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Alabama

William C. "Beau" Byrd, II
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
One Federal Place
1819 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: (205) 521-8262
bbyrd@bradley.com

California

Pamela L. Andes
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
2010 Main Street, 8th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: (949) 851-5405
pandes@allenmatkins.com
 
Dena M. Cruz
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
100 Pine Street, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 385-6704
dena.cruz@stewart.com

Eric S. Phillips
Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
One California Street, Suite 3050
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 655-8114
ephillips@bwslaw.com
 

Colorado

Professor Sarah Schindler
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
2255 E Evans Avenue
Denver, CO 80210
Phone: (303) 871-6378
sschindler@law.du.edu
 
Deanne Stodden
Messner Reeves LLP
1550 Wewatta Street, Suite 710
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 623-1800
dstodden@messner.com
 

District of Columbia

Joseph W. Creech
Venable LLP
600 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 344-4585
jcreech@venable.com
 

Florida

Richard C. Grant
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
158 Caribbean Road
Naples, FL 34108
Phone: (239) 514-1000 ext. 2002
rgrant@gunster.com
 
Brian Wesley Hoffman
Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, LLC
151 W. Main Street, Suite 200
Pensacola, FL 32502
Phone: (850) 226-2300
bhoffman@carverdarden.com
 
Scott P. Pence
Carlton Fields, P.A.
4221 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 1000
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: (813) 229-4322
spence@carltonfields.com
 
Oscar R. Rivera
Siegfried Rivera
201 Alhambra Circle, 11th Floor
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone: (305) 448-8449
orivera@siegfriedrivera.com
 
Christopher W. Smart
Carlton Fields, P.A.
4221 West Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 1000
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: (813) 229-4142
csmart@carltonfields.com
 

Georgia

Hilary H. Fentress
Chicago Title Insurance Company and Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
470 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Suite 460
Atlanta, GA 30319
Phone: (404) 419-3226
hilary.fentress@cticga.com
 

Idaho

Hilary S. Vaughn
Winco Foods
650 N. Armstrong Place
Boise, ID 83704
Phone: (208) 672-2064
hilary.vaughn@wincofoods.com
 

Illinois

Graham Grady
Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP
111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 836-4036
ggrady@taftlaw.com
 
Langdon D. Neal
Neal & Leroy LLC
20 S. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 641-7411
lneal@nealandleroy.com
 

Indiana

Daniel B. Kelly
Notre Dame Law School
1100 Eck Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46566
Phone: (574) 631-7690
daniel.kelly@nd.edu
 

Kentucky

Joe Doren
Texas Roadhoues
6040 Dutchmans Lane
Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: (502) 515-7288
joe.doren@texasroadhouse.com
 

Maryland

Benjamin A. Kelley
Ballard Spahr LLP
111 South Calvert Street, 27th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 528-5600
kelleyb@ballardspahr.com
 
William A. O'Connell
First American Title Insurance Company
8840 Stanford Blvd., Suite 1400
Columbia, MD 21045
Phone: (410) 443-3707
waoconnell@firstam.com
 

Michigan

Jerome Pesick
Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett, P.C.
380 N. Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300
Birmingham, MI 48009
Phone: (248) 642-0333
jpesick@wwrplaw.com
 

Minnesota

Robert L. Russell
Russell Law Office
220 West Washington Avenue, Suite 103
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
Phone: (218) 998-6400
robert@russelllawoffice.com
 

Missouri

Marisa Byram
Lewis Rice LLC
600 Washington Avenue, Suite 2500
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: (314) 444-7849
mbyram@lewisrice.com
 
Wesley O. Fields
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisener
1200 Main Street, Suite 3800
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: (816) 391-7667
wesley.fields@bclplaw.com
 

New Jersey 

Steven G. Mlenak
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
75 Livingston Avenue, Suite 301
Roseland, NJ 07068
Phone: (732) 476-2526
smlenak@greenbaumlaw.com
 

New York

Meryl P. Diamond
Alston & Bird LLP
90 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 210-9579
meryl.diamond@alston.com
 
Jason T. Polevoy
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 218-5545
jpolevoy@seyfarth.com
 
Robert J. Sein
St. John's University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
Phone: (718) 990-7372
seinr@stjohns.edu
 
Steven D. Sladkus
Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP
444 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 743-7008
ssladkus@ssrga.com
 
Michael Weinberger
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
Phone: (212) 351-2350
mweinberger@gibsondunn.com
 

North Carolina

Christina Freeman Pearsall
Schell Bray, PLLC
1000 Renaissance Plaza, 230 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: (336) 370-8800
cpearsall@schellbray.com
 

North Dakota

Dean A. Rindy
O'Keeffe, O'Brien & Lyson
720 Main Avenue
Fargo, ND 58103
Phone: (701) 235-8000
dean@okeeffeattorneys.com
 

Ohio

Jacinto A. Nunez
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
50 South Main Street, Suite 1200
Akron, OH 44308
Phone: (330) 208-1046
 janunez@vorys.com
 
Monica E. Russell
Erie Title & Erie Commercial Title Services, LLC
29325 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 200
Cleveland, OH 44122
Phone: (440) 799-0748
monicarussell@erietitle.com
 

Pennsylvania

 
Matthew N. McClure
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 964-8771
mcclure@ballardspahr.com
 
Yolanda Rodriguez
Toll Brothers, Inc.
1140 Virginia Drive
Fort Washington, PA 19034
Phone: (215) 938-8216
yrodriguez2@tollbrothers.com
 
Walter Grant Scott, II
Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP
535 Smithfield Street, Suite 1300
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 456-2893
wgs@muslaw.com 
 
Matthew I. Weinstein
Cozen O'Connor
One Liberty Place, 1650 Market Street
Suite 2800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 665-4199
matthewweinstein@cozen.com
 

South Carolina

 
Jim Warren
Maynard Nexsen PC
104 South Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Phone: (864) 282-1191
jwarren@maynardnexsen.com
 

Tennessee

 
Christopher A. Bowles
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
1221 Broadway, Suite 2400
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 252-2399
cbowles@bradley.com
 

Texas

 
Susan Mills Cipione
McGuire, Craddock & Strother
500 N. Akard, Suite 2200
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: (214) 954-6812
scipione@mcslaw.com
 
C. Elaine Howard
Andrews Myers
1885 Saint James Place, 15th Floor
Houston, TX 77056
Phone: (713) 850-4249
ehoward@andrewsmyers.com
 
Derek Christopher Pershing
Wilson, Cribbs & Goren, P.C.
1233 West Loop South, Suite 800
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: (713) 547-8501
dpershing@wcglaw.com
 
MarJuana Bush Williams
MarJuana Bush Williams, PLLC
324 North 14th Street
Nederland, TX 77627
Phone: (409) 797-7734
mwilliams@mbwpllc.com
 

Washington

 
Nathan A. Luce
Stoel Rives LLP
600 University Street, Suite 3600
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 579-6631
nathan.luce@stoel.com
 

Wisconsin

 
Brad Dallet
Husch Blackwell LLP
511 North Broadway, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 978-5525
brad.dallet@huschblackwell.com