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Steve Lawrence currently practives law in Texas and provides expert witness services in title insurance cases nationwide. Steve Lawrence was formerly Senior Vice President of Texas Legislative, Regulatory and Business Development Affairs for Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, one of the largest title insurers in the United States. Mr. Lawrence is an honor graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a BSBA degree in real estate and land use economics. He received his Juris Doctor from Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska in 1979.
Mr. Lawrence is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both Residential Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate Law. By unanimous order of the nine Justices of the Texas Supreme Court dated November 14, 1997, under Misc. Docket #97-9202, Mr. Lawrence was appointed to the Home Equity Loan Foreclosure Rules Task Force. The Task Force was charged with the duty of drafting rules of civil and appellate procedure for the expeditious and equitable foreclosure of home equity loans pursuant to the amendment of the Texas Constitution approved by Texas voters on November 4, 1997. By unanimous order dated December 1, 1999, the Texas Supreme Court subsequently appointed Mr. Lawrence to the Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure Rules Task Force. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association in October of 1995 by Elton Bomer, then the Texas Insurance Commissioner. Mr. Lawrence began his career in the title insurance industry in 1980 as a film shooter/abstracter. He has held positions as examiner, closer, county underwriting counsel and regional counsel.
Mr. Lawrence has been published in many professional journals including: The State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Law course books, the course books for the Texas Land Title Institute published by the St. Mary's School of Law and the Texas Land Title Association and the Mortgage Lending Institute sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Lawrence served on several committees of the Texas Land Title Association.
Certification/Specialties:
Residential Real Estate Law, Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1995
Commercial Real Estate Law, Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1996
Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1979 J.D.
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, 1976 B.S.B.A. Honors: Highest Grade Point Average in Major Area for Class of 1976Honors: Staenburg Memorial ScholarshipMajor: Business AdministrationMajor: Real Estate & Land Use Economics
Manufactured Homes - Bigger and Better, State Bar of Texas, June/July, 2000
Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes & House Trailers in Real Estate Transactions, University of Texas School of Law, December, 1999
Texas Home Equity Title Insurance Product Line; Loan Origination Through Foreclosure, St. Mary's School of Law and the Texas Land Title Institute, December, 1998
Hottest Title Insurance Issues, University of Texas School of Law, October, 1997
Ad Valorem Tax Liens, Texas Mortgage Bankers Association Roundup Newsletter, Texas Mortgage Banker's Association, First Quarter, 1997
Mobile Homes in Real Estate Transactions, Texas Land Title Association, March, 1997
Title Insurance Aspects of Rollback Taxes, Texas Land Title Association, March, 1996
Federal Claims, St. Mary's School of Law and the Texas Land Title Association, December, 1996
Federal and State Tax Liens Affecting Real Property, Dallas Bar Association, June, 1995
Tax Issues, Land Title School of Texas, Texas Land Title Association, March, 1995
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Manufactured Homes - Bigger and Better, 22nd Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2000
Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes & House Trailers in Real Estate Transactions, 33rd Annual Mortgage Lending Institute, University of Texas School of Law, 1999
Texas Home Equity Title Insurance Product Line; Loan Origination Through Foreclosure, Texas Land Title Institute, St. Mary's School of Law and the Texas Land Title Institute, 1998
Hottest Title Insurance Issues, 31st Annual Mortgage Lending Institute, University of Texas School of Law, 1997
Ad Valorem Tax Liens, Texas Mortgage Bankers Association Roundup Newsletter, Texas Mortgage Bankers Association, 1997
Mobile Homes in Real Estate Transactions, Advanced Land Title Issues Seminar, Texas Land Title Association, 1997 Federal Claims, Texas Land Title Institute, St. Mary's School of Law and the Texas Land Title Association, 1996
Title Insurance Aspects of Rollback Texas, Texas Land Title School Level II, Texas Land Title Association, 1996
Federal and State Tax Liens Affecting Real Property, Dallas Bar Association Noon Luncheon Seminar for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Credit through the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association, 1995
Tax Issues, Land Title School of Texas-Level II Advanced Section, Texas Land Title Association, 1995
Appointed, by order of the Texas Supreme Court, to the Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure Rules Task Force, 1999
Appointed, by order of the nine Justices of the Texas Supreme Court, to the Home Equity Loan Foreclosure Rules Task Force where he served as Chairman of the Drafting Sub-Committee, 1997
Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1996
Board Certified in Residential Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1995
Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association by the Texas Insurance Commissioner, 1995
Appointed to the College of the State Bar of Texas, 1993
Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Texas, 1979 - Present Member
Texas Land Title Association, 1999 - Present Associate Member
Texas Land Title Association, 1985 - 1998Industry Member
Legislative Policy Committee of the Texas Land Title Asociation, 2000 - 2001Committee Member
Insuring Forms Development Committee of the Texas Land Title Association, 2000 - 2001Committee Member
Advisory Council of Regulation of Title Insurance Committee of the Texas Land Title Association, 2000 - 2001Advisory Council Member
Past Employment Positions:
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, SVP of Texas Legislative, Regulatory & Business Development Affairs, 1994 - 1998
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company & Transamerica Title Insurance Company, Associate Regional Counsel, 1985 - 1994
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Underwriting Counsel, 1980 - 1985
Ancillary Businesses:
Expert Witness: Real Estate Escrow CasesExpert Witness: Title Insurance Cases
Birth Information:
May 3, 1954, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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