Services

Working closely with all segments of the legal community to expeditiously perform escrow and title expert witness services in a professional manner and provide the most objective analysis in reports and testimony. Specialties include the following:

• Escrow and title industry standard practice
• Jurisdictional closing customs and practices
• Parties to an escrow and what role they play
• Escrow instructions – Southern California version
• Escrow instructions – Northern California version
• Escrow instructions – closing instructions from third parties
• Funds and escrow audits
• Funds from third parties
• Good funds practices
• Payoffs – institutional and private
• Drafting of documents
• Fiduciary duties – escrow holder
• Fiduciary duties – title insurer
• Improper title clearance
• Standard of Care for title and escrow personnel
• Interpretation of real estate documents and forms
• Interpretation of covenants, conditions and restrictions (“CC&R’s”)
• Operations