George Perez currently serves as Senior Claims Counsel for Old Republic’s Southeast Claims Group of the Corporate Legal Department.  He graduated from the University of Central Florida and Brooklyn Law School and has almost 20 years of in-house claims experience.  Prior to his in-house career, the, Mr. Perez was in private practice where he was involved in transactional real estate for both residential and commercial properties; , as well as representing institutional lenders.  He was also a real estate and title insurance litigator representing several title insurance underwriters.  During his years of private practice, Mr. Perez was also involved in estate planning/probate and trust administration as well as business law.  He has taught in Valencia College’s ABA. accredited paralegal studies program in addition to being a regular speaker at various company conferences and seminars.  He is a member of The Florida Bar.

Marcie joined Old Republic in May 2014 as Assistant Vice President and Claims Counsel. In October 2017, Marcie became Vice President and Southeast Region Claims Counsel and Manager.  In addition to these duties, in July 2021, Marcie became Manager for the Tampa Corporate Legal Office. In June 2025, Marcie was promoted to First Vice President, Senior Claims Counsel and Regional Claims Manager and now serves as the manager of the newly merged claims team.

Prior to her time with Old Republic, Marcie worked as Claims Counsel for another national underwriter from 2011 to 2014.  Before her work with national underwriters, Marcie worked in private practice.

Marcie is a member of the Real Property Probate & Trust Law section of The Florida Bar and the Florida Land Title Association.  Marcie serves on the Florida Land Title Association’s Claims Education Committee and as Master of Ceremonies for the FLTA’s Claims Roundtable. Since 2010, Marcie has been a member of the Pinellas County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, serving as its President in 2015 and 2016.  Marcie is a 2013 recipient of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers’ “Leaders in the Law” award.

Marcie earned her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law and her Bachelor’s Degree from Allegheny College, magna cum laude.    

Jacqueline Perez is a partner with KHL Law in its Tampa office. She obtained her B.S. degree from a college in Savannah that is now part of Georgia Southern University, and her J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.

Ms. Perez has been in private practice with a focus on real property litigation for over 17 years.  She is a true "dirt lawyer," and her favorite cases involve MRTA, boundary disputes, and forgery.  She regularly presents at the Florida Land Title Association's Round Table.

Stuart I. Grossman is a founding partner of Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP. Mr. Grossman is Chairman of the firm's real estate practice group and has been since the firm's inception. For more than 25 years, Mr. Grossman has focused his practice on real estate and real estate litigation, representing buyers, sellers, lenders, developers, and institutions in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions, from initial acquisition through development. Mr. Grossman has represented some of the country's largest title insurers as an outside claim counsel on complex mortgage fraud cases, as well as helping to resolve various title claims in federal and state court actions throughout the state of Florida. Mr. Grossman has also represented several high-profile clients in eight-figure acquisitions, including a large Palm Beach County developer in well over 50 real estate transactions totaling more than $250 million. Mr. Grossman obtained his B.A. degree from Muhlenberg College and his J.D. degree from the University of Miami.

Mr. Grossman has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, and in the South Florida Legal Guide's "Top Lawyers." Mr. Grossman was recently named "Lawyer of the Year" in the 2026 Edition of the Best Lawyers in the areas of Litigation/Real Estate.

Mario Ruiz is a Board-Certified Business Litigation lawyer with more than three decades of trial and appellate experience.  His trial practice includes a variety of business disputes, title claims, real property litigation, banking, construction and other civil matters.

Mario earned his law degree cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was an editor of the Inter-American Law Review.  He earned his bachelor’s degree from Florida International University.  After law school, he clerked for the Honorable David M. Gersten at Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal.