Fredric Altschuler is currently a senior at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the country's premier law firms, after more than two decades as a partner in the Real Estate Group. Mr. Altcschuler's clients include institutional lenders, investment banks and private equity funds, real estate developers, public entities overseeing major metropolitan authorities, and other entities involved in real estate finance. Mr. Altschuler has been recognized as one of the country's leading real estate lawyers by Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, Who's Who Legal and The Best Lawyers in America, which named him a 2020 Lawyers of the year.

New York Attorney Laura E. Ayers focuses her solo-law practice on real property litigation. Ms Ayers' years of experience in dealing with the issues that arise in complex real property disputes makes her often sought out and retained as special counsel municipalities and by other litigators. Ms. Ayers is a frequent lecturer on various real property topics including, the Highway Law, Easement Law, and Boundary Line Disputes for the New York State Arborists ISA Chapter, Inc., among others.

Mr. Bagwell was Vice-President and Chief New York State Counsel for Old Republic National Title Insurance Company and was based in New York City. Mr. Bagwell retired in March of 2021. Formerly, he was the President of Bagwell & Associates Title Agency LLC, a Manhattan- and White Plains-based title insurance agency. Before that, he was Vice-President and Eastern Divisional Counsel for United General Title Insurance Company.

Lester M. Bliwise is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, resident in its New York City office. He has extensive experience in conventional and capital market mortgage lending, acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture investments, and debt restructurings and workouts. Mr. Bliwise's practice is national in scope and encompasses all property types, including office, industrial, retail, apartment, and hotel properties. He has served as counsel to insurance companies, commercial and investment banks, pension funds and their advisors, institutional owners and their investors, and others.

Matthew C. Cahill is a Vice President and Corporate Underwriting Counsel at First American Title Insurance Company. Mr. Cahill's responsibilities include underwriting commercial transactions, overseeing the New York underwriting department as well as establishing underwriting policies and procedures in New York.

S.H Spencer Compton is a Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel at Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company. He is the Secretary of the New York State Bar Association's Real Property Law Section, as well as a frequent contributor to Lexis/Nexis electronic publications, NYSBA's Real Property Law Journal, and The Practical Real Estate Lawyer. Mr. Compton is a frequent lecturer for First American as well as The Practicing Law Institute and ICSC-LAW.

Daniel J. Evans is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw LLP's New York City office. His practice concentrates on representing members of the lending and borrowing communities in connection with real estate finance matters, workouts and restructurings. In recent years, this work has emphasized the structuring and closing of mortgage and mezzanine loan transactions for securitization in the capital markets, as well as interim/bridge loans, construction and permanent loan transactions. He has closed numerous fee and leasehold financings of commercial and residential developments, industrial centers, resorts, hospitality properties, condominiums and office buildings and has extensive experience with financing real estate projects across the United States.

Vincent G. Danzi is Chief UCC Counsel at AmTrust Title Insurance Company (AmTrust Title), an AmTrust Financial Company. Mr. Danzi is also the corporate counsel of AmTrust Title sibling company, First Nationwide Title Agency, LLC. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Land Title Association (NYSLTA), the Chairperson of the Law Committee of the NYSLTA and is a member of several committees at the American Land Title Association: including the Government Affairs Committee, the State Legislative/Regulatory Affairs Committee., and the Data and Analytics Workgroup.

David Fitzhenry is a partner at the New York law firm of Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP. He practices primarily in transactional real estate matters and cooperative and condominium law. A graduate of New York Law School, he represents a wide variety of clients, including lenders, developers, sponsors, purchasers, sellers, landlords, tenants, condominium associations, and cooperative apartment corporations. He often acts as special counsel to major retailers, educational corporations, medical centers, and various nonprofit organizations pursuing conversions of existing properties to commercial condominiums, including the creation of complex leasehold condominium structures. In addition, he regularly counsels privately held businesses on the bulk purchase of unsold cooperatives shares and unsold condominium units, as well as the subsequent required filings with the New York State Department of Law. He is a member of the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the New York City Bar Association's Cooperative and Condominium Committee.

