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Planning Co-Chairs: Carrie L. Hermeling, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis; Harry M. (Mark) Murray IV, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis
Record Retention Policy
Speaker: Laura C. Robinson, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis
COVID and its Effect on Leasing, Lending, and Foreclosures
Moderator: Gregory D. Todd, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Kansas City
Speakers: Thomas J. Fritzlen, Jr. and Beverly M. Weber, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Kansas City; Amy T. Ryan, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis
Updates in Title Insurance/Real Estate
Speaker: John T. Banjak, Banjak & Associates, LLC, Clayton
Ethical Responsibilities Associated with Remote Real Estate Practice
Speaker: John D. Donnelly, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis
Note: This material qualifies for self-study credit only. Pursuant to Regulation 15.04.5, a lawyer may receive up to six hours of self-study credit in a reporting year. Self-study programs do not qualify for GAL Certification, ethics, elimination of bias or Kansas credit.
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| COVID and its Effect on Leasing, Lending, and Foreclosures (138.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ethical Responsibilities Associated with Remote Real Estate Practice (249.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MOLAP Information (215 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
John Donnelly researches and counsels the firm’s attorneys on conflicts of interest issues, supervises and provides training to staff on conflicts clearing functions, drafts conflicts waiver letters, reviews client engagement materials, and assists with other risk management projects. He received his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law; M.P.A. from Saint Louis University; and his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, history, political science.
Carrie Hermeling leads the firm’s Real Estate, Development & Construction industry team. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute and Commercial Real Estate Women and frequently speaks on topics relevant to the real estate, development and construction industries.
Carrie has been lead litigation counsel in real estate, development and construction-related disputes, including claims involving construction projects, real estate sale contracts, commercial leases, broker agreements, easements and restrictive covenants; foreclosures (nonjudicial and judicial) and post-foreclosure other real-estate owned (OREO) title-related and land use-related claims; real estate tax sales and appeals; valuation litigation in the eminent domain context involving commercial and residential properties; development-related disputes involving land acquisition, rezoning, conditional-use permits, and mechanics’ liens; receiverships relating to restaurants and apartment complexes; and constitutional challenges to economic incentive financing and governmental actions.
Mark Murray concentrates his practice in real estate and related matters, including transactions, leasing, real estate lending, secured transactions, loan workouts and foreclosures, development projects, easement law, eminent domain and property disputes. He advises clients ranging from publicly traded companies and banks to individual commercial real estate investors and municipalities on a wide variety of projects. These encompass smaller investments under $1 million to deals in excess of $25 million.
He also represents both landlords and tenants in the negotiation and enforcement of commercial leases. Mark handles other real estate-related matters including property tax appeals and exemptions and eminent domain issues. His experience includes helping clients with various municipal issues, including subdivision approvals, re-zonings, variances, conditional uses and other matters.
In addition to his regular practice, Mark provides pro bono legal services for several religious and charitable organizations.
As a commercial litigator, Laura maintains a broad practice helping clients find the optimal path for moving forward and mitigating risk.
Hospitals, insurance companies, corporations and business owners across industry sectors are among the large and small clients in Missouri and Arkansas that rely on Laura’s advocacy in state and federal courts, on appeal, and before state governing boards. Within her varied commercial litigation practice, Laura defends and counsels clients on matters including business disputes, construction disputes, discrimination and retaliation claims, mechanic's liens, boundary and title issues, tax assessments, and product safety.
Knowing that proactive compliance can be the most cost-effective defense, Laura counsels clients, particularly in the education sector, on measures that mitigate risk. Whether working with clients at a pre-emptive stage or facing litigation, what Laura finds most rewarding is identifying the best course for moving forward and minimizing future exposure. Additionally, Laura regularly devotes her skills to pro bono casework.
Amy Ryan is a partner in the firm’s Financial and Real Estate Services practice group with more than 20 years of experience handling real estate litigation and creditors’ rights matters.
Amy has worked on several major federal litigation cases involving complex title insurance coverage as well as a multimillion-dollar action for fraud and replevin of farm equipment and crops. Her practice often involves real estate, consumer lending, creditors’ rights and business law.
Prior to joining Armstrong Teasdale, Amy was a shareholder and managing partner for the St. Louis office of another Missouri law firm.
Gregory Todd is a partner in the firm’s Financial and Real Estate Services practice group, focusing on real estate and creditors’ rights matters in both Missouri and Kansas. He is particularly skilled in matters involving foreclosure law and resolution of real estate title defects.
Greg represents banks, mortgage servicers and individuals and they rely on his knowledge of the complexities and nuances related to this area of the law. He also has significant experience in drafting both commercial and residential loan documents, as well as handling commercial real estate transactions.
Prior to joining Armstrong Teasdale, Greg was a shareholder at another Kansas City area law firm. Before that, he worked as an attorney at a Kansas-based default servicing company.
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