CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar in the area of mortgage law.  Texas and federal legislators have recently enacted laws affecting foreclosures and consumer mortgages.  This seminar will  review these recent changes and discuss ways to avoid loan modifications/foreclosure rescue scams.

This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Houston Bar Association (HBA) on September 24, 2009. This audio presentation features attorney Julie R. Caggiano who is an Associate General Counsel with Sterling Bank in Houston.  This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 1.25 hours. This seminar is entitled:

HBA Presents: "Consumer Mortgage Law and Foreclosure Issues"

** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **

Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:

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1. Foreclosure Alternatives
2. HOPE For Homeowners
3. Home Affordable Modification
4. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
5. Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief
6. Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
7. FDIC Foreclosure Prevention
8. Texas Foreclosure Mitigation
9. Other States’ Foreclosure Prevention Actions
10. Proposed Federal Bankruptcy Code Amendment
11. Foreclosure Rescue Scams
12. Texas Foreclosure Process
13. Home Equity Foreclosures

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The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:

Ms. Julie R. Caggiano, who is is Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Sterling Bank, headquartered in Houston, Texas.  She provides legal support for Sterling Bank regarding bank regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, and corporate and securities matters. 

Previously, Julie was Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Aegis Mortgage Corporation, a residential mortgage banker with nationwide operations.  At Aegis, Julie's responsibilities focused on the legal support of its loan production operations, corporate operations, secondary marketing, loan servicing, compliance, and investor and warehouse relationships.     Prior to joining Aegis, Julie was a partner with the Houston, Texas, law firm of Hughes Watters Askanase for over 15 years, where her practice concentrated on commercial and consumer financial services, regulatory compliance, and real estate.

Julie is a graduate of the University of Miami (B.B.A., Cum Laude), and the University of Houston (J.D., M.B.A.).   She is Chair of the Membership Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section, on the Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law, a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, a member of the Texas Bankers Association, former director of the Houston Bar Association Real Estate Section, and Treasurer of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) - Houston. 

The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $32. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the HBA, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $25. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the HBA Office in Houston (713-759-1133) and request the 'HBA Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.

This seminar is accredited for 1.25 hours of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)

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