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A Comprehensive Guide to Real Estate Title Law
A clear title is the foundation of any real estate transaction. Do you have the necessary skills to shore up critical title issues that undermine transactional foundations? This fast paced, comprehensive title law training will provide valuable information you can use to maximize title protections for your clients. Experienced faculty will take you through a crucible of title commitment analysis, title defect cures, insurance coverage maximization, and more. Arm yourself with cutting-edge title law tactics - register today!
- Ensure your knowledge of real estate title issues is up to par.
- Get the latest updates that affect title insurance policies and practices.
- Be thorough in title reviews - confidently spot issues in land surveys and title commitments.
- Obtain title insurance endorsements that fit the transaction and provide crucial protections down the road.
- Efficiently cure title defects when title insurance endorsements are a less than optimal solution.
- Analyze title insurance policies for last-minute additions that substantially change coverage.
- Resolve critical title issues that arise after title insurance policies have been issued.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Title Law Updates
- Spot-Checking the Title Insurance Policy: Locating Gaps in Coverage
- Conducting Thorough Title Reviews: Analyzing Title Commitments and Land Surveys
- Ethical Considerations
- Maximizing Title Insurance Protections: Essential Endorsements, Negotiation Strategies, and More
- Curing Title Defects: Alternatives to Endorsements
- When Things Go Wrong: Dealing With Title Issues After the Policy Has Been Issued
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas CLE |
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6 Total | 11-30-2026 |
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CLE
Agenda
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Title Law Updates
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Spot-Checking the Title Insurance Policy: Locating Gaps in Coverage
- When to Obtain Pro Forma Policies
- Are the Necessary Endorsements There?
- Spotting Last-Minute Additions
- Working With Title Insurance Companies to Make Changes
- Locating Common Policy Mistakes
- Sample Policy Review
- Closing Protection Letters
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Conducting Thorough Title Reviews: Analyzing Title Commitments and Land Surveys
- How Insurers Conduct Title Searches: A Brief Overview
- Insurer's Obligations Under the Title Commitment
- Analyzing Schedule A
- Preliminary Information: Verifying Dates, Amounts, etc.
- Name Variations With Individual Owners, Trusts, and Corporate Entities
- Complete and Accurate Legal Descriptions
- Schedule B-I
- Pending Litigation, Foreclosure, and Bankruptcy Pitfalls
- Last-Minute Deeds, Mortgages, and Liens That Fall in the Gap Period
- Taking a Close Look at Schedule B-II
- Standard Exceptions Explained
- Special Exceptions: Liens, Easements, and Other Considerations
- How Will Standard or Special Exceptions Affect the Transaction?
- Analyzing Land Surveys
- Minimum Survey Standards
- How to Order the ALTA Survey
- Reviewing and Correcting the ALTA Plan
- Reviewing Sample Land Surveys and Legal Descriptions
- Sample Title Review Checklists
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Ethical Considerations
- Duties of Competence and Diligence
- Conflicts of Interest
- Disclosure of Defects in Property
- Attorneys' Fees
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Maximizing Title Insurance Protections: Essential Endorsements, Negotiation Strategies, and More
- Removal of - or Coverage for - Standard Exceptions: Key Negotiation Strategies
- Insuring Over Common Risks - Which Endorsements to Obtain and Why
- Special Endorsements - Ensuring They Fit the Situation
- Key Endorsements for Survey-Related Issues
- Negotiating Endorsement Fees
- Advising Clients of Their Options - Risk vs. Cost Analysis
- ALTA Endorsement Updates
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Curing Title Defects: Alternatives to Endorsements
- Dealing With Breaks in Chain of Title, Including Estate Issues
- Title Curing Statutes
- Mortgage Releases and Alternatives to Release
- Title Indemnity Agreements
- ALTA Owner Affidavits
- Discharging Liens
- Unrecorded Leases
- Encroachments, Overlaps, and Other Boundary Issues
- Boundary Line Agreements
- Quiet Title Actions
- Adverse Possession Claims
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When Things Go Wrong: Dealing With Title Issues After the Policy Has Been Issued
Who Should Attend
This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar is designed for:
- Attorneys
- Title Insurance Agents
- Title and Abstract Professionals
- Real Estate Professionals
- Lenders
- Paralegals
Speakers
Speaker bio
David L. Campbell
is a director in the Dallas law firm of Underwood Perkins, P.C., where he practices in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial bankruptcy, real estate finance, real estate, creditors' rights and foreclosures. He has lectured to various professional groups and has written numerous articles and publications on topics related to areas of his practice. Mr. Campbell earned his B.S.Ed. degree from Abilene Christian University, his M.Ed. degree from Texas A & M University-Commerce and his J.D. degree from Texas Tech University, where he was Order of the Coif and a member of the Law Review. He is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bankruptcy Bar Association. Mr. Campbell also is chair of the ABA RPTE Section Workouts, Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Committee and an advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee for the Uniform Residential Foreclosure Act.
