Archive from MTSS 1

 MTSS 1
Fri 6/17/22

Columbia  MO
Agenda

6.2 hours MO CLE approved, including 1.0 ethics hours


7:30-8AM

MEET & GREET: introduction by Scott Walterbach


8-8:50AM

LYDIA MCEVOY: post-third sales (technical requirements, policy considerations, due diligence, notices, comparison to other states, land banks, etc.)


9-9:50AM

PHIL GEBHARDT: Missouri Bond Co. & Eclipse cases, & case law development in Chapter 140


10-10:50AM

DALE SWEET: Chapter 92 legislative bills, St. Louis County & Chapter 141, reactions to pending/prospective legislative changes


11-11:50AM

MICHELLE MCBRIDE: the collector’s perspective on deed application review process & collector discretion


11:50AM-12:30PM

LUNCH


12:30-1:20PM

SCOTT WALTERBACH: ethical considerations for tax sale attorneys


1:30-2:30PM

PANEL Q&A: panel discussion with all speakers, open format.  Opening by Brenda Flatter of Logs Legal Network, & Brian Seidensticker of Tax Sale Resources.


2:30-3PM CLOSING COMMENTS & WRAP UP


2022 SPEAKERS

Lydia McEvoy

Former Clay Co. Collector, Attorney

Phil Gebhardt

Attorney

Dale Sweet

Attorney

Michelle McBride

St. Charles Co. Collector

Lydia McEvoy

Lydia is an attorney, and the Director of Operations for CivicSource, the leading auctioneer in the tax lien and tax sale spaces, providing digitized due diligence compliance and clear title in transfers of tax-distressed real estate. Lydia was introduced to CivicSource during the ten years she served as the elected Collector of Revenue for Clay County, Missouri.  One of her duties was to conduct the complex annual tax sale, auctioning hundreds of tax liens on properties located in the Kansas City suburbs. Her tenure as an elected official included active membership in the local chambers of commerce, and participation in local economic development efforts. She also worked on legislative reform and litigation affecting the process of collecting and enforcing tax liabilities.

 

During law school, Lydia was a published member of the Law Review, and a decorated moot court champion. She practiced law in the private sector for several years before seeking public office. During that time, Lydia worked with the special labor counsel team for the state of New Jersey, held a real estate broker’s license, and worked with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City to help attract and grow businesses in blighted portions of the city. She has presented continuing legal education to the Clay County bar association on matters affecting the annual tax sale, has previously presented for NTLA, and holds the Certified Tax Lien Professional™ certification.  Lydia also teaches Business Law and Real Estate Law on the undergraduate level.

 

Lydia is an active member of a non-denominational church where she sings on the worship team and paints religious art. She has been married since 1999, and has a son and two daughters. She loves to play the piano and ride her motorcycle—but not at the same time. Lydia’s mission in life is to ensure a level playing field for all participants in the tax billing, payment, and enforcement world—from the individual taxpayer to the investor, and from the public official to the school districts that are funded with tax dollars.


Dale Sweet

Attorney Dale Sweet lives and works in the City of St. Louis.  He represents litigants in tax sale matters in the City and in surrounding Missouri counties.  Dale is also a serial residential rehabber and is particularly interested in the relationships between tax-delinquent properties, vacancy, and blight. 

Phil Gebhardt

Phillip Kent Gebhardt has been licensed as a Missouri attorney for more than 40 years, most of that time spent as a solo practitioner concentrating on the practice of real property law, with stints of employment as a title insurance agent/examiner/in-house attorney, as a Missouri Assistant Attorney General, as a staff attorney in the Missouri State Auditor’s Office, and as a law clerk for a Missouri Supreme Court Judge.  Formerly licensed as a commercial real estate appraiser and as a Missouri title insurance producer and licensed as a real estate broker by the Missouri Real Estate Commission. 

Michelle McBride

Michelle D. McBride was elected St. Charles County Collector of Revenue in November 2006 and took office March 1, 2007.  McBride’s educational background includes a Bachelors of Science in Accountancy with a Minor in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Administration with a Management Focus.  She is active with the Missouri County Collectors’ Association – served as its President from 2016 thru 2017 and with the National Association of County Collectors, Treasurers, and Finance Officers – served as its President from 2019 thru 2021 and is currently serving as Immediate Past President.  

The Venue (MTSS 1, 2022)

Diversified Management Company

404 Tiger Lane, Columbia MO 65203