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DIANE L. DRAIN graduated from the University of Arizona Law School in 1985. In 1990 Ms. Drain left the large firm practice and established one of the first woman-owned "boutique" firms, marketing it as a "referral firm" focusing in the areas of bankruptcy and real property. Ms. Drain practices primarily in the areas of creditor and debtor bankruptcy rights and commercial real estate development, workout, foreclosure and trustee's sales. In 1993 she established a consulting service to assist other lawyers in law office organization, administration, computerization, client development and staff education. Since 1987, Ms. Drain has served as a faculty member in numerous county, state, national and professional seminars dealing in office management skills, bankruptcy and trustee's sale/foreclosure actions. Since 1988 she has been an instructor at the Arizona School of Real Estate where she teaches legal theory classes in bankruptcy and foreclosure. She is also an adjunct professor of law with the Phoenix School of Law. Ms. Drain has been a member of the Arizona State Bar Board of Governors for many years. She is also a member of the Bankruptcy Section, the Real Property Section and the Solo & Small Firm Section. Ms. Drain is a past president of the Maricopa Chapter of the Arizona Women Lawyer's Association, a past chair of the Solo Practitioner's Section of the Arizona State Bar, a past chair of the Maricopa County Continuing Legal Education program and the founding chairperson for the Arizona Trustee's Association. Ms. Drain was appointed to the Supreme Court's Commission on Technology in 2000 and has received the Arizona State Bar Member of the Year Award, and the Arizona State Bar President's Award. She was also featured in the Profiles section of the Arizona Business Gazette and on the cover of the Arizona Attorney magazine. Ms. Drain's community activities include developing and managing a volunteer lawyer's program at the Bankruptcy Court, participation in the Volunteer's Lawyers Programs, Law Week, and Legal Assistance for the Elderly and Volunteer Mediation Services. Ms. Drain can be reached via email ddrain@dianedrain.com . JOHN K. GRAHAM is a retired chief counsel of North American Title Insurance Company in Phoenix. He is a graduate of Indiana University and earned his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law. Mr. Graham has lectured on a variety of topics sponsored by the State Bar of Arizona, the Arizona Trustee's Association, the Land Title Association of Arizona and the Arizona Escrow Association concerning both title insurance and escrow. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the Maricopa County Bar Association. DON J. LAWRENCE JR. is the principal of the Lawrence Law Offices PLLC, in Scottsdale. He has focused his practice in the areas of real estate litigation, loan mitigation & modification, foreclosure defense, debtor bankruptcy (Chapters 7 & 13), QDROs, wills & trusts since 1997. Mr. Lawrence earned his B.A. degree at Indiana University, Bloomington and his J.D. degree, with honors, at Regent University School of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona JASON P. SHERMAN is the managing partner for the law firm of Shapiro, Van Ess & Sherman, L.L.P. Mr. Sherman is also the assistant vice president of Aztec Foreclosure Corporation, a corporation which conducts non-judicial foreclosures in the states of California and Nevada. For the last 10 years Mr. Sherman has represented institutional and private lenders, as well as some of the nation's largest loan servicers, in all aspects of real estate law with an emphasis in creditor representation in bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Sherman has handled thousands of evictions in both state and federal courts. He has written best practices for lender clients and is a writer for trade publications. Mr. Sherman received his B.S. degree from Arizona State University and his J.D. degree from the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law.
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