Ms. Tenise Cook Chung Related Seminars and Products

Rubin Lublin LLC

Tenise Cook Chung is a litigation partner of Rubin Lublin, LLC. Ms. Chung is a “double dawg”, graduating from the University of Georgia with her Bachelor of Arts in 2002 and her Juris Doctor in 2006. Her primary practice areas include commercial and real estate litigation. She represents clients in a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters, contract disputes, real estate, and quiet title actions in both Georgia and Tennessee. She also serves as a Special Master in several Fulton County real estate matters. Ms. Chung is the current Chair Elect of the Real Property Section of the Georgia Bar. Mrs. Chung is also the co-author of Georgia Real Property Law and Practice (2025 edition) published by Matthew Bender. Mrs. Chung lives in Johns Creek with her husband and 4 children.

Ms. Carol V. Clark Related Seminars and Products

The Law Offices of Carol V Clark, LLC

When the dinosaurs were still among us, Ms. Clark was hunting and gathering real property cases to prepare for the Judicial Update from her vibrantly decorated cave.  Caught in a wrinkle in time, she managed to graduate as a Double Dawg from UGA (English and Law), represent hundreds of fellow travelers in fascinating (to them) disputes and collect some lucky awards, the Pindar being especially cherished.   She expresses gratitude for the long standing patience of the Real Property Institute audiences and their feigned laughter at what passes for her idea of wit.

Ms. Triece Gignilliat Ziblut Related Seminars and Products

Rubnitz Thompson Ziblut, LLC

Triece Gignilliat Ziblut

Triece is a partner with the Savannah law firm of Rubnitz Thompson Ziblut.  She has enjoyed a practice of commercial and residential real estate transactions in Georgia and South Carolina for 29 years. 

Triece is a Double-Dawg – with an undergraduate degree in Journalism and a Law Degree from the University of Georgia.  Prior to practicing law, she worked as a photo-journalist for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and as a Legislative Assistant in Washington, D.C. to two U.S. Congressmen from Georgia.

She is a Past Chair of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, a former member of the Section’s Advisory Board, and a current member of the GRECAA Board.

Triece’s favorite jobs are wife, mother, self-taught art student, and pre-school Sunday School teacher.

Ms. Crystal Chastain Baker Related Seminars and Products

Chicago Title Insurance Company

Crystal joined the underwriting team at Chicago and Commonwealth Land Title in 2021.  Prior to joining Chicago Title, Crystal was a partner with Taylor, Odachowski, Schmidt & Crossland with offices in St. Simons Island and Savannah.  Additionally, Crystal worked in the public interest sector as the Heirs Property Project Manager at Georgia Appleseed and as a Public Interest Practicum Professor at the University of Georgia School of Law.  

Crystal obtained her Bachelor of Science in Marketing and International Business at Auburn University and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law. 

Crystal is married to Judge R. Stan Baker, and they have two daughters, Anna Beth and BG.  She currently lives in Savannah, Georgia. 

Ms. Kelsea Lila Sonne Laun Related Seminars and Products

Doma Title Insurance, Inc.

As regional underwriting counsel, Kelsea provides support to Doma agents throughout Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.  Kelsea began her legal career representing individuals in landlord-tenant disputes and later handled all aspects of consumer bankruptcy at a large metro Atlanta bankruptcy law firm. Prior to joining Doma f/k/a North American Title Insurance Company, she handled title insurance claims litigation with The Gilroy Firm. Kelsea is licensed to practice law in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. She serves on the communications committee and as Georgia Director of the Southeast Land Title Association and serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the Georgia Bar. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and her Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University.  She lives in the Atlanta area with her husband, two children, and their sweet rescue pup, Alberta.  While most of her free time is spent as an active spectator at her children’s baseball, tennis, and lacrosse matches, Kelsea also enjoys playing tennis and exploring the great outdoors. 

Tyler Adams Related Seminars and Products

CEO

CertifID

Tyler Adams is the CEO of CertifID. Before co-founding CertifID, Tyler led new product development at BCG Digital Ventures for First American Financial, Aflac, Boston Scientific, and Mercedes-Benz. Tyler is a subject matter expert in cybersecurity, real estate, and fin-tech. He is a frequent speaker at title industry conferences and has been featured in Business Insider, CNN Digital, The Financial Times, Fox News, HousingWire, and other publications.

Ms. Jennifer Marie Guerra Related Seminars and Products

Stites & Harbison PLLC

Jennifer Guerra is an Atlanta-based Member of Stites & Harbison PLLC whose clients look to her for advice and risk management services in commercial and business litigation. After almost a decade of general liability litigation, her practice evolved and now focuses on the counseling and representation of lawyers, accountants and other professionals who find themselves facing claims or grievances. She also handles product liability, insurance coverage and other substantial litigation matters.

Because Jennifer’s practice touches on so many different subjects, she gets to dive in and become a “mini- specialist” in fields such as real estate, trusts & estates, corporate governance, tax, audit and data privacy & security. She is honored to be asked regularly to speak and write on risk management issues. 

