Only Time
Will Tell
Foreclosure timelines vary
from state to state leaving
mixed results in the world of
completed foreclosures. Are
judicial timelines hurting the
industry or helping it?
With Thomas J. Fritzlen
and Robert Klein
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Thomas J. Fritzlen, Jr., is the president of Martin,
Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, P.C., a leading Midwest
litigation and creditors��� rights firm serving Missouri,
Kansas, and southern Illinois. He serves on the
inaugural Advisory Board to the Legal League 100, is
a managing member of the Default Attorney Group
(���DAG���), and frequently speaks at educational training
for servicers and lenders, and at national industry events such as the MBA
and USFN. Fritzlen has been recognized as a Missouri-Kansas ���Super
Lawyer��� for each of the last five years, and has 25 years of trial and appellate
experience in general civil and complex litigation, including numerous bench
and jury cases in state and federal courts.
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Robert Klein is founder and chairman of Safeguard
Properties. Since founding Safeguard in 1990, he
has grown it into the largest mortgage field service
company in the country, providing services in all 50
states, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. He has
been an industry advocate to advance best practices and
has led key initiatives to build relationships between
government officials and the mortgage industry and to find workable
solutions to improve neighborhoods and communities. He currently serves
as chair of the National Vacant Properties Registration Committee of the
Mortgage Bankers Association.
