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1. The Foreclosure Process in Kansas  
2. Workouts – The Various Tools in the Toolbox for Working Out Troubled Real Estate Loans 
3. Environmental Issues in the Foreclosure Process
4. Title Issues in the Foreclosure Process and Workout Context
5. Ethics
6. Post-Foreclosure Issues

The Foreclosure Process in Kansas
9:00 - 10:00, Robert M. Swiss

• Notice Requirements
• Foreclosure Hearing
• Foreclosure Sale
• Upset Bid
• The "Closing" With Third Party Bidders
• Deficiency

Workouts – The Various Tools in the Toolbox for Working Out Troubled Real Estate Loans
10:15 - 11:15, Ronald S. Weiss  

• Pre-Negotiation
• Forbearance
• Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
• Loan Modifications
• Discounted Payoffs

Environmental Issues in the Foreclosure Process
11:15 - 12:15, Robert M. Swiss

• Environmental Conditions at Foreclosed Properties
• Assessment/Reassessment of Environmental Risk 
• Liability Protection for Lenders

Title Issues in the Foreclosure Process and Workout Context
1:15 - 2:15, M. Catherine Hartnett

• The Loan Policy
• Using the Title Commitment and Prior Title Information
• Title Aspects of Foreclosure Alternatives
• Title Issues During Foreclosure
• Parties Involved and Obtaining Jurisdiction
• Actions the Mortgage Holder can Take
• Post-Judgment Issues

Ethics
2:15 - 3:15, Ronald S. Weiss 

• Conflicts of Interest
• Multiple Representation Issues
• Due Diligence and Duty to Disclose
• Attorneys' Fees

Post-Foreclosure Issues
3:30 - 4:30, Robert M. Swiss

• Eviction and Ejectment
• Eviction Procedures and Issues
• Ejectment Procedures and Issues
• Liability for Code Violations, Taxes, Homeowner Dues, Etc.
• Property Preservation Problems

M. CATHERINE HARTNETT is an attorney with Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen P.C., where her main areas of practice involve resolution of title insurance claims, civil litigation and enforcement of creditor's rights in both federal and state courts. Ms. Hartnett has been a city attorney and prosecutor. She has represented lenders, small creditors, title insurance companies and bankruptcy trustees. Ms. Hartnett earned her B.A. degree from the Benedictine College and her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Law. She is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and Volunteer Attorney Project.

ROBERT M. SWISS is an attorney in Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, P.C.'s Kansas City, Missouri office. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Missouri and his J.D. degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City, where he was a board member and literary editor of the UMKC Law Review. Mr. Swiss is admitted to practice in Missouri and Kansas, in addition to the Western District of Missouri and the District of Kansas. He is a member of the firm's default attorney group and focuses his practice on creditors' rights and general civil litigation.

RONALD S. WEISS is a partner in the Kansas City law firm of Berman, DeLeve, Kuchan & Chapman, L.C. Mr. Weiss wrote the chapter on general executions in The Missouri Bar Handbook and Attachments on Debtor/Creditors' Rights, and the chapter on bankruptcy in The Missouri Bar Practical Skills Handbook. He also is a contributing writer to The Missouri Bar Bankruptcy Practice Handbook. Mr. Weiss practices in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He has been a lecturer for The Missouri Bar seminars and for the National Association of Credit Management in the Kansas City Bar Young Lawyers Trial Practice Program. Mr. Weiss has served as chair of the Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute, and is a member of The Missouri Bar, the American Bar Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, the Commercial Law League of America and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Missouri.

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