General Session

Breakout Session

Residential Session

Commercial Session

 

Description

Fund Assembly attendees test their knowledge of title insurance and Florida real property law with a series of multiple choice questions. Led by The Fund's Underwriting Counsel, attendees are encouraged to participate in answering challenging questions. Model solutions and commentary are provided by a panel of experts composed of Fund Underwriting Counsel.

Presenter(s)

John Benson

Associate Underwriting Manager and Senior Underwriting Counsel

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He received his B.S. degree in business administration and economics from the University of Florida and his J.D. degree from Nova Southeastern University. Prior to joining The Fund, Mr. Benson was in private practice with a concentration in real estate transactions and closings. He has been a guest lecturer at Nova Southeastern Law School and an adjunct professor at Palm Beach College. Mr. Benson is a member of The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and the Palm Beach County Association.
Scott Jackson

Underwriting Counsel

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After earning degrees in both Education and Library Science, Mr. Jackson obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 2002. Since joining The Fund in 2004, Mr. Jackson has served both as Fund Claims Counsel and Fund Underwriting Counsel. After joining the Claims Department following the market downturn in 2009, he rejoined Underwriting in 2016. In addition to his regular activities at The Fund, he also teaches Claims Avoidance at New Member Training, submits articles to The Fund Concept, and is routinely drafted to perform in the Claims Skits at Fund Assembly conferences.
Silvia Rojas

Senior Underwriting Counsel

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Before attending law school she worked as a paralegal. She received her J.D. degree from University of Florida Law School and was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1980. Before joining The Fund, Ms. Rojas’ private practice was primarily centered on commercial and real estate transactions as well as probate. She is a Board Certified real estate lawyer and a licensed real estate broker in the State of Florida.

As a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, she has served as chair, co-chair and vice-chair of a number of the Section committees (Mortgage Law, Real Estate Board Certification Seminar, Legislative Update, RPPTL Convention, and RPPTL Website), was program chair for the Florida Bar/Barcelona Bar Joint Seminar in Barcelona, Spain, and is a past Editor-in-Chief of ActionLine, The Florida Bar RPPTL Section magazine.

She is the current editor of the Trusts Chapter of Fund Title Notes and the author and current editor of the Standard Commitment Clauses Handbook and Affidavit Practice Manual used by Fund Members and the Mortgage Modification Manual used by Fund examiners. She has written numerous articles, manuals and lectured throughout Florida on issues involving real property.

Steven Presley

Underwriting Counsel

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Steven received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Stetson University, and his Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University. He joined The Fund in December of 2017 as Underwriting Counsel.

Mr. Presley’s prior experience includes working as an attorney for a title company and in private practice where he focused his practice on residential real estate transactions, trust litigation and probate matters.

Mr. Presley was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2011 and is a member of the Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. He is also admitted to practice in Federal Court for the Middle District of Florida and Southern District of Florida.

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