YACENDA HUDSON
PARTNER / COMPLEX/TRIAL ATTORNEY

Attorney Yacenda Hudson, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida A&M University, School of Business and Industry, where she was actively involved in Mock Trials. Soon thereafter, she earned her law degree from University of Florida. During law school, Yacenda was involved in various activities including, BALSA and Gator Team Child.  Upon graduation from University of Florida, she was employed with the Miami Dade Public Defender’s Office. Yacenda handled a variety of high volume cases, including misdemeanor, traffic, juvenile, felony and life felonies. During her six and half year tenure, she tried hundreds of cases to jury and non-jury verdict. Upon her transition from criminal law, Yacenda focused her legal career in the areas of general civil, foreclosure and real estate law. She currently is the Contested Managing Attorney over complex litigation and trial. Yacenda also handles foreclosure trials, highly litigious matters and trains associate attorneys.

PRINCY VALIATHODATHIL
PARTNER | FORECLOSURE

Princy Valiathodathil, Managing Attorney of First Legal, graduated from Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, RI in May 2009. Upon graduation, she relocated to Florida and took the Florida Bar and became a member of the Florida Bar in October 2009. Upon becoming a licensed attorney, Ms. Valiathodathil worked at a law firm that specialized in Personal Injury and Workers Compensation matters. In an effort to grow and explore other arenas of the legal industry, in 2010, Ms. Valiathodathil began working as a foreclosure associate in the First Legal department of another law firm. Soon thereafter, Ms. Valiathodathil was team lead and in charge of the First Legal department where she managed and supervised her team of attorneys. In December, 2012, Ms. Valiathodathil, joined the law group as Managing Attorney of the First Legal Department. She manages the First Legal department in all aspects as it pertains to the legal and client directed issues. In July, 2013 Ms. Valiathodathil started managing the Sales Department and currently she oversees the legal side of the sales department.

KELLY RAE GRING

MANAGING ATTORNEY | VIRGINIA

​Kelly Gring is a Virginia attorney, based in the City of Richmond, Virginia.  Ms. Gring graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 2005, then earned her law degree from the University of Richmond’s T.C. William’s School of Law, where she graduated a semester early, in December of 2007.  Ms. Gring sat for the bar in February of 2008, and has been practicing in the field of creditor’s rights since March 19, 2008.

Ms. Gring is licensed to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, as well as the Eastern and Western District Bankruptcy Courts of Virginia, and became licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia in 2016.  She is a seasoned litigator, and has appeared in most of the 133 state courts, the Eastern District of Virginia, and both the Eastern and Western District of Virginia Bankruptcy Courts with regularity.
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As well as handling routine default-related matters for her clients, Kelly has worked to become proficient in litigating to cure title defects clouding her clients’ security interests.  Ms. Gring was the founding member of the American Legal and Financial Network’s Junior Executives and Professional’s (JPEG) group, and was a Picture the Future winner for the JPEG group.  Ms. Gring has served on the ALFN’s board of directors since 2013.  She has spoken on many panels at ALFN events and other CLEs, on topics including nonjudicial foreclosure in Virginia, title curative measures, moving into management, and how to bridge the age gap between baby boomers and younger generations.