About Us

Bret A. Maidman

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

30+ Years Experience

Bret is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the Virtua group of companies. He also sits on Virtua Credit’s investment committee. Bret has over 30 years of legal experience in both business transactions and commercial, bankruptcy, and appellate litigation. He has acted as lead counsel on matters ranging from complex real estate and finance transactions to restructuring operating companies to litigating Chapter 11 plans through confirmation. Bret has been active in local, state, and national bar associations, written articles and spoken at numerous legal programs, represented pro bono clients in trial and appellate court proceedings, and served as a Pro Tem Judge for the Arizona Court of Appeals and President of the Arizona chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. For the first 19 years of his practice, Bret was an associate and partner at one of the leading law firms in the Southwest. He also practiced with a smaller firm and as a solo practitioner.  Bret attended Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with majors in history and psychology, and Northwestern University School of Law, where he was Articles Editor for the Northwestern University Law Review.

Nick Montague

Senior Vice President, Finance

$4B in CRE Loan Analysis

Nick is Senior Vice President of Finance at Virtua Partners. He oversees finance, underwriting, deal acquisition, due diligence, deal structuring, and dispositions. With over 15 years of real estate experience, Nick has analyzed over $4 Billion of commercial real estate loans and investment opportunities. Nick has also managed a portfolio of development deals in excess of $250 Million.

Prior to heading up finance at Virtua, he worked with a commercial real estate workout and restructuring advisory company. Nick has experience encompassing a wide variety of commercial real estate property types across the country with specific focus on, finance, underwriting, proformas, valuations, complex joint ventures, capital structures, repositions, workouts and development. He received a BS from California State University, Long Beach with a double major in finance and international business.

Jae Hart

Vice President, Operations

Jae is responsible for managing the functions of Human Resources and Payroll for Virtua Partners.  Jae earned her Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University, and has been a long-standing member of the Society of Human Resource Management.  She has over 12 years of experience and is the liaison between employees and the corporate structure.  Her areas of expertise include recruitment/talent management, employment and HR information systems (HRIS), training/coaching, benefits, policy/procedure development, and employment engagement activities. 

Jae’s goal is to foster an environment of integrity that values its employees and to create a culture of open-communication and positivity in order to enhance the employee experience.