Joseph Philip Forte was the General Counsel of AmTrust Title Insurance Company after 47 years as a real estate finance partner in several major New York City law firms. He has worked through six cycles of downturns and recoveries of real estate market that began with the failure of the early mortgage REITs in the mid-70s; the interest rate spike and disintermediation crisis in the late 70s and early 80s; partnership syndication crisis subsequent to the adoption of the Tax Reform Act of 1986; the savings and loan crisis and the RTC workouts in the early 90s; the market disruptions after the Russian debt crisis in August 1998 through the most recent financial crisis.

John A. Frates has worked in the title insurance industry since 1985 as a title closer, examiner and reader. From 1990 to 1998, he served as a regional claims counsel, commercial underwriting counsel and operations manager for two national title companies in New York as well as other states. Since joining Stewart Title Insurance Company in 1998, he has served in several capacities: Claims Counsel, Direct Operations Manager, and New York State Counsel. Following those positions John was named Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the New York State Underwriter. In 2018, John was promoted to Agency District Manager for New York and New Jersey, President and General Counsel of Stewart Title Insurance Company. John also serves as Senior Vice President and Regional Underwriting Counsel/Senior Underwriter for Stewart Title Guaranty Company for New York and New Jersey.

Jason A. Gafner is a Partner at Goldberg Segalla. Prior to this, he was Co-Chair of the Complex Title Litigation Practice at GafnerShore Leeds & Zauderer, LLP. He is a seasoned attorney whose practice focuses on representing clients in complex disputes relating to real estate and title including fraud, boundary disputes, forgery and lien defects or "clouds on title" for insureds, title companies and owners of real property. He also advises on coverage matters relating to title insurance.

Maureen Garvey, Esq. serves as an Underwriting Counsel and Director of title Operations for First American Title Insurance Company's Direct Division Office in Rochester, New York and in this capacity provides underwriting and title clearance guidance in connection with residential and commercial matters throughout New York State.

Thomas A. Glatthaar has been a Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Underwriting Counsel (New York) for Fidelity National Title Insurance Company since 2007. Prior to that, he was President of Title Resource Agency, Inc.' a title insurance agency based in New York City, and prior to that, he was Vice President and Chief Counsel for First American Title Insurance Company of New York.

Caroline G. Harris is the Managing Partner of Goldman Harris LLC and Goldman Harris II LLC (a WMBE), NYC zoning and land use boutiques. She has a combination of public and private sector experience, providing her clients with in-depth zoning and land use analyses; representation in public land use approvals; and negotiation of private zoning lot mergers and transfers of development rights.

Karl B. Holtzschue, was partner and head of real estate departments at Webster & Sheffield (1966-1988 and O'Melveny & Myers in New York City (1988-1990). He was Chair, Committeeon Real Property Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1987-1990). Chair, NYSBA Real Property Law Section (2007-2008), recipient of the NYSBA RPLS Professionalism Award in 2012, and a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He is the author of Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings (PLI). He is a former Adjunct Professor at Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School, and Fordham Law School. Mr. Holtzschue graduated from Dartmouth College in 1959 and Columbia Law School in 1966.

Arthur G. Jakoby is chair of Herrick, Feinstein LLP Real Estate & Title Insurance Litigation Group, which represents numerous real estate developers, commercial real estate owners and real estate managers and all of the major title insurance companies in New York and New Jersey in complex real estate litigation. In his 30-year career, he has successfully litigated and resolved hundreds of real estate and corporate court, arbitration and mediation disputes in the Northeast.

Anthony C. Lee, Esq. is an attorney in private practice and a licensed Title Insurance Agent in Rochester, New York and Of-Counsel to Pheterson Spatorico, LLP, focusing his practice on real estate and title matters. Prior to returning to private practice, Mr. Lee spent almost six years as Underwriting Counsel for First American Title Insurance Company in their Rochester, New York, office covering residential and commercial matters throughout New York State. Prior to joining First American, Mr. Lee was in private practice focusing on real estate and title matters, as well as small business law and writing title insurance as an agent for Ticor Title Insurance Company, and Monroe Title Insurance Company (now apart of Stewart).

Jean M. Partridge, co-founder and principal of Benchmark Title Agency, LLC, has been in the title insurance business for over 30 years. Prior to establishing Benchmark Title Agency, LLC, in 2005, she was a Senior Vice President and Branch Counsel of First American Title Insurance Company of New York and a member of their Board of Directors.

