The Legal League 100, a marketing consortium of default servicing law firms, was created in collaboration with DS News and the Five Star Default Servicing Conference and Expo to provide industry leaders a reliable, results-driven resource that helps them easily locate the law firms specializing in default and foreclosure. This national membership of law firms has committed itself to the industry it serves by upholding its mission statement: “100 percent committed to the industry, integrity, and best practices.”

Lender Processing Services (LPS) is a leading provider of integrated technology and services to the mortgage and real estate industries. These solutions are augmented by award-winning support services, and are why many of the nation’s top servicers have chosen LPS solutions to sharpen their competitive edge. LPS offers a full spectrum of solutions and predictive analytics to assist the mortgage industry in modifying loans, mitigating losses and managing the default process.

LoanCare Servicing Center, Inc. (“LoanCare”), a Virginia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF) has offered its expertise and best practices in providing servicing solutions for others since 1991. At the present time, LoanCare subservices approximately 110,000 loans for 90 companies, in 50 states, totaling approximately $14 billion in loan balances. LoanCare is licensed to service in each state required, has a SAS 70 Type II report and is Fitch and Moodys rated.

LoanCare has a seasoned loan servicing team with senior managers averaging more than 18 years’ experience in the mortgage and financial services industry. Subservicing is its core competency and is not a sideline business or a way to fill excess capacity. Through LoanCare, clients have access to advanced servicing technology. LoanCare utilizes the LPS/MSP servicing system, the premier servicing platform in the industry with more than 30 million loans on the system. It has wrapped a number of proprietary systems around the core platform.

LoanCare is a member of the Hope Now Alliance and its direct involvement with this organization has enhanced its ability to provide quality workout solutions for clients and borrowers in need.

LoanCare is focused on client satisfaction and loyalty. Of the 90+ clients currently under contract, 40 have been with LoanCare at least six years and 14 for ten years or more.

LoanCare’s obligation to perform services is specified in a subservicing agreement that generally runs for two years.

Combining strategic, technical, operational and organizational expertise with proven, disciplined approaches, LoanCare builds solutions that gets results and can tailor a subservicing program for any client.

Safeguard Properties is the largest privately held field services company in the country. Located in Cleveland and founded in 1990 by Robert Klein, Safeguard has grown from a regional preservation company with a few employees and a handful of contractors performing services in the Midwest, to a national company providing services in 50 states, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Safeguard is supported by a nationwide network of subcontractors able to perform any requested superintendence, preservation, and maintenance functions anywhere in the country. Safeguard provides services to over 100 clients nationwide, and has success and a reputation in the mortgage field industry that’s built upon a fundamental commitment to customer service, a sense of responsibility for the work they perform, and a clear and comprehensive understanding of the investor/insurer compliance issues with which their clients are faced.

Williams & Williams is a world-class auction pioneer and collateral risk management company. With a licensed and operating footprint in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, the company has a proven performance record for all types of real estate, including residential, commercial, farms and ranches, and luxury estates. Williams & Williams manages, preserves, markets and auctions real estate by leveraging its multi-platform global exchange, proprietary pricing models, and full service solution. Williams & Williams is the industry’s benchmark for creating liquidity in the marketplace and delivering timely market value. For over a century, we have stewarded open, transparent and competitive real estate auctions that result in market-driven price discovery and unmatched liquidity. We’ve auctioned nearly 40,000 assets valued at over $4 Billion in the last few years, alone. Our clients include many of the nation’s largest financial institutions, Fortune 500 Corporations, and Government agencies, as well as thousands of individuals.

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