NJ Specific

Real Estate

New Jersey Title Law Boot Camp

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 46 minutes
Paige Bellino
Jack Luellen
Francis Monari
Ashton Hartline
With Paige M. Bellino from McNally & Bellino, LLC + 3 others
Recorded October 23, 2024
Product ID 99112

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

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Product ID 99112

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

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

  5. 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

  6. 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

Paige M Bellino
Paige M.
Bellino
McNally & Bellino, LLC
Jack R Luellen
Jack R.
Luellen
Buchalter
Francis J Monari
Francis J.
Monari
McKernan McKernan & Godino
Ashton Hartline
Ashton
Hartline
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
Speaker bio
Paige M Bellino

Paige M. Bellino

McNally & Bellino, LLC
Paige Bellino

is an attorney with McNally & Bellino where she practices in the areas of title claim litigation, professional liability, commercial litigation, real estate, creditor's rights. She earned her B.A. degree from the University at Albany, SUNY; and her J.D. degree from Western New England University School of Law. While at Western New England, Ms. Bellino served as the assistant managing editor of the Western New England Law Review and was named to the Dean’s List. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania state courts, in addition to the U.S. District Court for New Jersey and the Eastern and Middle districts of Pennsylvania.

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Jack R Luellen

Jack R. Luellen

Buchalter
Jack Luellen

is special counsel with Buchalter in the firm's Denver office. His practice is primarily dedicated to oil and gas law, with a particular emphasis on litigation. Mr. Luellen earned his B.S. degree, with distinction, from Colorado State University; and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School. He is admitted to practice in California, Colorado, Utah, and North Dakota. Mr. Luellen is a member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and Energy Mineral Law Foundation.

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Francis J Monari

Francis J. Monari

McKernan McKernan & Godino
Francis Monari

is an attorney with McKernan McKernan & Godino, where his main areas of practice include commercial law, commercial real estate, contracts, municipal corporation law, residential real estate, and zoning law. He is a member of the Camden County Bar Association. Mr. Monari is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned his B.A. degree from St. Joseph's College and his J.D. degree from Rutgers University, Camden.

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Ashton Hartline

Ashton Hartline

McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
Ashton Hartline

is an attorney at McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC, where he concentrates his practice in real estate, land use and redevelopment law. He has litigation experience in the general equity, special civil, family, and appellate divisions of the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. Mr. Hartline earned his B.A. degree from Rutgers University and his J.D. degree from Rutgers Law School.

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