February 14, 2012Jacksonville, FL

Continuing Legal Education
Live CLE | The Essentials of Foreclosure Defense

CLE - Continuing Legal Education Credit Course - Forclosure Defense SeminarForeclosures, declining property values, persistent high unemployment rates, backlogged courts, and scrutiny from state and federal regulators concerning the proprietary of lenders foreclosure paperwork suggests that there is no immediate end in sight to the foreclosure crisis.

 

Almost universally, economists predict that a massive second wave of foreclosures is on its way as lenders ramp-up their foreclosure filings. Continuing Legal Education CLE Credit Course - Special OfferIn this seminar you will learn the latest developments in all facets of the foreclosure process so that you can assist your clients in avoiding foreclosure, defending foreclosure, and/or seek alternatives to foreclosure.

 

Whether you practice in a judicial or non judicial foreclosure state, the endgame is the same: keep your client in their home by successfully defending a foreclosure and/or helping them achieve a loan modification; alternatively you can seek to achieve a graceful exit for your client via a short sale, deed in lieu, or in some instances discuss with them the bankruptcy alternative.

By attending this seminar you will have a full understanding and arsenal in which to skillfully steer your client through the foreclosure maze.

 

The following Key topics will be discussed:

  • Latest statistics on the foreclosure debacle and the emerging profile of a foreclosure candidate;
  • Why Lenders are resistant to loan modifications and why politicians just don’t get it;
  • Mortgage Securitization issues that affect a Lender’s standing to pursue foreclosure;
  • Current developments on federal programs and agreements with lenders to assist homeowners keep their home and avoid foreclosure;
  • Cutting edge litigation strategies to properly defend a foreclosure action from start to finish;
  • Overview of Federal lending laws and emerging foreclosure case law;
  • Alternatives to foreclosure;
  • An overview of the interrelationship between bankruptcy and foreclosure; and,
  • Ethical considerations and effective communication with your client.

 

Agenda

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

   

09:00 – 09:25

Mortgage Securitization Issues

 

• Understanding the Securitization Process, the Parties and Key Terms
• Additional Players and Terms in the Securitization Process
• Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (“MERS”)
• How to Find a PSA on the SEC Website
• Information to Look for in the PSA
• Who owns the note? Who has the right to enforce a note and mortgage?

 

 

09:25 – 09:50

Understanding Basic Substantive Law

 

• Federal Lending laws and impact on foreclosure
• Emerging Case Law and Trends

   

09:50 – 10:05

Break

   

10:05 – 10:15

Client Relations

 

• Objectives, Expectations and Fee Arrangements

 

 

10:15 – 11:00

Judicial vs. Non-Judicial Foreclosures

 

• Standard Complaints
• Motion to Dismiss/Motion for More Definite Statement
• Discovery (Interrogatories, Request for Admissions, Requests to Produce, Depositions)
• Answer and Affirmative Defenses
• Motions to Strike
• Motion for Summary Judgment
• Trial

 

 

11:00 – 11:30

Loan Modification/Short Sales/Deed in Lieu/Tax Issues

 

 

11:30 – 12:30

Ethical Considerations


CLE Course Speakers:

Graham Syfert
cle credit course speaker

Attorney Graham Syfert

Graham W. Syfert, Esq., P.A. - Jacksonville, FL

 

Attorney Graham W. Syfert is a member of the Florida and Georgia Bars practicing law in the area of Civil Litigation and Commercial Disputes, Family Law, Foreclosure Defense, Landlord - Tenant, Criminal Defense / Traffic, and Real Estate litigation. Law, and Business Enterprises.

 

Mr. Syfert graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors in Philosophy, focusing on Ethics and Relgious studies before earning his Juris Doctor from the Florida Coastal School of Law. His excellence in writing and research earned him a position as a staff editor of the Florida Coastal Law Review.

 

Mr. Syfert has an attention to detail and thoroughness when it comes to handling the difficult situations of his clients. His background and experience in research and his ability to communicate makes him an attorney you can trust to reach a positive result.

 

Mr. Syfert owned a technology company in Jackson, MS prior to becoming an attorney, and is a member of the Technology Law Section of the Georgia Bar Association, the and the Young Lawyers Division and Solo Practitioners Division of the Florida Bar. Mr. Syfert is also a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association.

 

Graham was born and raised in Illinois and attended Illinois State University before relocating to Florida to be closer to his family. His initial interests in high school and early college were in psychiatry, psychology, and journalism. He was an editor of the school newspaper, and earned the rank of Eagle Scout at the age of 16. He graduated with from the University of Central Florida with an honors GPA in Philosophy.

 

Graham is the also the author of forms that include a motion to quash, motion to dismiss, and incorporated affidavit which are designed to provide self help to individuals targeted in the mass bittorrent litigation brought on by the US Copyright Group and the law firm of Dunlap Grubb and Weaver. Mere weeks before Dunlap, Grubb, and Weaver dismissed nearly 5,000 defendants. While the forms have angered the Plaintiff's lawyers, Mr. Syferts forms have been praised by judges, attorneys, media, and consumer advocates as examples of ways that common people might defend themselves in such a lawsuit.

 

Graham Syfert was a law clerk for firms in Neptune Beach and Orange Park before co-founding the Affinity Law Firm with partners Gust Sarris and Millie Kanyar in 2006. While a partner at Affinity Law Firm, Graham was lead attorney on a Plaintiff's personal injury case which lead to a recovery of nearly a million dollars for one injured party in a multiple injury accident.

 

Graham has represented several religious organizations throughout Florida and Georgia through rendering legal opinions, litigation and negotiation, and navigating media controversy. In 2009, Graham's twelve page motion to dismiss a $1000.00 traffic ticket changed the method of the citation writing among Florida Law Enforcement. In 2010 alone, Graham has secured a dismissal of a DUI, dismissal of a Felony Sale of Cannabis, dismissal of a Carjacking/Kidnapping, and various dismissals of traffic citations issued incorrectly, or other technicalities.

 

Graham was also the co-founder and title agent for a jacksonville title company founded in 2006, and has represented many realtors and realty companies in civil litigation and before administrative boards on issues of comission disputes and ethics. Graham has represented both buyers and purchasers in real estate transactions, and prepared complicated land trusts for investors, for land management, and for estate purposes.

 

Register online or call: (800) 648-8604

Live CLE • The Essentials of Foreclosure Defense

February 14, 2012Jacksonville, FL
CLE Credit Course in Jacksonville, FL

Credits:

Total FL Cle credits: 3.25 Hours

This course has been submitted for approval to the Florida Bar-final approval pending.

 

Location:

Aloft Jacksonville Tapestry Park

4812 Deer Lake Drive West
Jacksonville, FL 32246

Directions

 

Time:

Start 09:00 AM – Finish 12:30 PM

 

Tuition:

$200 First Registrant

Add Associate $100 dollars*
Add Paralegal $100 dollars*

$125 Young Lawyers - Under 4 years acceptance to the Bar.**

*Young Lawyers with under 4 years acceptance to the Bar may use the coupon code YL75 to receive the $75 discount when checking out.
**Discounts can not be combined
.

 

 

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