Title Counsel Work Group
The purpose and scope of work of this work group is to:
- Promote the exchange of information within the ALTA membership about current developments in the law affecting title insurance and conveyancing generally.
- Conduct semi-annual meetings to facilitate the exchange of information.
- Establish an institutional mechanism for sharing views on common legal problems.
- Assist the ALTA Legislative & Regulatory Counsel in advising ALTA officers and staff on specific legal developments.
- Assist the ALTA Legislative & Regulatory Counsel in providing legal review of publications and other legal documents.
- Act as task force on any legal problem facing the title industry which is identified by the Title Insurance Underwriters Section executive committee as warranting the committee's consideration.
- Assist the ALTA Legislative & Regulatory Counsel in the development of bulletins to the membership on legal and general underwriting issues of broad concern.
Chair

Cheryl Cowherd NTP
Senior Underwriting CounselAgents National Title Insurance Company
Columbia, MO
Members

Julie Angelakos ITP, NTP
Midwest Regional Underwriting CounselFirst American Title Insurance Co
Warrenville, IL
Taryn T Anton
Sr. Regulatory & Claims CounselWest Bloomfield, MI
Bizhan Beiramee
Managing AttorneyBeiramee Law Group, PC
Bethesda, MD

Heather Bland
VP, Senior Underwriting CounselOld Republic National Title Insurance Company
Saint Charles, IL
David G. Boss
Senior PartnerDillon Miller Ahuja & Boss, LLP
Carlsbad, CA
Richard Bramhall
Chief Underwriting CounselWestcor Land Title Insurance Company
Lancaster, PA
Shawn T. Briner
AttorneyBriner Law Group, LLC
Chesterfield, MO

Dan Buchanan
SVP, Deputy Chief Title CounselFirst American Title Insurance Co
Santa Ana, CA
Jesse Cavett Esq.
Vice President | Underwriting Counsel | Commercial Agency ServicesOld Republic National Title Ins. Co.
Columbia, SC
Margaret Cook
General CounselAlliant National Title Insurance Company, Inc.
Longmont, CO
David H Cox Esq.
Of CounselJackson & Campbell, PC
Washington, DC
Ronald A. Damashek
Dickinson Wright, PLLCChicago, IL
Maria Deligiorgis
General Counsel and Compliance OfficerTitle Alliance, Ltd.
Media, PA
Janice Dempster
SVPTitle365 Company
Lewisville, TX
Elizabeth Faber
Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund, Inc.Chicago, IL
Nancy Ferguson
VP/State CounselChicago Title
Greensboro, NC
Jennifer Gaytan
Underwriting CounselFNF Family of Companies
Jacksonville, FL

Monica Gilroy NTP
Managing PartnerThe Gilroy Firm LLC
Atlanta, GA
Christopher Glaser Esq.
Jackson & Campbell, PCWashington, DC
Stephen C. Gregory
Underwriting CounselWFG National Title Insurance Company
Portland, OR

David Jenkins Esq., CLTP, CTIP, NTP
National Underwriting & Expansion CounselDoma Insurance Agency of Florida, Inc.
Miami, FL
Melanie Kido
VP, MA State CounselCATIC
Waltham, MA
Brandon Kilberg
VP, Associate General CounselRadian Title Insurance Inc.
Independence, OH
Margery Q Lee
Deputy General CounselDoma Title of California, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Erica G Lybrand
Special CounselBlair Cato Pickren Casterline, LLC
Columbia, SC

Annie Malave
Underwriting CounselFirst American Title Insurance Co
Maple Grove, MN
Christopher McChesney
Chief Claims CousnelDoma Insurance Agency of Florida, Inc.
Miami, FL
Sean O'Callaghan
Stewart Title Guaranty CompanyHouston, TX

Michael R. O'Donnell
Managing PartnerRiker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP
Morristown, NJ
Lance R. Pomerantz
Attorney at LawLance R. Pomerantz, Attorney at Law - Land Title Law
Sayville, NY
Jason Portnoy
VP/Sr. Claims CounselInvestors Title Insurance Company
Chapel Hill, NC
Jody K. Rogow
Executive Vice President & General CounselAmrock Title Insurance Company
Detroit, MI
James C. Russick
SE Regional CounselOld Republic National Title Insurance Company
Tampa, FL

Michael N. Russo Jr., Esq.
Attorney/ShareholderCouncil, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, PA
Annapolis, MD
Sam Shiel
VP, National Underwriting CnslOld Republic National Title Insurance Company
Chicago, IL
Michael J. Sikora III
Managing PartnerSikora Law LLC
Cleveland, OH
Irl Silverstein
attorneySilverstein Title Agency, LLC
Metairie, LA
Christopher Smart
AttorneyCarlton Fields
Tampa, FL

Giancarlo Spolidoro
VP - Special Commercial CounselChicago Title Company
Los Angeles, CA
Ryan C. Squire
Principal/PartnerGarrett & Tully, PC
Pasadena, CA
Elizabeth J. Young
VP & Sr. Underwriting CounselWestcor Land Title Insurance Company
Norton, MA
Staff

Steve Gottheim
General CounselAmerican Land Title Association
Washington, DC