2/23/2010 Berry F. Laws, III and Jane Woll attended the MBA’s National Servicing Conference & Expo in San Diego, CA Feb. 23-26, 2010. 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 Berry F. Laws, III, attended the National Property Preservation Conference in Washington, D,C., November 4-6, 2009.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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