Archive

3/10/2010 to 3/11/2010 Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the Chase Foreclosure Attorney Summit in Dallas, TX.

2/23/2010 to 2/26/2010 Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the MBA’s National Servicing Conference & Expo in San Diego, CA. Mr. Laws spoke on the Navigating Loss Mitigation Panel, which focused on how a servicer can avoid loss mitigation litigation. The panel also focused on fraud and misrepresentation claims, as well as breach of contract claims, as they relate to loss mitigation practices.

1/5/2010 and 2/25/2010 Amy T. Ryan spoke at the 2010 Missouri Bar Annual Bankruptcy Institutes.

1/1/2010 MLLF announces a new partner!

2009 - MLL&F/MoKan employees give to Harvesters Community Food Network during 2009.
 

11/4/2009 to 11/6/2009 Berry F. Laws, III, attended the National Property Preservation Conference in Washington, DC..

11/11/2009 to 11/15/2009 Berry F. Laws, III, attended the 2009 USFN Member Retreat held in Key Largo, FL.

11/16/2009 to 11/17/2009 Berry F. Laws, III, attended the Annual Housing Wire Conference held in Austin, TX.

11/28/2009 to 12/1/2009 Berry F. Laws, III, attended the Annual Distressed Investing Conference in New York, NY.

10/26/2009 Super Lawyer Awards

Berry Laws and Tom Fritzlen have been named 2009 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers.

9/28/2009 HAMP and Tenant Protection

Berry F. Laws, III attended USFN's workshop, Understanding HAMP and Tenant Protection

9/11/2009 USFN Executive Servicer Summit
Berry F. Laws, III attended the USFN Executive Servicer Summit September 10-12 in Sonoma, CA.

8/20/2009 LPS 9th Annual Default Real Estate Conference
Berry F. Laws, III and Amy Wilson attended LPS 9th Annual Default Real Estate Conference, August 20-22, 2009 in Denver, CO.

8/9/2009 14th Annual Western States Loan Servicing Conference
Berry F. Laws, III attended the 14th Annual Western States Loan Servicing Conference in Las Vegas August 9-11, 2009. During the conference, Berry participated in the LPS Attorney Roundtable.

8/7/2009 Honda Bankruptcy Training
Steve Leigh, Carrie Mermis and Jane Woll recently did an OnSite bankruptcy training session for Honda’s Bankruptcy Department at their Dallas, TX offices.

8/7/2009 National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees 44th Annual Seminar
Steve Leigh, Carrie Mermis and Jane Woll attended the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees 44th Annual Seminar July 1-4, 2009 in Boston, MA.

7/27/2009 Fidelity National Title Group
Richard L. Martin, Steven M. Leigh, Robert D. Kroeker and Shawn Briner recently presented a seminar at the Jacksonville, Florida office of Fidelity National Title Group. The seminar focused on common title issues arising in the states of Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.

7/23/2009 American Legal and Financial Network - Reverse Mortgages
Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the AFN's 7th Annual Leadership Conference in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM July 21-24, 2009. During the conference, Berry was the Moderator for the Reverse Mortgage Panel.

7/16/2009 CONGRATULATIONS!
Steve Leigh has accepted an invitation to be a member of the President’s Advisory Council for William Jewell College.

7/16/2009 Top 100!!
MoKan Title Company comes in at #43 and Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen comes in at #76.

7/09/2009 USFN in Chicago
Berry F. Laws, III attended the USFN Legal Issues in Mortgage Servicing Seminar in Chicago on July 9 and 10, 2009.

7/06/2009 Harvesters Donation
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen P.C. and MoKan Title Services, LLC. recently presented a check in the amount of $5,000 to Harvesters Community Food Network.

6/30/2009 NBI Missouri Foreclosures and Workouts
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, P.C. has been selected to present two (2) continuing legal education seminars on behalf of National Business Institute regarding a variety of foreclosure-related issues.

6/19/2009 Annual Real Estate Default Symposium
Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the 3rd Annual Real Estate Default Symposium hosted by The Default Attorney Group in Dallas, TX on June 16, 2009. Mr. Laws spoke on Advanced Bankruptcy, as well as Hot Topics.

