|
AMELIA A. BOWER is the managing partner of the Columbus office of Plunkett Cooney, P.C., and for more than 20 years she has practiced in the areas of civil litigation in real estate, bankruptcy (one witness adversary proceedings), construction, condominium, title insurance defense, title insurance underwriting, and general corporate and real estate transaction work. She lectures frequently to various professional groups and for National Business Institute on real estate and real estate title issues. Ms. Bower is a member of the Ohio State (member, committees on Legal Ethics and Professionalism) and Columbus (member, Real Property Section) bar associations. She earned her B.A. degree from Miami University and her J.D. degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. PAUL A. DePASCALE is vice president and commercial counsel for Old Republic National Title Insurance Company. Mr. DePascale has 17 years experience in the title insurance and escrow industries, extensively in the transactional and underwriting arenas, primarily of major commercial, industrial, multi-site and multi-state transactions. He also has experience in claims administration, and has functioned as branch manager and general counsel. Mr. DePascale currently acts as branch manager and underwriting counsel and advises the company on legal and business affairs. He has lectured at many continuing education seminars on topics including closings, title insurance and underwriting, and I.R.C. §1031 exchanges. In addition, Mr. DePascale has spoken for boards of realtors and local realty companies on title and real estate matters. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association (Real Property Section); a current board member of the Central Ohio Chapter of NAIOP; a past president and current board member of the Association of Corporate Counsel-Central Ohio Chapter; and serves as an advisory board member for the Paralegal Program at Capital University Law School. Mr. DePascale also is a member of the Real Property Section of the Columbus Bar Association, the Central Ohio Land Title Association, the Ohio Land Title Association, NAIOP, CCIIR and the Urban Land Institute. He earned his B.S. degree from The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences, and his J.D. degree from Capital University Law School. WILLIAM C. HEER III serves as vice president, area counsel and central Ohio area manager for First American Title Insurance Company, positions he has held since 2007. Prior to his current position, Mr. Heer served as Ohio area manager and state counsel for MTC Title Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of First American, since May 2005, following more than nine years with Title First Agency, Inc. where he most recently served as senior vice president for Corporate Operations. Mr. Heer's tenure in the industry includes branch management, underwriting, technology management and many years working on sophisticated affiliated business arrangements and other partnering models. He has written on and provided continuing education courses in various areas of the real estate and title insurance industries, including condominiums, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and the use of technology, as well as recognition of and handling of title and escrow issues. Mr. Heer is licensed to practice law in Ohio, and before the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He earned his B.A. degree from Bowdoin College and his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law. Mr. Heer also is a member the Ohio State Bar Association and an active member of the Columbus Bar Association and its Real Property Section. MICHAEL HRABCAK is the principal of Hrabcak & Company, L.P.A. Mr. Hrabcak counsels his clients in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate, including sale, acquisition and leasing, as well as litigation. In addition to serving the firm's real estate clients, he provides legal advice to businesses, including asset purchase/sale transactions, as well as contract and litigation matters. Mr. Hrabcak has spoken before various professional groups in regard to his areas of practice. He is licensed to practice before all state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, as well as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Hrabcak is also a state of Ohio real estate licensee (inactive). Mr. Hrabcak earned his J.D. degree from Capital University.
|