Lance R. Pomerantz is a sole-practitioner whose practice has focused on land title law for more than 25 years. Mr. Pomerantz attended Boston University School of Law and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1981. He then served as Special Assistant Corporation Counsel to the Collector-Treasurer of the City of Boston. Responsible for a staff of 10, he supervised and performed title examinations for tax lien enforcement proceedings while also participating in litigation in both state and federal trial and appellate courts, and various state agencies. His responsibilities included most matters involving involving City finances, serving as general trust counsel to various municipal trustees and participating in bankruptcy and admiralty litigation in federal district court.

Joshua Rikon, a partner at Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C., has practiced eminent domain law in New York since 2003, when he was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2002 and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University in 1999. Prior to being admitted to practice, Joshua completed his law school externship requirement at Steinhardt & Cohen, P.C., one of Michigan's finest eminent domain, condemnation, and land use law practices.

Michael Rikon, a partner at Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C., was selected for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for his outstanding leadership, proficiency, influence and dedication to the legal profession. Mr. Rikon is being recognized for this honor for dedicating over 52 years of his life's work as a practicing attorney. While in the legal field, Mr. Rikon has inspired many and excelled in every position he has ever served. His impressive background of previous roles include: Serving with the SSGT 99th Signal Battalion in the US Army Reserves, Assistant corporation counsel for the city of New York, Law Clerk for the New York State Court of Claims, Partner of Rudick and Rikon where he also specialized in Real Estate Law and litigation in the Court of Claims.

Stuart M. Saft, practice group leader of Holland & Knight New York Real Estate Practice Group, co-chair of the Condominium Development and Conversion Team, and former co-chair of the Hospitality, Resort and Timeshare Group, has extensive experience in the development, financing, leasing, conversion-to-condominium and cooperative ownership, exchange, syndication, sale-leaseback, timeshare, restructuring, acquisition and sale of residential, commercial and hospitality property throughout the United States. Mr. Safety also represents lending institutions in mortgage and workouts.

Michael P. Sasso is a Divisional Senior Vice President and Senior Underwriting Counsel at First Nationwide Title Agency LLC, an AmTrust Financial company. Prior to joining First Nationwide, Mr. Sasso was Senior Underwriting Counsel with First American Title Insurance Company, serving as a member and ultimately chairman of its Bankruptcy Practice Group

Douglas P. Schneidman, a partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP, represents individuals, family businesses, and banks and trust companies in trust and estate matters. His practice includes estate planning for high-net-worth individuals, formation and administration for charitable foundations, as well as all aspects of estate and trust administration. Doug also handles probate and other Surrogate's Court matters, including estate and trust litigation.

Alfred Tartaglia is principal law clerk to the judge in the supreme court of the state of New York. He has worked in the Appellate Division, First Department; the Appellate Term, First Department; and the Law Department of Supreme Court, New York County. At the Appellate Division, Mr. Tartaglia was editor-in-chief of all published memoranda, civil and criminal, and the author of the official court training manual for court attorneys, titled The Preparation of Civil Appeals. He continues to research complex legal issues, and draft decisions pertaining to both criminal and civil law issues.

Jackie Halpern Weinstein, a partner in Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.'s Foreclosure and Title Litigation Groups, has expertise in title litigation and prosecuting residential and commercial mortgage foreclosure proceedings throughout New York State. She is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and New Jersey and is admitted to practice federally in the Southern District, Eastern District, and Northern District of New York, United States District Courts, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

John Busey Wood is a member of the commercial real estate group in the New York City office of the national law firm Akerman LLP and advises public and private companies on national real estate transactions, development of mixed used and retail projects, retail centers and portfolio property master and ground leasing. For over 40 years, Mr. Wood has represented owners and tenants in the design and negotiation of commercial leases covering in excess of 100 million square feet of retail, industrial, office, and mixed-use projects. He has national experience in developments. He is a noted authority on ground leases and portfolio master leases and helped lead a national team on a purchase, sale and master lease transaction involving 327 supermarket properties and several hundred dealerships. In addition, Mr. Wood is a licensed Class "A" commercial real estate broker, a Certified Public Accountant and holds B.B.A. (Accounting and Economics), M.B.A. (Accounting and Finance), and J.D. degrees.