6/16/2009 8th Annual Attorney Summit
Berry F. Laws III attended the 8th Annual Attorney Summit hosted by Lender Processing Services in Minneapolis June 10 to June 12....

6/08/2009 USFN
Berry F. Laws III attended the USFN’s Loan Management & Servicing Seminar June 3-5, 2009 in New Orleans, LA.

5/12/2009 Distressed Asset Roundtable & Exchange
Berry F. Laws, III attended the DS News Distressed Asset Roundtable & Exchange held in New York City on May 12 and 13, 2009.

5/9/2009 St. Louis County Bar Association Trivia Night
The attorneys of the St. Louis office participated in the St. Louis County Bar Association Trivia Night on May 9, 2009.

5/6/2009 Buyers Beware!
Read about the foreclosed housing scam published in MortgageOrb.

5/4/2009 MBA's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference
Berry F. Laws, III attended Opal Financial's Real Estate Investor's Summit in Orlando, FL held on April 28 and 29, 2009.

5/5/2009 LPS Attorney Summit
Berry F. Laws, III has been appointed to serve on the LPS Attorney Roundtable during their annual Attorney Summit to be held in June in Minneapolis, MN

4/28/2009 BASIL Panelist
Amy T. Ryan was a panelist at the 2009 Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois (BASIL) Bankruptcy Conference on April 23, 2009

4/22/2009 2009 Texas MBA
Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association’s 5th Annual Loan Servicing Conference on April 15 and 16 in Frisco, TX

4/8/2009 2009 REOMAC
Berry F. Laws, III attended the 2009 REOMAC Spring Conference held in Palm Desert, CA April 4-7

4/2/2009 Affirmation
Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed an $87,000.00 judgment in favor of the firm’s client

3/30/2009 Top Ten 2009
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, P.C. is proud to announce its selection, for the second year in a row, as one of Kansas City’s Top 10 Small Businesses of the Year

3/30/2009 Reappointment
Berry F. Laws, III has been reappointed to the Advisory Board for Bank of America's Clarifier Channel

3/25/2009 Hunter's Hope 09
Berry F. Laws, III attended Hunter’s Hope Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Ball in New York on March 22, 2009

3/25/2009 USFN Conference
Berry F. Laws, III attended the USFN Loan Servicing & Management Conference in Orlando, FL

3/25/2009 Chairman
Congratulations to Berry F. Laws, III for being elected as Chair of the AFN’s Legal Services Committee

3/2/2009 MBA NMSC
Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the MBA's National Mortgage Servicing Conference and Expo in Tampa, FL February 17-20, 2009

2/19/2009 MBA
Jane Woll and Berry Laws attended a bowling night at Splitsville Lanes in Tampa during the MBA

1/15/2009 Rocky Mountian Symposium
Berry F. Laws, III, Desarea Harrah and Jane Woll attended the Default Attorney Group’s Rocky Mountain Symposium 

11/19/2008 Global Entrepreneurship Week
The firm was represented by Tom Fritzlen, who was invited to participate as a panel member

11/16/2008 UTA Conference
Berry F. Laws, III attended the 33rd Annual UTA Conference November 16-18

11/12/2008 Source Media Conference
Berry F. Laws, III attended Source Media's Mortgage Fraud Conference

10/28/2008 MBA Convention
Berry F. Laws, III attended the MBA's 95th Annual Convention and Expo

10/28/2008 LSC Co-Chair
Berry F. Laws, III was recently named as Co-Chair with William Leroy to the AFN's LSC Committee.

10/27/2008 Super Lawyers
Berry F. Laws, III and Thomas J. Fritzlen recently received top awards in Missouri and Kansas

10/21/2008 Fall 2008 REOMAC
Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the Fall REOMAC Conference in Hollywood, FL

10/16/2008 KCBJ Top 50, 20
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, P.C. is pleased to announce that it has been ranked among the 50 Top Area Law Firms

10/7/2008 Clarifire Summit
Berry F. Laws, III and Tracy Thayer attended the Bank of America’s Clarifire Channel Summit in Clearwater, FL

10/7/2008 Grand Opening
Berry F. Laws, III attended the Grand Opening of the Law School of the America’s in Panama City, Panama

9/29/2008 Attorney Summit
Steven M. Leigh attended the EMC Mortgage Corporation’s Attorney Summit on September 23, 2008.

