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LEARNING LAB PRESENTERS
* Moderators are denoted with an asterisk
Pre-Foreclosure
Shellie Wallace * Wilson & Associates, PLLC x
Shellie Wallace is a Partner/Shareholder and Managing Attorney of the Foreclosure Legal and Foreclosure Title Departments. She received her education from Arkansas Tech University (B.A., 1989, Highest Honors) and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (J.D., 1992). She was admitted to the Bar of the State of Arkansas in 1992, and The Tennessee Bar in 2006. She has significant experience in consumer protection litigation, legislation and administrative procedures. Her practice areas focus in real estate and creditors rights. |
Kevin Brown Scott & Corley, PA x
Kevin serves as Senior Counsel at Scott & Corley. Kevin focuses his practice on the area of creditor’s rights focusing on mortgage default servicing, including mortgage foreclosure, real estate and bankruptcy. Kevin is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on these issues. He is a member of the South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association, the Richland County Master in Equity Liaison Committee, and Lexington County Bench/Bar. He is a former member of the American Legal and Financial Network Legal Regulatory and Policy Group. He is also a former member of the Local Rules Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina. |
Brian Nicholas KML Law Group, PC x
Brian is the Managing Shareholder over KML’s Bankruptcy Department and the firms Chief Technology Officer. Brian obtained his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and his law degree from the University of New Hampshire School of Law. Brian is licensed to practice law in NJ, PA, NY and ME. |
Andrew Brenner BWW Law Group, LLC x
Mr. Brenner has several years of experience primarily representing institutional banks, title insurance companies, and mortgage servicers. He has successfully argued cases in each of the Maryland Trial and Appellate Courts. He is a frequent panelist at real estate industry conferences and seminars. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Mr. Brenner is a Partner and the Director of Firm Operations of the BWW Law Group, LLC. |
Foreclosure Sale
Michael Zevitz * SouthLaw, PC x
Michael L. Zevitz has concentrated his practice of law in the areas of real estate finance and mortgage foreclosure since 1993. He was admitted to practice law in Missouri in 1990 and in Kansas in 1991. He obtained his B.A. in Economics from the University of Kansas in 1987. He obtained his law degree from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska in 1990. Mike is a Shareholder and Co-Managing Attorney for the Firm. He served on the USFN Board of Directors from 2001-2009. Mike is the past president of USFN, having served in that role for the 2014-2016 term. |
Michelle Maccagnano Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP x
Michelle Maccagnano is the managing partner of New York litigation for the firm of Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP. She has been with the firm for 9 years and has practiced in the areas of foreclosure, banking and finance for 18 years. She previously worked as in house counsel and vice president of a mortgage company, and has years of corporate litigation experience. Ms. Maccagnano also handles corporate training, policy changes and implementation, and assists with corporate governance working with legislators and legislative committees with respect to banking and foreclosure related legislation. |
Philip George, III Reimer Law x
Philip is a creditor default attorney with 9.5 years experience. He is licensed to practice in West Virginia, Kentucky and the federal and Bankruptcy Courts in same. Practice focused in residential foreclosures, where he handles standard foreclosure actions, ligated matters, evictions, and occasionally bankruptcy matters. Experienced in judicial and non-judicial actions. |
Katie Keeling McCarthy Holthus, LLP x
Katie Jo “KJ” Keeling is a managing partner at McCarthy & Holthus, LLP overseeing the southwest default services and title curative practice groups. She is a Martindale-Hubble® AV rated attorney licensed in the states of California and Washington. She earned her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2007. In 2014, she was named as one of MReport's Women in Housing “35 Under 35” featuring leading female executives in the mortgage and housing industry and has been annually recognized as a Top Lawyer by San Diego Magazine since 2015. |
Bankruptcy
Jessica Owens * Doyle & Foutty, PC x
Jessica S. Owens is a managing attorney in the bankruptcy department at Doyle & Foutty, PC in Indianapolis, IN, where she practices Creditor’s Right Law focusing on the representation of mortgage lenders and servicers in the field of bankruptcy law. Ms. Owens received a B.S. in Political Science from Indiana University in 2003. She was admitted to the bar in 2006 after graduating cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. She is admitted to practice in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and in the Northern, Central, and Southern District Court of Illinois. Ms. Owens is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky Bar Associations. |
