Defended title underwriters against

• claims resulting from alleged foreclosure rescue scams
• bad faith claims asserted by insureds
• claims involving shortages of acreage included in transactions

Defended insureds’ titles against

• reversion claims asserted by third parties due to an alleged breach of condition in a deed
• claims that a grantor lacked capacity to transfer property

Represented agents

• in RESPA investigations
• in connection with controlled business arrangements

Resolved claims

• involving defective deeds in a chain of title in which the owner was deceased at the time of execution of the deed
• involving defective title due to forgeries in the chain of title
• tax claims asserted by the City of Philadelphia

Coordinated litigation necessary in title agent defalcations

• injunction and seizure orders
• recoupment proceedings
• fraudulent conveyance actions
• prosecutions of bond claims

Represented insureds

• in boundary line disputes
• in easement disputes
• in lien priority disputes.

Secured mandamus orders

• on behalf of the Pennsylvania Land Title Association against recorders of deeds requiring immediate recordation of deeds and compliance with other statutory recording requirements.
• on behalf of the Pennsylvania Land Title Association against a sheriff’s office regarding the distribution of monies from sheriff’s sales.

Additional representation

• Secured recovery of funds diverted from title agent bank account based on fraudulent e-mail directive.
• Prosecuted and defended claims involving wrongful failure to satisfy line of credit mortgages.
• Prosecuted successful claims against agents and their errors and omissions carriers under agency agreements and under negligence principles.