9/29/2008 CREF Conference
Steven M. Leigh and Mandi R. Hunter attended the Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference

9/22/2008 5th Annual Five Star Conference
Berry F. Laws, III, Amy Wilson and Jane Woll attended the 5th Annual Five Star Default Servicing Conference and Expo September 17-20 in Dallas, TX

9/15/2008 USFN Fall Seminar
Berry F. Laws, III attended the USFN Fall Conference in Scottsdale, AZ

8/25/2008 Swearing In
Hilary H. Sommer and Mary G. Walsh recently attended the swearing in of St. Louis City’s newest circuit judge, Michael Mullen.

8/13/2008 Reverse Mortgage Summit
Berry F. Laws, III attended the Reverse Mortgage Summit held in Houston, TX August 12-14

8/13/2008 2008 WSLSC
Berry F. Laws, III, Amy Wilson and Jane Woll attended the Western States Loan Servicing Conference held in Las Vegas August 10-12, 2008

8/8/2008 Fannie Mae
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, PC Selected for Fannie Mae Retained Attorney Network

8/8/2008 Partners Published
Thomas J. Fritzlen Jr. and Robert D. Kroeker are published in the July/August USFN e-Update

7/18/2008 KC Business Journal
MLLF and MoKan growth highlighted in Kansas City Business Journal

7/16/2008 NACTT Seminar
Steve Leigh, Amy Ryan and Jane Woll attended the Annual NACTT (National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees) Seminar

6/30/2008 FIS DRE Conference
Berry Laws III, Amy Wilson and Melanie Lutes attended the FIS Annual Default Real Estate Conference June 19-21, 2008 in Denver, Colorado

6/23/2008 2008 DAG REDS
Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the 2nd Annual Real Estate Default Symposium

6/20/2008 DS News
Berry F. Laws III is featured in DS News' coverage of the 2nd Annual DAG Real Estate Default Symposium

6/20/2008 Women to Watch
Beverly M. Weber was nominated by the AWL for the Central Exchange’s "Woman to Watch"

6/17/2008 Associate Published
Associate Beverly Weber is published in June 2008 USFN E-Update

6/11/2008 SRC 20th Anniversary
Tom Fritzlen and Carrie Mermis were guests of States Resources Corp. at its 20th Anniversary celebration June 1 in Omaha, Nebraska

6/10/2008 USFN DSS & Tech Forum
Berry F. Laws, III attended the USFN 2008 National Default Servicing Seminar & Technology Forum in San Antonio, TX June 4-6

6/5/2008 Bench & Bar Conference
Hilary H. Sommer recently attended the 29th annual Bench & Bar Conference

5/29/2008 Summary Affirmation
Partner Robert D. Kroeker wrote the winning motion for summary judgment

5/27/2008 SPS Attorney Summit
Berry F. Laws, III attended the SPS Attorney Summit in Park City Utah May 19 and 20.

5/21/2008 BPFM Conference
Amy T. Ryan, Senior Associate, is secretary of the Bankruptcy Practice Memorial Fund in St. Louis

5/20/2008 Chamber Luncheon
Steven M. Leigh, Thomas J. Fritzlen, Jr., Richard L. Martin, Shawn T. Briner and 16 employees attended the Chamber of Commerce Top Ten Luncheon to announce the Small Business of the Year 2008

5/16/2008 Spring 08 NARCA
Steven M. Leigh and Mandi R. Hunter attended the NARCA Spring Conference in Seattle Washington

5/15/2008 Billboard Feature
MLL&F is featured in a billboard honoring Top Ten award winners

5/6/2008 USFN ESS
Berry F. Laws III attended the USFN Executive Servicer Summit May 1-4

5/6/2008 MBA LIC
Berry F. Laws, III attended the MBA Legal Issue Conference in Carlsbad, CA April 28-May 1