Speaker bio
Ricardo Aponte-Parsi
is a real estate and corporate counsel with a 22+ year track record of assessing risk, managing litigation, and building compliance systems to protect organizational interests. He is a trusted business partner and problem solver, dedicated to delivering exceptional results that advance business objectives through preventive counseling, strategic risk management, and shrewd advocacy. Mr. Aponte-Parsi is a team leader and project manager who builds relationships, leads change, and communicates effectively with private and public stakeholders. He earned his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University, with a major in international relations and his J.D. degree from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law. In May 2014, Mr. Aponte-Parsi completed his Master of Laws degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a Certificate in Business Administration from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. In 2018, he completed a second LL.M. degree at Georgetown University Law School in securities and financial regulation. In 2022, Mr. Aponte-Parsi completed a certification in Privacy Law from Seton Hall University School of Law. He was president of the Board of the Puerto Rico Education Council, the licensing agency for the Commonwealth, and is currently the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the San Juan Community College. Since November of 2024, Mr. Aponte-Parsi has worked as an Associate General Counsel- Office of the General Counsel of the Air Force (SAF/GCN) at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas. SAF/GCN provides legal and policy advice to members of the Secretariat, air staff, and space staff on virtually all matters relating to the department's 180 installations, nearly 10 million acres of real estate, base realignment, and closure; annual $7 billion installation and operational energy budgets; annual multibillion-dollar military construction program; $8.3 billion military privatized housing portfolio; programs for environmental planning, compliance, and restoration and natural and cultural resources management; and programs for safety and occupational health. The division advises the Center of Excellence for Environment, Facilities, and Installations and the Energy, Environmental, and Installations Directorates within the Air Force Civil Engineer Center.
Speaker bio
Michelle I. Taylor
is an associate general counsel in the Office of the Air Force General Counsel in San Antonio, Texas, advising and providing legal support to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment & Energy (SAF/IEI) and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC). Her primary responsibilities include negotiating, drafting and executing commercial leasing transactions, including Enhanced Use Lease Agreements (EUL), and interpreting laws, policies and regulations that include dispute resolution, environmental, energy and fuel disposals. Ms. Taylor represents her clients in long-term portfolio management and sustainment of leasing projects, and land disposals domestically and internationally. She came to the Air Force from the private sector where she worked as an assistant vice president, southwest regional underwriting counsel at Fidelity National Title Company. Ms. Taylor continues to maintain her private practice, where she specializes in real estate, small business and non-profit set up, mediation, dispute resolution, estate planning, probate, and title issues. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Bennett College and her Juris Doctor degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. Ms. Taylor was on the Dean's list, served on the Thurgood Marshall Law Review as the senior editor, and as the Chief Justice on the James M. Douglas Board of Advocates. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, where she is active in the Real Estate, Probate and Trust; Construction; and Consumer and Commercial Law sections. Ms. Taylor is licensed to practice law in Texas and before the Texas Southern District Bankruptcy Court. She is an active member on LISC Houston Advisory Board, and has been since 2014. Ms. Taylor volunteers her legal services Houston Volunteer Lawyers.
Speaker bio
Rose Pickenpaugh
is of counsel at Litwin Kach LLP. Her practice is focused on energy real estate transactions and projects including; mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, financing, optioning, leasing, contract negotiations, general counsel, due diligence, development of minerals, siting campaigns, general business contract negotiations, and leading real estate teams. Since 2010, Ms. Pickenpaugh has worked at Fortune 500, publicly-traded, and vanguard start-up energy companies. She is also well versed in the full cycle of real estate transactions for utility- scale renewable energy, utility - scale battery energy storage systems, transmission lines, pipelines, and minerals (oil, gas, and other minerals). Ms. Pickenpaugh's experience and expertise spans from greenfield, development, continuing obligations and issues, all the way through decommissioning. While working for multibillion dollar companies, she successfully facilitated a spin-off of $6 billion in assets and secured another $2 billion in revolving credit. Ms. Pickenpaugh has grown and managed a portfolio of over 60 projects with 10 GW in development in more than 28 states and Canadian provinces. She is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. Ms. Pickenpaugh earned her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Baylor University School of Law.
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