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MortgagePoint » Your Trusted Source for Mortgage Banking and Servicing News 48 July 2023 F E A T U R E ROBERT D. FORSTER, II Managing Partner, BDF Law Group Robert D. Forster, II, is the Managing Partner of the BDF Law Group and is based in the Addison, Texas, location. The BDF Law Group is composed of the following firms: Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, LLP, (Texas and Georgia); Barrett Daffin Frappier Treder & Weiss, LLP (California, Nevada, and Arizona); and Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP (Colorado). The BDF Law Group provides a full range of legal services to creditors on defaulted commercial and residential mortgage loans. Since joining the firm in 2006, Forster's practice has primarily consisted of real estate, mortgage banking, and probate matters throughout Texas. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal and title education programs on mortgage banking, title, probate, and credi- tor's rights-related topics and has authored numerous articles and publications, includ- ing serving as a co-author of the Texas State Bar's Foreclosure Manual (3rd Edition and 2017 Supplement), as well as the 26th An- nual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course for the State Bar of Texas; the 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, and 54th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute by the University of Texas School of Law; and the 25th Annual Robert C. Sneed Texas Land Title Institute. He has also participated in panels hosted by the ALFN, USFN, the Five Star Institute, the Legal League 100, IMN, and TMBA. In 2017, Forster was awarded the Suzanne Kelly New Member of the Year Award by the United Trustee Association, has been named as a "Super Lawyer – Rising Star" several times, and actively serves on the Mortgage Bankers Association State Legislative and Regulatory Committee. Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Forster received his B.S. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and his J.D. from Southern Methodist Univer- sity's Dedman School of Law. He is licensed to practice law with the State Bars of Texas, Arizona, and Georgia, all United States District Courts in Texas and Arkansas, and the United States Supreme Court. MEET THE 2023 LEGAL LEAGUE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE The Legal League Publications Committee discusses, authors, and gathers content for the Legal League Quarterly Newsletter featuring articles, letters, member highlights, and relevant communications.