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

REAL PROPERTY FORECLOSURE: AN IN-DEPTH WALK-THROUGH WITH LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
9:00 - 10:45, Ann Marie Maccarone

• 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

ETHICS IN FORECLOSURE
11:00 - 12:00, William J. Delaney

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

ALTERNATIVES TO FORECLOSURE: STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE AND LEGAL ISSUES
1:00 - 2:30, Ann Marie Maccarone

• Recent Rhode Island Legislative Changes
• Reinstatement, Forbearance and Repayment Plans
• Mortgage Modification
• Sale, Pre-Foreclosure Sale or Short Payoff
• Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure

HOW BANKRUPTCY CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE
2:45 - 4:30, William J. Delaney

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

WILLIAM J. DELANEY is a partner with Delaney & DeMerchant LLC, where he practices in the areas of commercial law, creditors' rights and bankruptcy law. He previously has served as a member of the Chapter 7 Trustee Panel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island and is an arbitrator in the Rhode Island Superior Court Arbitration Program. Mr. Delaney earned his A.B. degree from the University of Notre Dame, his M.B.A. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his J.D. degree from Albany Law School of Union University and his LL.M. degree, in American banking law studies, from the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law Studies, Boston University School of Law. Mr. Delaney is a member of the Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Vermont bar associations and the New York State Bar Association.

ANN MARIE MACCARONE is an associate with Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, where she concentrates her practice representing lenders in all phases of default servicing, including bankruptcy, foreclosure and evictions before state and federal courts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. As a complement to her practice, Ms. Maccarone has extensive experience in real estate law, including title examination, review and certification, REO services and residential conveyance. She also has experience in consumer collections. Ms. Maccarone has previously written and spoken on topics in her main areas of practice. She is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association (Title Standards Committee), Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Boston Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and International Women's Insolvency Restructuring Confederation. Ms. Maccarone earned her B.S. degree, cum laude, and her M.B.A. degree from Providence College, and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School.

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