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DAVID E. COFFELT is a 34-year veteran of the title industry. As chairman of the Board of Directors of Coffelt Land Title, Inc., he has guided his company's growth from a staff of three to one of the largest independently owned title firms in the metropolitan Kansas City area. Mr. Coffelt is a past president of the Missouri Land Title Association and was that organization's first ever Young Title Person of the Year. As a regular instructor at the Missouri Land Title Institute, Mr. Coffelt has conducted classes on a wide range of topics, including an introduction to the profession, closings, business management, ethics and time management. In addition to numerous speaking engagements for various civic groups and realtor gatherings, he remains very involved in community activities. KELLEE P. DUNN-WALTERS is underwriting counsel and commercial manager for Chicago Title Insurance Company, covering Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. Ms. Dunn-Walters previously was in private practice and has been in the title industry for more than 15 years. She is a member of the Kansas Bar Association (member, Title Standards Committee; Real Property, Probate & Trust Section), the American Bar Association (member, Real Property, Probate & Trust Section), the American Land Title Association, and the Commercial Brokers Association. Ms. Dunn-Walters also is a member of the Board of Directors for Kansas City Commercial Real Estate Women (KC CREW). A graduate of Washburn University of Topeka, she earned her J.D. degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. KARL R. PHARES is a underwriting counsel for First American Title Insurance Company's national commercial services office in Overland Park, Kansas. He is responsible for underwriting, closing and related title insurance matters for commercial real estate transactions in the Kansas City area and throughout the country. Mr. Phares began his real estate career during law school with a Minneapolis law firm. His background has given him the opportunity to experience the claims perspective of title insurance and real estate closings, and also to understand customers' closing needs and expectations. Mr. Phares has handled a wide variety of complex title issues such as multi-site wind turbine projects throughout the Midwest and lender work-out transactions for troubled loans and properties. He is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's YLS Public Service Committee. Mr. Phares is a licensed attorney in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. He earned his J.D. degree from William Mitchell College of Law and his B.A. degree from Lake Forest College. LYNN WEDDLE JUDKINS is an attorney at the law firm of Foland, Wickens, Eisfelder, Roper & Hofer, PC. Ms. Judkins has successfully tried cases representing both plaintiffs and defendants in Missouri and Kansas courts. She specializes in business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on construction defect, contracts, real estate claims and lender liability claims. Ms. Judkins also has experience with a variety of product liability and personal injury cases, as well as defense of clients' interests in workers' compensation matters. She served as the co-advisor for the Missouri Bar Leadership Academy in 2006 after completing her term in 2005. Ms. Judkins was one of 11 selected across the state for this academy honor to build diversity in the bar. She is a member of the American Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, the American Association for Justice and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. Ms. Judkins earned her B.J. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism and her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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