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Connecticut Title Law Boot Camp

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Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
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6 hours
Ricardo Aponte-Parsi
William Peacock
Christopher Picard
With Ricardo Aponte-Parsi from Office of the General Counsel at Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/GCN) + 2 others

Mon, Dec 14, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102474

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Overview

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

  1. Title Law Updates
  2. Conducting Thorough Title Reviews: Analyzing Title Commitments and Land Surveys
  3. Maximizing Title Insurance Protections: Essential Endorsements, Negotiation Strategies, and More
  4. Curing Title Defects: Alternatives to Endorsements
  5. When Things Go Wrong: Dealing With Title Issues After the Policy Has Been Issued
  6. Spot-Checking the Title Insurance Policy: Locating Gaps in Coverage
  7. Ethical Considerations

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Credit Status Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
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  1. Title Law Updates

  2. Conducting Thorough Title Reviews: Analyzing Title Commitments and Land Surveys

    1. How Insurers Conduct Title Searches: A Brief Overview
    2. Insurer's Obligations Under the Title Commitment
    3. Analyzing Schedule A
      1. Preliminary Information: Verifying Dates, Amounts, etc.
      2. Name Variations With Individual Owners, Trusts, and Corporate Entities
      3. Complete and Accurate Legal Descriptions
    4. Schedule B-I
      1. Pending Litigation, Foreclosure, and Bankruptcy Pitfalls
      2. Last-Minute Deeds, Mortgages, and Liens That Fall in the Gap Period
    5. Taking a Close Look at Schedule B-II
      1. Standard Exceptions Explained
      2. Special Exceptions: Liens, Easements, and Other Considerations
      3. How Will Standard or Special Exceptions Affect the Transaction?
    6. Analyzing Land Surveys
      1. Minimum Survey Standards
      2. How to Order the ALTA Survey
      3. Reviewing and Correcting the ALTA Plan
      4. Reviewing Sample Land Surveys and Legal Descriptions
    7. Sample Title Review Checklists

  3. Maximizing Title Insurance Protections: Essential Endorsements, Negotiation Strategies, and More

    1. Removal of - or Coverage for - Standard Exceptions: Key Negotiation Strategies
    2. Insuring Over Common Risks - Which Endorsements to Obtain and Why
    3. Special Endorsements - Ensuring They Fit the Situation
    4. Key Endorsements for Survey-Related Issues
    5. Negotiating Endorsement Fees
    6. Advising Clients of Their Options - Risk vs. Cost Analysis
    7. ALTA Endorsement Updates

  4. Curing Title Defects: Alternatives to Endorsements

    1. Dealing With Breaks in Chain of Title, Including Estate Issues
    2. Title Curing Statutes
    3. Mortgage Releases and Alternatives to Release
    4. Title Indemnity Agreements
    5. ALTA Owner Affidavits
    6. Discharging Liens
    7. Unrecorded Leases
    8. Encroachments, Overlaps, and Other Boundary Issues
      1. Boundary Line Agreements
      2. Quiet Title Actions
      3. Adverse Possession Claims

  5. When Things Go Wrong: Dealing With Title Issues After the Policy Has Been Issued

  6. Spot-Checking the Title Insurance Policy: Locating Gaps in Coverage

    1. When to Obtain Pro Forma Policies
    2. Are the Necessary Endorsements There?
    3. Spotting Last-Minute Additions
    4. Working With Title Insurance Companies to Make Changes
    5. Locating Common Policy Mistakes
    6. Sample Policy Review
    7. Closing Protection Letters

  7. Ethical Considerations

    1. Duties of Competence and Diligence
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Disclosure of Defects in Property
    4. Attorneys' Fees

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

Ricardo Aponte-Parsi
Ricardo
Aponte-Parsi
Office of the General Counsel at Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/GCN)
William G Peacock
William G.
Peacock
WFG National Title Insurance Company
Christopher J Picard
Christopher J.
Picard
Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.
Speaker bio
Ricardo Aponte-Parsi

Ricardo Aponte-Parsi

Office of the General Counsel at Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/GCN)
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 at the 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; programs for environmental planning, compliance, and restoration and natural and cultural resources management; and programs for safety and occupational health.

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William G Peacock

William G. Peacock

WFG National Title Insurance Company
William Peacock

received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. He has over 20 years of real estate closing and title experience. Mr. Peacock started his career as a real estate attorney in Florida, where he managed a large residential and commercial closing practice. He moved to Connecticut and, for eleven years, worked at two large Connecticut real estate law firms. At those firms, Mr. Peacock handled all aspects of foreclosure matters, from drafting complaints, to handling mediation, attending hearings and resolving all title issues that arose during the foreclosure process. At one time, Mr. Peacock managed a team that included ten paralegals. For the past three years, he has worked as underwriting counsel for a national title insurance company and is now Title Counsel at CATIC.

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Christopher J Picard

Christopher J. Picard

Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.
Christopher Picard

is the principal with Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. in New Haven, Connecticut. His practice for the last 20 years has centered on handling creditor's rights issues and real estate litigation in state, federal and bankruptcy courts inclusive of handling appellate matters. Mr. Picard continues practicing in these areas and is expanding his practice to include commercial litigation. His clients have included national banks and servicers along with local lenders. Recently, he obtained two appellate decisions in favor of lenders; one involving the impact of divorce proceedings on a residential mortgage foreclosure and the other concerning to challenge the legal sufficiency of a special defense by way of summary judgment. Mr. Picard began practicing law in 2000 after serving in the United States Navy as a Diver from 1987 to 1993. During his time on active duty, he participated in various salvage and recovery operations. After completion of his active duty, he attended Boston College where he served as President of the Boston College Men's Rugby Team. While studying at the University of Dayton School of Law, Mr. Picard was a member of the Moot Court team winning the National Environmental Moot Court competition at Salmon P. Chase School of Law earning team honors for best brief and individual honors as Best Oralist.

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