Biggest climbers in Louisiana in 2022, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include John Shivers (NEXA Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #498461), April Giddens (Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #2164123), and Troy Lawrence (Magic Mortgage Inc, NMLS #1885144).
Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | Rank Change | 2022 Volume | 2022 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | John Shivers | 498461 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | — | ▲ 9381 (#9851 → #470) | $7.5M | 30 |
| #2 | April Giddens | 2164123 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Natchitoches, LA | ▲ 8632 (#9893 → #1261) | $2.2M | 10 |
| #3 | Troy Lawrence | 1885144 | Magic Mortgage Inc | 2654516 | New Orleans, LA | ▲ 8426 (#9024 → #598) | $6.0M | 30 |
| #4 | Christopher Fields | 2142344 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 8323 (#9734 → #1411) | $1.9M | 10 |
| #5 | Ashley Dozier | 1751875 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 8194 (#9840 → #1646) | $1.5M | 7 |
| #6 | DAWN LADNER | 546423 | Regions Bank | 174490 | — | ▲ 8098 (#9911 → #1813) | $1.3M | 2 |
| #7 | Clayton Spruce | 1207234 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | ▲ 8087 (#9909 → #1822) | $1.3M | 6 |
| #8 | Letha Butler | 1553687 | Guaranty Bank and Trust Company | 433800 | — | ▲ 7946 (#9868 → #1922) | $1.2M | 16 |
| #9 | Phillip Hansen | 2142517 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7920 (#9757 → #1837) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #10 | William Myers | 565088 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 7868 (#9774 → #1906) | $1.2M | 5 |
| #11 | Gavin Sears | 1891314 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7860 (#9678 → #1818) | $1.3M | 5 |
| #12 | RHIANNON ASWAD | 1150918 | First Federal Bank | 408902 | New Orleans, LA | ▲ 7785 (#8952 → #1167) | $2.5M | 11 |
| #13 | Kyle Caskie | 2003891 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | Fulton, MD | ▲ 7769 (#9711 → #1942) | $1.2M | 5 |
| #14 | Joseph McBride | 2035217 | Next Door Lending LLC | 1880338 | — | ▲ 7614 (#9555 → #1941) | $1.2M | 6 |
| #15 | Kyle Ferguson | 2136448 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7545 (#9344 → #1799) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #16 | James Collins | 2106740 | Prudent Mortgage LA, LLC | 1949337 | Shreveport, LA | ▲ 7477 (#9408 → #1931) | $1.2M | 8 |
| #17 | Rima Dupont | 2071571 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7447 (#9650 → #2203) | $1.0M | 4 |
| #18 | Kawana Magee | 1984708 | Southwest Funding, LP | 32139 | Metairie, LA | ▲ 7433 (#8451 → #1018) | $3.1M | 12 |
| #19 | Hayley DeJean | 2126123 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Baton Rouge, LA | ▲ 7395 (#9206 → #1811) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #20 | Theresa Dunlap | 940807 | USAA Federal Savings Bank | 401058 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 7376 (#9183 → #1807) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #21 | John Norton | 1171887 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | ▲ 7333 (#9464 → #2131) | $1.1M | 2 |
| #22 | Odai Mabrouk | 1158706 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7306 (#9271 → #1965) | $1.2M | 6 |
| #23 | Melanie Leder | 960194 | USAA Federal Savings Bank | 401058 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 7265 (#9738 → #2473) | $917K | 2 |
| #24 | Mahmoud Hakim | 2142305 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7227 (#8564 → #1337) | $2.0M | 8 |
| #25 | BethAnn Ericson | 612521 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Deerfield, IL | ▲ 7192 (#10000 → #2808) | $788K | 1 |
| #26 | Michael Whiteaker | 1078836 | Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC | 139164 | Newberry, FL | ▲ 7163 (#8271 → #1108) | $2.7M | 10 |
| #27 | RICHARD MEREDITH | 800296 | HOMELAND FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | 713325 | Columbia, LA | ▲ 7108 (#8591 → #1483) | $1.7M | 5 |
