If owning a home is the American dream, then losing it through foreclosure is the American nightmare. Learn how to make the foreclosure process as smooth as possible for your clients by reviewing the personal property foreclosure process step-by-step. Our experienced professionals will provide you with best practices for pre-foreclosure documents and notices, the foreclosure sale requirements, post-foreclosure legal issues and how bankruptcy figures into the equation. Plus, get case law and legislative updates. Order today!

1. Update: Case Law and Legislation
2. Real Property Foreclosure: An In-Depth Walk-Through With Legal Considerations
3. Alternatives to Foreclosure: Step-By-Step Procedure and Legal Issues
4. How Bankruptcy Changes the Landscape
5. Ethics in Foreclosure

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UPDATE: CASE LAW AND LEGISLATION
9:00 - 10:00, Steven Nixon

• Federal Laws
• State Laws
• Recent Case Law

REAL PROPERTY FORECLOSURE: AN IN-DEPTH WALK-THROUGH WITH LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
10:15 - 12:00, Donald G. Ogden

• Pre-Foreclosure Process and Documents
• The Foreclosure Sale: Notices, Procedure and Documents
• Post-Foreclosure: Wrap-Up, Deficiency, Eviction and Other Legal Issues
• Keys to Spotting and Handling Issues That Typically Pop Up
• Insider Tips for a Smooth Foreclosure

ALTERNATIVES TO FORECLOSURE: STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE AND LEGAL ISSUES
1:00 - 2:15, Steven Nixon

• Reinstatement, Forbearance and Repayment Plans
• Mortgage Modification
• Partial Claim
• Sale, Pre-Foreclosure Sale or Short Payoff
• Assumption by Qualified Buyer
• Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure

HOW BANKRUPTCY CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE
2:30 - 3:30, Betty Ruth Fox

• The Automatic Stay
• Chapter 7 and 13 Basics
• Post-Foreclosure Sale Bankruptcy Filings
• Protecting the Creditor's Position
• Noteworthy Foreclosure Litigation

ETHICS IN FORECLOSURE
3:30 - 4:30, Sean A. Milner

• Attorney's Affirmative Duties in Foreclosure
• Conflicts of Interest
• Description of Property in Foreclosure Sale Advertising
• Wrongful Foreclosure, Abuse of Process and Frivolous Litigation

BETTY RUTH FOX is of counsel with Watkins & Eager. Her main areas of practice include environmental law and bankruptcy. Ms. Fox is a member of The Mississippi Bar and the American Bar Association. She received her B.B.A. degree from Millsaps College and her J.D. degree, with distinction, from Mississippi College School of Law.

SEAN A. MILNER is a partner with the law offices of Milner & Nixon, PLLC, where his main areas of practice include real estate and real estate litigation. He has been hired as an expert on various real estate matters. Mr. Milner earned his B.S. degree from Mississippi College and his J.D. degree from Mississippi College School of Law.

STEVEN NIXON is a partner with the law offices of Milner & Nixon, PLLC, where his main areas of practice are family law and real property litigation. He is a former adjunct professor at Mississippi College School of Law where he taught legal writing. He is a municipal court judge for Clinton, Mississippi. Mr. Nixon earned his B.A. degree from Louisiana Tech University and his J.D. degree from Mississippi College School of Law. He is a member of the Mississippi, Louisiana and American (Real Property and Probate Section) bar associations, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

DONALD G. OGDEN is vice president and state counsel of First American Title Insurance Company in Mississippi, where his responsibilities include title insurance underwriting and claims resolution. He regularly speaks at real estate seminars for attorneys, agents and their staff. Mr. Ogden earned his B.A. degree from Auburn University and his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi. He is a member of The Mississippi Bar and the Tri-County Real Estate Lawyer's Association.

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