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

The Foreclosure Process in Oregon
9:00 - 10:15, Richard A. Uffelman

• Notice Requirements
• Foreclosure Hearing
• Foreclosure Sale
• Upset Bid
• The "Closing" With Third Party Bidders
• Deficiency
• Judicial vs. Non Judicial
• Two Loans by the Same Bank

Ethics
10:30 - 11:30, Richard A. Uffelman

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

Workouts – The Various Tools in the Toolbox for Working Out Troubled Real Estate Loans 
11:30 - 12:45, Richard A. Uffelman

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

Environmental Issues in the Foreclosure Process
1:45 - 3:00, James M. Hillas

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

Post-Foreclosure Issues
3:15 - 4:30, James M. Hillas

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

JAMES M. HILLAS is a sole practitioner with James M. Hillas, P.C., in Portland, Oregon, where his main areas of practice are general litigation, business litigation, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, construction law, construction liens, employment contracts, wage and hour law, residential real estate, bankruptcy litigation, and complex litigation. Mr. Hillas is a member of the Multnomah County, Washington State and Federal bar associations, and Oregon State Bar and Oregon Association of Defense Counsel. He is admitted to practice before the Eastern and Western districts of Washington Federal Court. Mr. Hillas earned his B.A. degree from Hampshire College and his J.D. degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, Northwestern School of Law.

RICHARD A. UFFELMAN is a shareholder-attorney at the law firm of Buckley LeChevallier PC, where his main areas of practice include both the transaction and litigation sides of taxation, real estate, foreclosures, buying and selling businesses, construction liens, estate planning, probate and trust administration, business entity formations, and liquidation. Mr. Uffelman has lectured extensively on real estate matters and foreclosure law. He earned his B.A. degree from Lewis & Clark College, his J.D. degree from Willamette University College of Law and his L.L.M. degree from New York University School of Law. Mr. Uffelman is a board member of Northwest Real Estate Investors, Inc. and is a former assistant attorney general in the tax division for the Oregon State Department of Justice.

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