AMERICAN LEGAL AND FINANCIAL NETWORK
10805 SUNSET OFFICE DRIVE 400, ST LOUIS, MO 63127 www.alfn.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ALFN, THE LARGEST NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITS KIND, STRIVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE PRIMARY CATALYST OF THE MORTGAGE BANKING COMMUNITY & FORUM OF CHOICE FOR THE ARTICULATION OF CONCERNS WITHIN THE MORTGAGE SERVICING INDUSTRY, WHILE PROVIDING VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.

SERVING LEGAL/RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE BANKING PROFESSION VIA LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY, ED & PROF DEV

EVENTS AND EDUCATION:THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS MEMBERS STRIVE TO BE THE RECOGNIZED LEADER OFLEGAL EDUCATION IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY. WE HOSTED 4 LIVEIN-PERSON EVENTS AND 6 WEBINARS IN 2019 TO CONTINUE REACHING OURINDUSTRY WITH QUALITY LEGAL EDUCATION AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. OURPRIMARY EVENTS ARE: ANSWERS (OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE), FORECLOSUREINTERSECT, BANKRUPTCY INTERSECT, AND THE WOMEN IN LEGAL LEADERSHIPSUMMIT (WILLPOWER). IN ADDITION, WE TYPICALLY HOST ONSITE TRAININGEVENTS AT MORTGAGE SERVICER LOCATIONS TO TRAIN THEIR STAFF ON INDUSTRYHOT TOPICS.ALFN'S 17TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (ANSWERS) WAS HELD IN LAKE TAHOE IN JULY. THE EVENT WAS WELL ATTENDED BY 305 INDIVIDUALS. THIS EVENT RECEIVED HIGH RATINGS AND WAS A SUCCESS FOR ALLWHO PARTICIPATED, OFFERING EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS AND CLE CREDIT(INCLUDING ETHICS CREDIT) FOR ATTORNEY ATTENDEES, AS WELL AS VALUABLENETWORKING WITH INDUSTRY PEERS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZED 12 YOUNGPROFESSIONALS DURING THE "PICTURE THE FUTURE" AWARD LUNCHEON HOSTED BYTHE ALFN'S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, THE JUNIOR PROFESSIONALS ANDEXECUTIVES NETWORK (JPEG). ATTENDEE RATINGS IN ALL CATEGORIES OF THISCONFERENCE RANKED BETWEEN SATISFIED AND VERY SATISFIED. WE ALSOAWARDED 4 MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE WITH AMEMBER SERVICE AWARD.WE HELD TWO INTERSECT TRAINING SEMINARS TO EDUCATE OUR MORTGAGESERVICING CLIENTS AND MEMBERS ON THE HOT TOPICS WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY ASTHEY RELATE TO FORECLOSURE AND BANKRUPTCY. DURING THESE SEMINARS, WEPROVIDE QUALITY LEGAL EDUCATION THROUGH BREAKOUT AND GENERAL SESSIONS,AND HOST NETWORKING MIXERS THROUGH OUR LUNCH AND EVENING NETWORKINGRECEPTION. OUR FIRST INTERSECT EVENT FOCUSED ON BANKRUPTCY AND WAS HELDIN MARCH IN DALLAS, TX WITH 98 INDUSTRY ATTENDEES. OUR FINALINTERSECT EVENT THAT FOCUSED ON FORECLOSURE WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER INIRVING, TX WITH 145 ATTENDEES. NEARLY HALF OF OUR INTERSECT EVENTATTENDEES ARE MORTGAGE SERVICERS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HELD THE FOURTHANNUAL WOMEN IN LEGAL LEADERSHIP (WILL) SUMMIT IN DALLAS, TX IN APRIL AND HAD 136 ATTENDEES.ALFN CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SEVERAL WEBINARS EACH YEAR TO ASSIST OURMEMBERS AND CLIENTS REGARDING BREAKING NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEGAL ISSUES.SINCE THE WEBINAR PROGRAM STARTED IN JANUARY 2008, ALFN HAS HOSTED 216WEBINARS ON TOPICS COVERING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, LITIGATION TRENDS,REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE UPDATES, LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, BANKRUPTCY BESTPRACTICES, OTHER FORECLOSURE RELATED TOPICS, AND MANY OTHERS. OURWEBINARS REACH AN AVERAGE AUDIENCE OF 100 - 200+, WITH THE MAJORITY OFTHOSE ATTENDEES BEING MORTGAGE SERVICERS. ALFN CONSISTENTLY PLACESGOOD, SOLID, PRACTICAL INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF OUR MEMBERS ON AREGULAR BASIS. OUR REGULAR WEBINAR ATTENDEES ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOANSERVICING COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT, IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, INVESTORGROUPS, AND STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING AND RATING AGENCY EXECUTIVES.BASED ON THE ATTENDEES' FEEDBACK, THESE BROADCASTS CONTINUE TO BE ONEOF THE TOP-RATED PROGRAMS IN THE INDUSTRY. OUR PRACTICE GROUP MEMBERSREGULARLY HOST WEBINARS ON REGULATORY ISSUES AND OTHER LEGAL HOTTOPICS. ALFN ISSUES LEGAL UPDATES AS WE BECOME AWARE, TO HELP IDENTIFYAND EXPLAIN CASES THAT TAKE NEW OR NOVEL APPROACHES TO STATUTORY CLAIMSAND, IN DOING SO, IDENTIFY IMPORTANT LEGAL TRENDS AS THEY DEVELOP.ALFN MANAGEMENT ATTENDED SEVERAL OTHER KEY INDUSTRY CONFERENCESINCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: MBA SERVICING CONFERENCE, ASAE ANNUALCONFERENCE, PROMETHEUS RETREAT, AFFINITY CONSULTING SYMPOSIUM, FIVESTAR CONFERENCE, MBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, NARCA FALL & SPRINGCONFERENCES, IMN, NAWRB CONFERENCE. ALFN ALSOEXHIBITS ANNUALLY WITH OUR EXHIBIT BOOTH AT THE MBA MORTGAGE SERVICINGCONFERENCE.

