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1. Understanding Title Insurance Policies and Commitments
2. Recognizing Defects and Examining Difficulties
3. Endorsements and Exceptions
4. Insuring Construction Loans
5. Real Estate Transactions With Legal Entities
6. Avoiding Ethical Disputes
7. Impact of Bankruptcy on Real Estate and Title Insurance

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1. UNDERSTANDING TITLE INSURANCE POLICIES AND COMMITMENTS
   9:00 - 9:45, Ronald J. Dold
   1. The Nature of Title Insurance
   2. Policy Structure
      1. The Insuring Provisions
      2. Exclusions From Coverage
      3. Conditions and Stipulations
   3. ALTA Owner's and Lender's Title Insurance Policies
   4. The Commitment
   5. Leasehold Policy
   6. Q&A
2. RECOGNIZING DEFECTS AND EXAMINING DIFFICULTIES
   9:45 - 10:30, Ronald J. Dold
   1. Defects in Execution
   2. Missing or Incorrect Elements in Documentation
   3. Homestead and Statutory Rights
   4. Heir's Deeds and Descendant's Estates
   5. Marital Property Conveyances
   6. Trusts and Power of Attorney
   7. Boundary and Access Disputes
   8. Liens and Releases
   9. Underwriting the Defect
   10. Q&A
3. ENDORSEMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS
   10:45 - 11:30, Ronald J. Dold
   1. Types of Endorsements
   2. Exceptions, Exclusions and Conditions
   3. Fine Print Issues
   4. What Endorsement Does and Does Not Cover
   5. Advanced Endorsement Usage
   6. Q&A
4. INSURING CONSTRUCTION LOANS
   11:30 - 12:15, Ronald J. Dold
   1. Construction Lien Act
   2. Pending Disbursement Coverage
   3. Date Down Endorsements
   4. "When the Lien Hits"
   5. Q&A
5. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS WITH LEGAL ENTITIES
   1:15 - 2:15, John R. Banks Jr.
   1. Authority Issues
      1. Express
      2. Apparent
   2. Business Entities
      1. Corporations
      2. Limited Liability Companies
      3. General Partnerships
      4. Limited Liability Partnerships
      5. Limited Partnerships
      6. Sole Proprietorships
      7. Unincorporated Entities and Churches
   3. Alternative Entities
   4. Preserving the Record
   5. Q&A
6. AVOIDING ETHICAL DISPUTES
   2:15 - 3:15, John R. Banks Jr.
   1. Duties of Competence and Diligence
   2. Conflicts of Interest - Multiple Representation
   3. Disclosure of Defects in Property
   4. Avoiding Fee Disputes
   5. Escrow, Closing and Post-Closing Activities
   6. Q&A
7. IMPACT OF BANKRUPTCY ON REAL ESTATE AND TITLE INSURANCE
   3:30 - 4:30, John R. Banks Jr.
   1. Bankruptcy Basics for Real Estate
   2. Required Documents to Obtain Title Insurance in Bankruptcy Transfers
   3. Selling or Mortgaging Property of the Estate
   4. Automatic Stay and Relief From Automatic Stay
   5. Practical Tips and Applications for the Real Estate Practitioner
   6. Q&A

JOHN R. BANKS JR. is a shareholder in the Houston firm of Mason, Coplen & Banks, P.C., where he practices in the areas of real estate and real estate litigation. He earned his B.A. degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Houston. Mr. Banks is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

RONALD J. DOLD is vice-president and senior underwriting counsel in the Houston National Commercial Services Office for First American Title Insurance Company, where he works with customers on a local and national basis, underwriting single site and multi-site/multi state commercial real estate transactions in all 50 states. He has more than 30 years of experience in the real estate field, 16 of which were with Exxon Corporation and Shell Oil Company. While working for Exxon and Shell, Mr. Dold was involved in many real estate related transactions for those companies, including acquisition and sale of pipeline rights-of-way, refineries, marketing terminals, and retail service stations. In addition to his real estate experience with major oil companies, he spent five years in private law practice, handling civil litigation matters, including more than 50 eminent domain cases for Southwestern Bell. Mr. Dold joined First American in late 1999, where he underwrote the property sales ordered by the FTC in the Exxon - Mobil merger in February 2000, which was the largest insured commercial real estate transaction at that time (more than $1.3 billion liability). He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering. Mr. Dold also earned his law degree from the South Texas College of Law and has been licensed with the State Bar of Texas since 1982. He has taught numerous real estate courses for professional organizations, as well as at the community college level.

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