Mortgage Lending and Servicing in the Wake of COVID-19

Faiq Mihlar

Heavner, Scott, Beyers, & Mihlar

• Co-Managing Partner overseeing tHeavner, Scott, Beyers, & Mihlar’s bankruptcy practice
• Represents creditors in all aspects of Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13 proceedings
• Oversees the firm’s Missouri collection and foreclosure practice
• Admitted to practice in Illinois and Missouri and Federal Courts of Northern, Central and Southern District of Illinois and Western District of Missouri
• Member of American Bankruptcy Institute, Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, Illinois State Bar Association, Missouri State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois, Decatur Bar Association and American Legal Financial Network
• National speaker on bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure, and related topics for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, IICLE, BASIL, ABI, ISBA, Lorman Education Services, and Pincus Professional Education; he co-authored articles for the ABI titled, "Creativity in Chapter 13 Has Limits after Espinosa," featured in the "Best of ABI 2011: This Year in Consumer Bankruptcy" and for the Illinois Bar Journal titled, "Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Tips for Representing Creditors"
• Can be contacted at 217-422-1719 or [email protected]

Christopher DeNardo

LOGS Network

Christopher DeNardo, Esq.

• Managing partner, LOGS Legal Group LLP
• Oversees operation for LOGS’ Pennsylvania and New Jersey offices
• Focuses on creditors’ rights, including bankruptcy, foreclosures, evictions, and title curative matters
• Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• Currently a member of the Pennsylvania, Montgomery, New Jersey, and New York bar associations, as well as the American Legal & Financial Network and the Legal League 100
• Past co-chair of the Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Steering Committee
• Can be contacted at [email protected] or 610-930-0233

Keri P. Ebeck

Bernstein-Burkley, P.C.

• Partner-in-charge of the Bankruptcy Practice Group at Bernstein-Burkley, P.C.
• Practice focuses primarily on consumer and commercial bankruptcy for creditors
• Conducts regular seminars, live webinars, and workshops on bankruptcy on a national level
• Represents creditors nationally and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Northern District of Ohio, all four districts of Texas, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court
• Treasurer of the Allegheny County Bar Association, past chair of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association, current vice-chair of the Finance Committee of Allegheny County Bar Association, current vice-chair of the Investment Committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Group Chair of American Legal & Financial Network (ALFN), Bankruptcy and Women in Legal Leadership committees, member of Legal League 100, member of Turnaround Management Association, finance chair of Judith K. Fitzgerald Bankruptcy Inns of Court
• Can be contacted at [email protected] or 412-456-8112

Keila Estevez

Bernstein-Burkley, P.C.

• Associate in the commercial and consumer bankruptcy practice groups at Bernstein-Burkley, P.C. with a focus on Chapter 7 and 11
• Represents creditors, reorganizing debtors, creditors’ committees and bankruptcy trustees
• Member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section Council and the International Women’ s Insolvency & Restructuring
• Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania the Federal Court for Western District of Pennsylvania
• Can be contacted at 412-456-8147 or [email protected]

Michael McCormick

McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce, LLC

• Senior Partner in the bankruptcy department at McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC in Atlanta, Georgia, where he assists in the bankruptcy representation for dozens of mortgage lenders and servicers nationwide
• Frequent speaker and author on various topics related to bankruptcy, including the handling of escrow accounts during a bankruptcy proceeding, and the recent bankruptcy form changes
• Appeared as an expert witness in several bankruptcy cases on behalf of mortgage servicers
• Member of numerous local and national bankruptcy organizations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (associate member)
• Chair of the Loan Modification Subcommittee of the NACTT Mortgage Committee and was recently appointed to the Committee on Case Administration and the Estate of the ABI Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy Law; he is also recognized by the American Board of Certification as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist
• Native of Toronto, Canada and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario; he graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law; and is admitted to practice in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee
• Can be contacted at 678-281-3918 ext. 13918 or [email protected]