Richard LaCivita Reimer Law x
Richard LaCivita began his legal career in 2000 practicing in the areas of creditors’ rights law and general business litigation in Columbus, Ohio. Subsequently, he moved to the Cleveland area for a position representing financial institutions in foreclosure proceedings, which he did for 14 years total including six years for his present firm. Mr. LaCivita is now the Managing Bankruptcy Attorney where he represents financial institutions and automobile finance companies since 2017. Mr. LaCivita received his Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law in 2000. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Miami University in 1997. Mr. LaCivita is a member of the Ohio Bar and is admitted to the practice of law in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of Ohio and the Northern District of Ohio. |
Abbey Dreher Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, LLP x
Abbey Dreher is a Partner in the Bankruptcy Department of Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, LLP in its Addison, TX location. She attended the University of Texas at Austin earning a Bachelor of Arts in Government in 2002. Ms. Dreher received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2005. Abbey is licensed with the State Bars of Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Texas. She is a member of the Texas Bar Association, the Georgia Bar Association, the Dallas Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association and the Arizona Bar Association, as well as the Honorable Larry E. Kelley Inn of Courts. She is authorized to practice before the District and Bankruptcy Courts in all Districts in Texas, Georgia, Arizona and Colorado. |
Maria Tsagaris McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC x
Maria Tsagaris, a partner with McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, routinely advises real estate and mortgage banking professionals regarding laws affecting creditor rights in the areas of bankruptcy, loss mitigation, foreclosure and other areas of the default servicing industry. She provides on-site training courses for the nation’s top servicers and lenders on the bankruptcy laws affecting the mortgage industry and serves on the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees’ Mortgage Committee. She received a bachelor of arts with honors from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law. |
Post-Foreclosure & Eviction/REO/Claims
Brett Beehler Rosenberg & Associates, LLC x
Brett C. Beehler holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University (1991), a Juris Doctor from the American University’s Washington College of Law (1994 – cum laude), and has been a member of the Rosenberg & Associates, LLC legal team since 2010. As a Partner, Mr. Beehler oversees and manages the day-to-day operations of the firm’s REO, Residential and Commercial Settlement, Title Curative, and Title Litigation practices; including oversight of the attorneys, paralegals, managers and team leads assigned to these Departments. Serving as a creditors and real estate counsel with an emphasis on litigation since the inception of his legal career in 1994, Mr. Beehler brings a broad range of practical experience from over 27 years in the field. Licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Beehler is also a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar, as well as an elected member to the Order of Barrister’s and Cambridge’s Who’s Who. |
Jeremy Wilkins Brock & Scott, PLLC x
Jeremy is the Managing Partner of the North Carolina Foreclosure Division of Brock & Scott, PLLC. With over 16 years of experience, specifically in the Mortgage Default Industry, Jeremy oversees exposure to day to day operations of the North Carolina foreclosure process at Brock & Scott, PLLC, including overseeing all Power of Sale foreclosures in North Carolina before the clerk of court, judicial foreclosures in Superior Court, title resolution (including title related litigation) and general mortgage finance litigation. Jeremy practices in both State and Federal Court. Jeremy is licensed to practice law in North Carolina (2004), Georgia (2009) and Virginia (2016). Jeremy is also licensed to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Divisions of North Carolina. Jeremy received his Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University at Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2003 and his Bachelor of Arts in History from The University of Virginia in 2000, where he was also a member of the wrestling team. |
Michael Anselmo Codilis and Associates, PC x
Michael Anselmo practices in the areas of mortgage foreclosure, litigation, and real estate law. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2006) and Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (J.D., 2011). He is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Association. |
Learning Lab 2.0: Under the Microscope Session OverviewsLearning Lab recorded sessions are free and geared toward anyone who has completed all eight Core Concept modules or has 2-4 years experience. The 45-minute sessions are a great opportunity to gain an in-depth view of the steps of the default servicing process.
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