Stephen Erwin is a senior vice president, associate general counsel, and chief compliance officer at Zelman, a Walker & Dunlop company, and is based in Denver, Colorado. In this role, he is responsible for managing the legal and compliance functions for Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners and Zelman, focusing on broker-dealer and investment advisory regulatory compliance, investment structuring, and general corporate legal matters. He also serves as associate general counsel for Walker & Dunlop.

Prior to joining Zelman, Erwin served as founder and managing member of Highlander Compliance Consulting and Highlander Law Firm, where he served as outside general counsel, chief compliance officer, and regulatory consultant to real estate and traditional private equity fund managers, hedge funds, and registered investment company fund managers. Before that, he served at Scheid, Cleveland & Fein, where he focused on investment advisory compliance, commercial transactions, entertainment law, and litigation and served as general counsel and chief compliance officer of a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds and wealth management complex.

Erwin earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a law degree from Florida State University College of Law. He holds a FINRA Series 14 license.