Mr. Thua G. Barlay Related Seminars and Products

Lueder Larkin & Hunter LLC

Thua G. Barlay is a partner with Lueder, Larkin & Hunter LLC, where he manages the operations and affairs of the firm's Conyers office. His areas of practice are Real Estate (Residential & Commercial) and Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts). He is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with existing clients in addition to creating new opportunities.

Mr. Barlay has over ten years of real estate closing experience having represented several major banks and lending institutions. In addition, Mr. Barlay is a member of WealthCounsel, a national organization that provides attorneys with a unique blend of estate planning resources to competently serve the needs of their clients. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Georgia State Bar’s Sections of Real Estate and Fiduciary Law, the Rockdale County Bar Association, and the Gate City Bar Association. 

Mr. Barlay believes strongly in developing his leadership skills and is an alumnus of Leadership Rockdale (2009), the State Bar of Georgia’s YLD Leadership Academy (2011), the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Institute (2011), the Georgia Academy for Economic Development (2013), New Leaders Council Institute (2015), Leadership Atlanta (2018) and Leadership Georgia (2014).

Mr. Nicholas Alexander Rolader Related Seminars and Products

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP

As a partner at McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, Nick Rolader focuses his practice on title analysis and issue curative. In addition, Mr. Rolader specializes in state foreclosure law  across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, as well as federal consumer protection laws regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Mr. Rolader has previous experience in analyzing historical changes to American Constitutional Law and in advising international firms regarding export practices. These export practices include best-practices compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and regulations of the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Mr. Rolader is a "Double Dawg," having graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in History and Sociology in 2009 and a J.D. from the UGA School of Law in 2012.

Ms. Jennifer Van Ness Rentenbach Related Seminars and Products

Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Jennifer Rentenbach is a Senior Attorney with the Home Defense Program unit of Atlanta Legal Aid.  The Home Defense Program provides legal assistance to low-income homeowners who are facing the loss of their homes, have been targeted for predatory mortgage lending or servicing practices, have been the victims of home purchase or home equity theft scams, or have been wrongfully denied loan modification assistance.  Prior to joining Atlanta Legal Aid, Jennifer was a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at SunTrust Bank, providing transactional legal support for the SunTrust Commercial Real Estate line of business.  Before SunTrust, Jennifer was a Partner in the Commercial Real Estate practice group at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.  Jennifer received her law degree from Harvard Law School and her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University. 

Ms. Stacy Elizabeth Reynolds Related Seminars and Products

Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Stacy E. Reynolds is a Staff Attorney in the Senior Citizens Law Project of Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., where she has handled a variety of issues affecting the elderly since 2001.  In recent years she has helped spearhead the Fulton Property Tax Project seeking to help Fulton homeowners protect their homes in the face of rapidly rising property taxes, advocating for a wider application of homestead exemptions and tax appeals.  Prior to joining Atlanta Legal Aid, she worked as an attorney in the White House Counsel’s Office during the Clinton Administration and then in the Atlanta Habitat for Humanity affiliate.  She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Georgetown University Law Center.

Ms. Elizabeth Blair Weatherly Related Seminars and Products

Brock & Scott PLLC

Blair Weatherly is a Senior Associate Attorney at Brock & Scott, PLLC. Her practice areas include Real Estate Default, Evictions, Replevin, and Title Curative. She grew up in Rockingham, North Carolina and received her bachelor’s degree from Presbyterian College in 2011, where she played D1 golf, and her JD from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School in 2014. She is licensed to practice in all Georgia and Tennessee Courts and is also admitted to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, all U.S. District Courts in Georgia, and the US Supreme Court. Blair is a graduate of the 2019 Georgia Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy, was a district representative for the YLD from 2019 to 2024, is currently serving on the YLD Board of Directors and is co-chair of the YLD Corporate Counsel Committee. She is a member of the Georgia Real Property Law Section and is also involved with the Georgia Rental Home Council, Women in SFR, and AJMLS’ Attorney Mentorship Program.

Ms. Aimee Danielle LaTourette Related Seminars and Products

Aimee LaTourette is a Partner at Schulten Ward Turner & Weiss, LLP, with an extensive background in matters involving the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing, and development of real property. She represents buyers, sellers, lenders, landlords, and tenants in all aspects of such transactions. She has also earned a reputation for producing exceptional results in complex title research, title examination, and title insurance matters.  

A former Valedictorian at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, Aimee earned her Juris Doctor while serving as an Editor of the school's Law Journal and volunteering at several organizations, including the Peer Mentor Program.  She continues to mentor law students through the school's Attorney Mentorship Program. 

Aimee currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Georgia Bar, and serves as co-chair of the Title Standards committee.  She is a self-identified law nerd.  She lives in Decatur with her husband and three spoiled cats.

Ms. Katherine Edwards Ross Related Seminars and Products

Parker Poe Adams Bernstein LLP

Katherine Ross is an accomplished renewable energy and environmental lawyer who advises clients on their transactional, regulatory, and contractual needs. She leads Parker Poe's Energy Industry Team.

