Lasman

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Avi Lasman appeals from a judgment entered in favor of respondent First Nations Home Finance Corporation (First Nations) after the trial court granted First Nations’ motion for summary judgment. Lasman sued First Nations on several theories, based on allegations that he had not been paid commissions for mortgage loans he had originated while employed at First Nations. The basis of First Nations’ summary judgment motion was that Lasman was not properly licensed while he was supposedly originating these mortgage loans. 1 We affirm. The relevant section of the Business and Professions Code strictly prohibits compensating people who originate loans unless they are licensed. According to the statute, there is no theory under which an unlicensed person can be compensated for originating a mortgage loan, and Lasman did not dispute that he was unlicensed during the relevant period. Lasman also failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to any other basis for denying the motion. The trial court properly granted First Nations’ motion and rendered judgment in its favor.

FACTS

Lasman sued First Nations in September 2011 for five causes of action, all based on the…