Gain the practical skills you need to expand your practice into title insurance litigation. This introductory instruction begins with a review of title insurance coverage fundamentals, and then walks through claim filing procedures, as well as litigation strategies. Use prevention tactics to avoid common claims, and skillfully handle litigation involving breach of contract, bad faith, quiet title actions and other title insurance disputes. Order today!

1. Title Insurance Fundamentals
2. Closing Protection Letters
3. Claim Procedures
4. Litigating an Underlying Claimed Defect
5. Claim Prevention Tips
6. Recent Developments in Title Insurance Litigation

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1. TITLE INSURANCE FUNDAMENTALS
   9:00 - 10:00, Erika M. Knapstein and Sara Fievet Knittel
   1. Basic Principles
   2. Policy Structure
      1. Insuring Provisions (Owner's and Lender's Policies)
      2. Exclusions From Coverage
      3. Exceptions
   3. Parties Protected and Duration of Coverage
   4. Measure of Loss
   5. State Regulations
2. CLOSING PROTECTION LETTERS
   10:00 - 11:00, Erika M. Knapstein and Sara Fievet Knittel
3. CLAIM PROCEDURES
   11:15 - 12:15, Erika M. Knapstein and Sara Fievet Knittel
   1. General Requirements and Time Considerations
   2. Investigation of the Claim
   3. The Response
   4. Duty to Defend
   5. Options for the Title Insurer
   6. Requirements for Payment
   7. Recouping the Loss
4. LITIGATING AN UNDERLYING CLAIMED DEFECT
   12:15 - 1:15, Erika M. Knapstein and Sara Fievet Knittel
   1. Quiet Title Action
   2. Prescriptive Easement Claims
   3. Way of Necessity
   4. Foreclosure
   5. Declaratory Judgment
   6. Settlement
5. CLAIM PREVENTION TIPS
   2:15 - 3:15, Hilary Huffman Sommer
   1. Foreclosure Actions: They Aren't Over Till They're Over
   2. Inaccurate Payoff Letters
   3. Seller Impersonation
   4. Proper Recording of Documents
   5. Property Descriptions
6. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TITLE INSURANCE LITIGATION
   3:30 - 4:30, Shawn T. Briner
   (Foreclosures, Loan Modifications and Other Noteworthy Issues)

SHAWN T. BRINER is a shareholder in the law firm of Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, P.C., and serves as the managing attorney in its St. Louis, Missouri office. He earned both his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Missouri, and remains an active member of the Mizzou Alumni Association. Mr. Briner is licensed to practice in Missouri, Illinois, the Eastern District of Missouri, and the Southern District of Illinois. His practice focuses primarily on issues relating to title insurance and the representation of lenders in all aspects of litigation.

SARA FIEVET KNITTEL serves as a senior associate for Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C., a nationally known law firm which provides legal representation to the mortgage banking industry across Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Ms. Knittel manages the foreclosure and eviction departments, as well as the title resolution department which includes the resolution of title defects during the course of foreclosure and title curative litigation, including declaratory judgment and quiet title actions in addition to the firm's manufactured housing portfolio. She is a frequent speaker in the industry at the local and national level on various default related topics and has participated on a national panel of experts in the area of manufactured housing. Ms. Knittel earned her Bachelor of Journalism degree, with honors, from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a member of The Missouri Bar; the Illinois State, the Kansas and the Nebraska State bar associations; and is authorized to practice in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri; U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court District of Kansas; as well as the U.S. District Court District of Nebraska.

ERIKA M. KNAPSTEIN is an associate with Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C., a regional law firm based in Saint Louis, Missouri. The law firm specializes in mortgage default services, including foreclosure, bankruptcy, eviction, litigation and title services in the states of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Prior to joining Kozeny & McCubbin, Ms. Knapstein spent five years in the title insurance industry serving as a title examiner, abstractor, closer and counsel for a mid-size title insurance agent. She obtained her J.D. degree from Saint Louis University School of Law and her B.A. degree from Saint Louis University. Mrs. Knapstein is licensed to practice in the state of Missouri.

HILARY HUFFMAN SOMMER is an associate attorney at Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen P.C.'s St. Louis, Missouri office, where her practice focuses upon creditors' rights and general civil litigation. She earned her B.A. degrees (in English and anthropology), with honors, and her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri. Ms. Huffman Sommer is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Illinois State Bar Association, The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Lawyers' Association of St. Louis. She also serves on the Justice for All Committee for legal services of Eastern Missouri.

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