| #28 | David Rodriguez | 1675823 | GTE Federal Credit Union dba GTE Financial | 477712 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 7107 (#9843 → #2736) | $810K | 2 |
| #29 | Kenneth LeJeune | 417717 | Community First Bank | 403284 | New Iberia, LA | ▲ 7050 (#8642 → #1592) | $1.6M | 5 |
| #30 | Derrick Hammond | 1191096 | Coast2Coast Mortgage, LLC | 376205 | Saint Augustine, FL | ▲ 7041 (#8847 → #1806) | $1.3M | 11 |
| #31 | ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ | 1380784 | Pentagon Federal Credit Union | 401822 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6969 (#8462 → #1493) | $1.7M | 4 |
| #32 | Claire Novotny | 1516404 | Finance of America Reverse LLC | 2285 | Atlanta, GA | ▲ 6956 (#8541 → #1585) | $1.6M | 4 |
| #33 | William Bogle Jr | 427414 | Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC | 2600 | Westfield, IN | ▲ 6932 (#9945 → #3013) | $724K | 5 |
| #34 | Paul Oberle | 940530 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 6917 (#8338 → #1421) | $1.8M | 3 |
| #35 | Dylan Edwards | 1765452 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 6892 (#9143 → #2251) | $1.0M | 3 |
| #36 | Hilda Lam-Chu | 2056699 | Chevron Federal Credit Union | 441286 | Concord, CA | ▲ 6864 (#7896 → #1032) | $3.0M | 7 |
| #37 | Stephen Kidwell | 2003632 | Lower, LLC | 1124061 | — | ▲ 6864 (#9372 → #2508) | $901K | 1 |
| #38 | Allison Bourne | 2261519 | BankPlus | 431487 | — | ▲ 6835 (#7532 → #697) | $5.1M | 7 |
| #39 | Aaron Garcia | 2139082 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | — | ▲ 6789 (#8487 → #1698) | $1.4M | 9 |
| #40 | Sean McNally | 375839 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | — | ▲ 6777 (#9513 → #2736) | $810K | 2 |
| #41 | Sean Toovey | 2023350 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 6755 (#8623 → #1868) | $1.3M | 8 |
| #42 | Emilie Newberry | 2142505 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 6730 (#9522 → #2792) | $792K | 2 |
| #43 | Chene Calamita | 1639561 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6721 (#7834 → #1113) | $2.6M | 7 |
| #44 | James Merritt | 566372 | FELICIANA BANK & TRUST COMPANY | 677389 | Clinton, LA | ▲ 6711 (#9944 → #3233) | $668K | 3 |
| #45 | Steven Walker | 771966 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 6688 (#9587 → #2899) | $756K | 1 |
| #46 | Michael Brettell | 1222971 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | — | ▲ 6666 (#8220 → #1554) | $1.6M | 3 |
| #47 | Donald Meadows | 152137 | Barrington Bank & Trust Company N.A. | 449042 | Frankfort, IL | ▲ 6659 (#9084 → #2425) | $937K | 3 |
| #48 | Richard Watkins | 652562 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Alpharetta, GA | ▲ 6632 (#9678 → #3046) | $714K | 2 |
| #49 | LARRY ROSS | 716552 | BONVENU BANK, N.A. | 412577 | — | ▲ 6573 (#9151 → #2578) | $863K | 3 |
| #50 | Joshua Martinez | 2142017 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6565 (#7788 → #1223) | $2.3M | 10 |
These rankings are powered by MMI's nationwide residential mortgage public record dataset. MMI collects mortgage transaction data from recording jurisdictions across the United States, with an average data latency of approximately 22 days from the recording date.
Transactions are matched to NMLS identifiers for loan officers, lenders, and brokers where applicable. MMI then deduplicates, normalizes, and validates this data to create an authoritative mortgage production dataset that powers MMI's analytics, recruiting, marketing, and intelligence products.
Rankings reflect recorded mortgage transactions available to MMI at the time of the last data refresh. Recent activity may continue to update as additional transactions are recorded and processed.
TopMortgageOriginators.com. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Louisiana (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-climbers-by-volume/2022
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