ADVOCACY AND INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP:ALFN SUBMITTED AMICUS BRIEFS ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR MEMBERS ANDINDUSTRY CLIENTS. WE ALSO PARTICIPATED ON THE MBA'S AUDIT STANDARDSTASK FORCE. THE ALFN CONTINUES TO WORK WITH SERVICERS AND GSE'S TOMAINTAIN STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CLIENTS AS THEY ASSIST US TOENSURE THAT THE EFFORTS AND DIRECTION OF ALFN REMAINS CONSISTENT WITHTHEIR UNIQUE INDUSTRY NEEDS.ALFN CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOP OUR STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS WITHINFLUENTIAL INDUSTRY LEADERS AND THESE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE DIRECTLYRESULTED IN NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS AND DIRECTCOST SAVINGS ON MANY CRITICAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES UTILIZED BY MEMBERS.ALFN CONTINUES TO WORK WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS IN OUR INDUSTRY WHERE ITMUTUALLY BENEFITS OUR MEMBERS AND CLIENTS.

PUBLICATIONS:THE ALFN CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES WEEKLY, MONTHLY AND QUARTERLYELECTRONIC UPDATES TO OUR 5,000 PLUS INDUSTRY CONTACT LIST, KEEPINGTHEM INFORMED REGARDING THE LATEST INDUSTRY HOT TOPICS, LEGAL UPDATESAND OTHER GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVES. THESE PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE LEGALUPDATE EMAILS, LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE EMAILS, ANGLEQUARTERLY MAGAZINE. THE ALFN,THROUGH ITS MEMBERS, IS ROUTINELY RECOGNIZED IN VARIOUS INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS. ALFN SUBMITS REGULAR PRESS RELEASES REGARDING OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO ALL MAJOR INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS.WE ALSO PROVIDE A MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY IN PRINT AND OUR YOUNGPROFESSIONALS AWARD RECOGNITIONS THROUGH OUR PICTURE THE FUTUREPUBLCATION. OUR ANGLE MAGAZINE AND WILLED MAGAZINE ARE ALSO PRINTED ANDMADE AVAILABLE AT ALL ALFN EVENTS AND AT OUR EXHIBIT AT THE MBASERVICING CONFERENCE.THE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY GUIDE (THE LEGALIST) IS DISTRIBUTED IN BOTHDIGITAL AND PRINT FORMAT TO THE INDUSTRY. ALFN HAS CONTINUED PUBLISHINGTHE "JPEG: PICTURE THE FUTURE" PUBLICATION, WHICH OUTLINES THE TOPYOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY WITH AN AWARDS CEREMONY DURING OURANSWERS CONFERENCE.

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