Ken Block

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, New American Funding

Ken Block serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for New American Funding and oversees all aspects of Legal Risks and Supervision of the company’s in-house lawyers.

Prior to joining New American Funding, Ken served as Director and Senior Counsel for Discover Financial Services / Discover Home Loans, and worked as General Counsel for Home Loan Center, Inc.  Ken also held the role of Chief Compliance Officer of LendingTree, LLC, parent company of Home Loan Center. Before his start at Home Loan Center, Ken served as an associate attorney in the mortgage compliance group of Wolfe and Wyman, LLP.

Ken brings more than 25 years of mortgage compliance experience, and 29 years of real estate-related legal experience. Ken received a Certified Mortgage Banker “CMB” designation from the Mortgage Bankers Association in 2013. Ken received his J.D. degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and received his B.A. in English from the University of California at Irvine.