Legal League Quarterly 11

(5) Sponsors Tina Jones and Colleen Beckett of Prommis Solutions catch up with McCalla Raymer’s Charlie Kelley. (6) The Legal League welcomes Ann Thorn, SVP of bankruptcy, foreclosure, and attorney network management at Bank of America as the keynote lunch speaker. (7) Freedman Anselmo Lindberg’s Jennifer Hester, American Home

Mortgage’s Leesa Logan and Kristen Thomas, and Reisenfeld & Associate’s Majenica Springer find time for a chat during the private networking reception. (8) GMAC Mortgage’s John Pritchett and Caroline Demers catch up with Bank of America’s Bill Demers between sessions.

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Potestivo & AssociAtes Promotes its own to mAnAging Attorney

Potestivo & Associates announced the promotion of associate attorney Keith H. Werwas to assistant VP and managing attorney for the Chicago office. Werwas began his career with the firm in 2009 and works with all aspects of default servicing, including foreclosures, bankruptcies, and REO disposition. Werwas graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Law.

mArinosci LAw grouP Hires mAnAging LitigAtion Attorney

Marinosci Law Group announced the hiring of Gregg Dreilinger as managing litigation attorney for the firm’s Florida office. Dreilinger has represented lenders and servicers in foreclosure actions for more than 15 years. He received both a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida.

nDeX Announces Promotion of ronALD reDmer to cioNDeX announced the appointment of Ronald D. Redmer as the company’s

new CIO. Redmer is responsible for managing the firm’s information technology division while also designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining solutions for integration in mortgage banking institutions, title companies, investors, insurers, and other associated firms.

weLtmAn, weinberg & reis co. Hires new AssociAte in ft. LAuDerDALe

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. (WWR) brought a new associate on board to its Ft. Lauderdale office. Ana Cosculluela practices in the real estate default group with a focus on real estate title and closing services. Cosculluela’s specialties include residential and commercial real estate acquisition and financing, title insurance, corporate law, and foreclosure and commercial litigation.

mArtin, LeigH, LAws & fritzLenADDs PArtner AnD Hires two AssociAtes

Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen announced the addition of Desarae Harrah as partner. Harrah’s focus for the firm is litigating disputes related to real estate, banking, construction, and business and commercial issues. Harrah works out of the firm’s Kansas City office. She graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law and has been with the firm since October 2006. Harrah is admitted to practice in Missouri and Kansas as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Missouri and the District of Kansas.

Aaron Elking and Benjamin Musholt were announced as the two new associates with the law firm. Elking will work out of the St. Louis office in the civil litigation and creditors’ rights departments.

Musholt will work in the Kansas City office in the civil litigation, business and commercial transactions, and banking and finance departments.

Both Elking and Musholt graduated from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, class of 2011, and are admitted to practice in Missouri.

Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen is a full-service law firm that works with national and regional banking, mortgage, business, and title company clients. The firm has offices in Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri; and St. Louis, Missouri.

mArinosci LAw grouP nAmes mAnAging PArtner of new ArkAnsAs office

Marinosci Law Group announced Robert Coleman as managing partner of the firm’s new Little Rock, Arkansas, office. Over the past 20 years, Coleman focused his practice on representing banks, thrifts, and mortgage companies in residential lending, default servicing, and loan origination. Coleman’s experience also includes examinations, regulatory compliance, and other

general real estate matters.

gerner & keArns Attorney AccePteD As feLLow for stAte bAr founDAtion

Gerner & Kearns Co. announced the acceptance of Daniel A. Cox, the firm’s director of legal operations, as a fellow for the Ohio State Bar Foundation (OSBF). Membership in the OSBF is an honor extended to lawyers and judges who adhere to the highest ideals of the legal profession and are dedicated to serving their communities. OSBF acts as the charitable arm

for the state’s bar association.

Provest Announces new Hire AnD Promotion to west coAst teAm

ProVest LLC, a legal support services firm, selected Rick Zois as the company’s data services architect. He is tasked with helping lead growth of ProVest’s information services division. Zois has more than 15 years’ experience in information management with an emphasis on data utilization and work flow design as well as skip tracing and account treatment strategies. He was previously director of analytics at DCI, the largest telecom receivables management company in the United States.

ProVest also announced the recent promotion of Brian McGrath to the West Coast business development team. McGrath first joined the company as an operations manager in the Chicago office. For his new role, McGrath relocated to San Diego. There he is responsible for expanding ProVest’s offerings on

the West Coast and nationally in non-judicial states. McGrath previously ran a regional property preservation company based in Austin, Texas.

miLLsAP & singer ADDs two new Attorneys to its rAnks

Millsap & Singer, LLC, a provider of legal representation on foreclosure, bankruptcy, and mortgage-related litigation in the states of Missouri and Kansas has hired two new attorneys.

Kenneth Coyne joined the firm as an attorney practicing in the areas of bankruptcy and real estate litigation. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1990 from Saint Louis University and his Juris Doctor from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 1995. He currently serves as a trustee and ambassador for the St. Louis-based St. Patrick’s Center.

Jennifer Michaels joined the firm as an associate attorney with a specialty in judicial foreclosures in the state of Kansas. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006 and her Juris Doctor

from the Washburn University School of Law in 2009.

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