Mastering Quiet Title Actions: Navigating encumbrances, defects, and fraud in real property law

Jodie E. Buchman | Silverman Thompson

Ms. Buchman maintains a diverse and complex commercial, real estate, bankruptcy, business and finance practice which is primarily litigation oriented. Ms. Buchman regularly represents title insurance companies, government contractors, employers and their insureds, hotels, property owners and landlords, vendors, suppliers, utility companies, business partners, and various other business entities in a variety of complex commercial and business disputes in and out of litigation including:

• Commercial disputes (including contract disputes, collections, construction disputes, vendor-supplier disputes, trade secret litigation, company formation, employment disputes, business divorces, government contract disputes between prime and sub-contractor, defense of Bivens claims)
• Real estate disputes (including title insurance matters, boundary disputes, land use matters, lease negotiations and terminations, purchase and sale of property, foreclosures and receiverships)
• All aspects of workout, restructuring and bankruptcy matters primarily on behalf of the creditor or prospective purchaser (including asset sales, plan confirmation, loan workouts and bankruptcy financings, assumption or rejection of executory contracts, defense of adversary proceedings, landlord and tenant disputes, vendor and supplier disputes, committee participation, and dischargeability complaints)

Prior to joining Silverman Thompson, Ms. Buchman was Of Counsel at DLA Piper LLP and a partner at Gebhardt & Smith LLP.

I. Common Encumbrances and Defects in Title | 12:00pm – 12:30pm

II. Resolving Title Problems | 12:30pm – 1:00pm

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

III. How to Use Quiet Title Suits | 1:10pm – 1:40pm