4/29/2008 Career Day
Amy T. Ryan, Senior Associate, attended Career Day at her high school alma mater on April 25, 2008

4/21/2008 2nd Annual MSC
Berry F. Laws III attended the 2nd Annual Mortgage Serving Conference hosted by Source Media in Dallas April 17-18

4/21/2008 2008 TMBA
Berry F. Laws III attended the Texas Mortgage Banker’s Association (TMBA) Loan Servicing conference in Frisco, Texas April 9-11

4/21/2008 Hunter's Hope Fundraiser
Berry F. Laws III attended the Hunter’s Hope Annual Fundraiser in Buffalo New York April 4 to 6

4/21/2008 2008 REOMAC
Berry F. Laws III attended the Annual REOMAC Conference in Indian Wells, California

4/18/2008 Judgment for Factor
Tom Fritzlen obtained a judgment from the Jackson County Circuit Court (Kansas City) in favor of our client

4/18/2008 Barbecue Celebration
On Friday afternoon, April 4, all employees of the Firm and MoKan Title Services, gathered at the firm for a barbecue

4/18/2008 Chamber Reception
The firm was honored April 1, 2008 at a reception and dinner sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

4/2/2008 Higher Impact Annual Luncheon
Steven M. Leigh attended the Higher Impact Annual Luncheon, an organization to mentor the youth

4/1/2008 Appointment
Steven M. Leigh was appointed to the Board of Directors for Missouri Bank and Trust

3/28/2008 Economic Roundtable
Shawn T. Briner participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by Peter Benoist, Chairman and CEO of Enterprise Bank & Trust

3/28/2008 Outright Dismissal
Shawn T. Briner and Robert D. Kroeker successfully prosecuted a motion in the United States District Court

3/28/2008 USFN Regional Conference
Berry F. Laws served on the Reverse Mortgage Panel, as well as the Litigation Trends Panel during this conference

3/21/2008 Top Ten
Firm makes it to Top 10 Small Businesses in Kansas City

3/19/2008 Legal League Summit
Berry F. Laws, III attended the Legal League Summit hosted by DS News in Dallas, TX

3/18/2008 Bankruptcy Seminar
Amy Ryan and Beverly Weber (Senior Associates) attended the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Seminar hosted by Trustee John V. LaBarge, Jr.

3/17/2008 Inns Reception
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, P.C. hosted a reception for the Inns of UMKC School of Law

3/5/2008 New Orleans MBA
Berry F. Laws, III, Amy Wilson and Jane Woll recently attended the MBA's National Mortgage Servicing Conference

3/4/2005 Litigation Conference
Berry F. Laws, III attended the American Conference Institute's 2nd National Subprime Lending Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Conference

2/16/2008 Appointment
Congratulations to Berry F. Laws, III on his recent appointment to the Litigation Committee of REOMAC

2/5/2008 Associate Published
Beverly Weber published in UTA

2/5/2008 RMC Conference
Berry F. Laws III attended the Reverse Mortgage Compliance Conference

1/28/2008 Attorney Summit
Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll recently attended the CitiResidential Funding Attorney Summit

1/2/2008 Announcement
Shawn T. Briner has been named a partner in the firm

12/14/2007 MF&R Conference
Berry F. Laws, III recently attended the 2nd Annual Mortgage Fraud & Risk Conference held at the Mandalay Bay December 10 and 11

12/13/2007 Boardmember
Partner Profile: Robert D. Kroeker

12/7/2007 2007 Super Lawyers
Berry F. Laws III named as 2007 Super Lawyer

12/3/2007 Strategies for Success
Tom Fritzlen attended the Ninth Annual “Strategies for Success in Construction Lending” seminar

11/20/2007 DAG Symposium
Berry F. Laws, III recently attended the DAG Symposium on behalf of the firm in Buffalo, NY.

11/20/2007 2007 TMBA
Berry F. Laws III and Jane Woll recently attended the Texas MBA in Dallas.

11/20/2007 Fall 2007 NARCA
Steve Leigh, Mandi Hunter and Jane Woll recently attended the Fall NARCA in Atlanta, GA.

