While the New York foreclosure settlement conference may be frustrating, it is still one of the most important tools available to foreclosure defense practitioners. Join us for an update on recent case law concerning CPLR 3408 settlement conferences and an overview of best practices for maximizing efficacy of the process, building a record, motion practice and conducting evidentiary hearings enforcing the requirements of the settlement conference process and the duty to negotiate in good faith established by CPLR 3408(f).

For more information visit the Legal Services Learning Center or email learningcenter@ls-nyc.org.

Trainers:

• Lynn Armentrout - Director, Foreclosure Project, City Bar Justice Center
• Daniel Barkley, Deputy Director, Foreclosure Unit, South Brooklyn Legal Services
• Jacob Inwald, Director of Foreclosure Prevention Litigation Legal Services NYC - Legal Support Unit