizable financial-services and creditors'-rights practice that competes for institutional lender and servicer mandates as part of a broader full-service portfolio.

Emerging players

• Trott Law Group: California-based foreclosure defense and creditor-rights firm; partial overlap with WFZ's default-servicing and consumer finance litigation practice area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wright-finlay-&-zak-llp
• Xx.com/wrightfinlayzak
• Facebookfacebook.com/272295002840942

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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