10/29/2007 Clarifire
Laws III appointed to Clarifire Advisory Committee

10/24/2007 Open House 2007
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, PC and MoKan Title Services hosted an Open House, Thursday, October 18th at their downtown offices

10/15/2007 Fall 2007 REOMAC
Jane Woll and Berry F. Laws III attended the Fall REOMAC in Hollywood, Florida, Oct. 10-12

10/1/2007 Best of Bar 2007
Berry F. Laws III chosen by Kansas City Business Journal as 'Best of Bar'

10/1/2007 USFN Fall Seminar
Berry F. Laws III served as a panelist in a forum discussion on mortgage fraud.

9/14/2007 FiveStar Conference
MLL&F and MoKan Title Services attended the 4th Annual FiveStar Default Servicing Conference & Expo in Dallas Texas

9/1/2007 Judgment
Beverly Weber obtains summary judgment in lien avoidance action

8/15/2007 We've Moved
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, PC is pleased to announce its St. Louis office has relocated

8/1/2007 AFN Awards
AFN congratulates members receiving awards

7/17/2007 Settlement
Thomas J. Fritzlen Jr. successfully reached a settlement in ATV rollover case.

7/13/2007 Laws for Paws
A volunteer group called Laws for Paws to rescue any animals left behind by its owners.

6/30/2007 DAG Symposium
In June the Default Attorney Group hosted a Real Estate Default Symposium

6/25/2007 Corporate Report
ML&L Foreclosure Services named among 100 fastest growing companies.

6/25/2007 Fortune Feature
Berry F. Laws III is featured by Fortune magazine.

6/13/2007 Partner Honored
Richard 'Dick' Martin was named Presiding Cheiftain of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say.

6/12/2007 Bake Sale
MLL&F holds a bake sale to benefit 2007 charity

6/12/2007 Philly
Berry Laws, Amy Wilson and Jane Woll meet with clients

6/7/2007 Meeting
Tom Fritzlen and Shawn Briner meet with The Cadle Company

5/30/2007 Play Ball!
The MLL&F/MoKan Softball season is underway

5/22/2007 Announcement
MLL&F announces addition of new KC associate

5/21/2007 NARCA
Steve Leigh and Jane Woll represented the firm

5/1/2007 IL Mechanics Lien
Shawn T. Briner authors an article for Construction Lending News.

4/27/2007 REOMAC
Attended REOMAC conference in Indian Wells, CA.

4/22/2007 KC.com Interview
Berry F. Laws III interviewed by Paul Wenske of KansasCity.com.

4/12/2007 Settlement
Firm recovers over $1M for client over death of infant.

3/24/2007 Social Suppers
MLL&F employees enjoy a team building exercise.

3/12/2007 Default Director
Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen Appoints Director of Default Operations

2/20/2007 Securitization
Berry F. Laws III speaks on mortgage fraud in Mexico City.

2/9/2007 Judgment
Missouri Court of Appeals affirms judgment.

2/7/2007 Announcement
MLL&F announces addition of new attorneys.

2/2/2007 2007 Charity
MLL&F and MoKan Title adopt Friendship House/Catherine's Place as 2007 charity.

1/30/2007 Thailand Trip
Berry F. Laws III and Alan Such visit Chaing Mai, Thailand.

1/26/2007 CaseAware
Press release announcing full implementation.

1/25/2007 Sky Radio Interview
Berry Laws is interviewed by SkyRadio.

1/23/2007 Inauguration
Berry Laws attends inauguration of Wyoming Governor David D. Freudenthal

1/15/2007 MLL&F has IT
MLL&F announces addition of IT department.

1/5/2007 Employee Wellness
MLL&F insitutes an employee wellness program.

12/26/2006 Attorney Feature
Berry F. Laws III is featured attorney.

12/20/2006 KC Business Journal
Article on office expansion.

12/15/2006 DS News
DS News article on office expansion.

12/10/2006 Super Lawyers
MLL&F Attorneys named as Super Lawyers.

7/28/2006 USFN Article
MLL&F is accepted into USFN.