Movers & Shakers
By Carrie Bay | 02/06/2012
South & Associates, a law firm focusing on the protection of creditors' rights in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, has recently hired four new associate attorneys in its corporate office located in Overland Park, Kansas. Matt Durgin has joined South & Associate's commercial and special asset department. David Boman and Laura Lane are now attorneys in the firm's litigation department. Eric Worster has joined the firm's foreclosure department.
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By Carrie Bay | 02/03/2012
Bank of America informed its staff Friday that Barbara Desoer will retire from the company in February.
In her current role as president of Bank of America Home Loans, Desoer helped manage the integration of the Home Loans business into Consumer Banking and oversees the servicing of the company’s more than 12 million mortgage customers who remain current on their accounts, as well as the mortgage origination side of the business.
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By Kelli Snowgren | 02/02/2012
Rochester Hills, Michigan-based Potestivo & Associates recently announced the addition of two attorneys and a new director of information technology. Daren S. O'Connell will serve as an associate attorney supporting the firm's Michigan foreclosure department. Mary K. Atallah will serve as an associate attorney in the Michigan office supporting both the landlord/tenant and litigation departments. Daniel Bowen has been named the firm's new director of information technology.
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By Kelli Snowgren | 01/31/2012
The board of directors of the American Legal & Financial Network (ALFN) has announced the resignation of William LeRoy as CEO and president. DS News has learned that LeRoy now serves as founder and principal of Scottsdale, Arizona-based Phoenix Consulting, LLC. The ALFN board has named Wes Kozeny, of Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C., as the interim CEO and president.
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By Kelli Snowgren | 01/30/2012
Three attorneys with Hutchens, Senter, & Britton, P.A. HSB) were honored with different accolades for their work in the industry. Terry Hutchens, a managing partner at HSB, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Hilton "Hutch" Hutchens and Sarah Miranda, an associate at HSB, have both been named to the 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers list as "North Carolina Rising Stars." Miranda was also recently awarded an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell for both legal ability and ethics.
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By Jason Myers | 01/26/2012
Default technology provider Equator has promoted Chris Michaels to VP of product development and Robert McKinley to VP of business development. Michaels has nine years of business analysis and product development experience. He will lead the team that provides business process solutions and system design for all Equator's clients. McKinley has led Equator's business development effort while working closely with new and existing customers. In his new role, he will continue to foster new business relationships.
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By Carrie Bay | 01/25/2012
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced Wednesday the appointment of Peter J. Grace as the trade group's new VP of strategic planning and internal technology. Grace will facilitate the implementation of initiatives that involve membership engagement through a coordinated project management and leadership role. He joins MBA from HUD, where he most recently served as chief of staff for the Acting Deputy Secretary Estelle Richman.
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By Carrie Bay | 01/23/2012
Sallie A. Conyers, a member at Reisenfeld and Associates, was recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyer "Rising Stars" for 2012 by Super Lawyers magazine. Super Lawyers is a peer-review publication that rates attorneys who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Conyers is currently the lead litigation attorney and supervising attorney of Reisenfeld and Associates' home retention department.
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By Carrie Bay | 01/20/2012
Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, a Chicago, Illinois-based legal services provider to the mortgage banking industry, recently announced the addition of Jared M. Duke as an associate attorney in the firm's growing collections practice. Before joining Freedman Anselmo Lindberg, Duke was a legal intern at the Law Offices of Chicago - Kent. He is a graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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By Carrie Bay | 01/19/2012
The real estate default law firm Rubin Lublin Suarez Serrano, LLC has hired Jerry Morgan to lead its newly opened Nashville operation, which is the firm's second Tennessee office. As an associate attorney in the Nashville location, Morgan will be responsible for litigation, bankruptcy, and foreclosure matters in the middle Tennessee area. Prior to joining Rubin Lublin Suarez Serrano, Morgan practiced in the areas of creditors' rights law, title curative matters, and real estate litigation in Missouri.
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