Katherine provides counsel on the permitting, buying, selling, and financing of renewable energy projects. She advises renewable energy developers and independent power producers across the Southeast on site control and land acquisition agreements, land use permits, zoning entitlements, environmental permits, and local incentive and tax abatement agreements. She regularly represents clients before state commissions and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Ms. Ellen Wansley Smith Related Seminars and Products

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Clients turn to Ellen Smith for help real estate transaction matters (acquisitions, dispositions, build to suit and other leases), navigating land use and zoning, and resolving disputes. Her clients include Fortune 500 corporations, commercial real estate developers, owners and borrowers, and telecommunications and solar companies for advice whether transactional, litigation or regulatory. Ellen is also a leader within Parker Poe, serving as the firm's Atlanta Office Development Partner.

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Ms. Caitlin McNabb Haygood Related Seminars and Products

Alston & Bird LLP

Caitlin Haygood advises clients on economic development incentives, public finance transactions and community development projects. With clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to local governments, Cait has the depth of experience to help her clients with the complexities of developing and financing projects in Georgia.

Cait serves clients seeking to develop or expand a footprint in Georgia by securing the best incentives available. For governmental and non-profit clients, Cait navigates taxable and tax-exempt financings with a keen eye on the tax issues arising in public finance transactions.

Cait is listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for Public Finance Law. Before joining the firm, Cait promoted the state and federal public policy and legislative agenda as a lobbyist for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the nation’s largest pediatric health care system. She began her career in public affairs, serving as the deputy press secretary for the Georgia Secretary of State.

Cait received her J.D., cum laude, from the Georgia State University College of Law. She earned her M.A. in public relations from the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and her B.A. in political science from Auburn University.

Ms. Allison Marie Ryan Related Seminars and Products

Alston & Bird LLP

Allison M. Ryan is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Group. For nearly a decade, Allison served as the co-chair of this practice group composed of more than 50 attorneys who guide complex transactions nationwide. She represents institutions, investors, and developers in equity and development transactions across the U.S.

Allison is a dealmaker committed to multiyear and multideal relationships with her clients. She invests in fully understanding her clients’ businesses and goals. She leads all types of real estate transactions for these clients, including high-profile acquisitions and dispositions, financings, joint ventures, ground-up developments, and leasing. Allison’s deals often focus on urban, mixed-use projects in major U.S. markets.

With her clients’ best interests in mind, Allison brings parties together at the negotiating table while keeping a firm grasp of technical matters. For more than 20 years, she has built trust and identified practical solutions that move transactions forward. Chambers USA reports that Allison is “one of the most technically proficient attorneys … she is a brilliant business person … and is also a very good negotiator.”

Ms. Kristina Kopf Thomas Related Seminars and Products

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Kristina Kopf Thomas is a Partner and Co-Head of Eversheds Sutherland’s Global Real Estate Group.   She represents fund and joint venture sponsors, developers and institutional investors in raising and deploying capital in real estate. Her practice includes forming private equity real estate funds and joint ventures, in addition to direct investment in and development of real estate assets such as office buildings and multi-family projects.

Kristina attended Duke University for her undergraduate degree and went to law school at the University of Virginia. She is on the advisory council for Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, which is devoted to building affordable homes and transforming neighborhoods around Atlanta.

Mr. Stuart Simon Gordan Related Seminars and Products

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLP

Stuart Gordan is a Partner with the law firm McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC.  Based in the firm’s Roswell, GA office, Stuart manages the REO and Closing Dept. operations over the firm’s 16-state footprint.  Stuart has been a Georgia resident for 25 years, following his graduations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then the University of Tulsa College of Law.

Mr. Matthew Franklin Totten Related Seminars and Products

The Totten Firm LLC

Matthew Totten is the founder and managing attorney of The Totten Firm, LLC. Matthew represents property managers, lenders, property owners, and investors in a wide range of real property-related matters in trial and appellate courts.

Particularly, Matthew has significant experience in landlord-tenant matters, representing local and national property management clients throughout the eviction process, defending adverse tenant litigation, addressing bankruptcy-related matters, and navigating the unique issues posed to lenders during post-foreclosure REO. 

Further, Matthew extensively litigates and resolves title issues as to real property, including representing lenders and consumers in lien priority disputes, title defects, and other items affecting real property interests. Matthew has substantial experience in representing financial institutions and servicers throughout the non-judicial foreclosure process, including resolving title-related concerns prior to conducting foreclosure.

As a graduate of the University of Georgia (BBA, Finance) and the University of South Carolina (JD), he is admitted to the bar of all State of Georgia Courts, as well as the federal and bankruptcy courts of the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Matthew serves as chair of the legislative subcommittee for the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of Georgia. He is originally from Brunswick, Georgia and lives in Dunwoody with his amazing wife, three wonderfully rambunctious kids, and prioritizes giving back to the community as an Eagle Scout.

Mr. Thomas M. Mashburn Related Seminars and Products

Aldridge Pite LLP

Matt is the 2022 recipient of the prestigious George A. Pindar Award.

He was born in Atlanta, GA and grew up in Decatur, Georgia and was educated in the public schools of DeKalb County.  He currently resides in Cartersville, Georgia but he works in Buckhead.  He went to the University of Georgia for undergraduate and law school.  Undergraduate, he was Phi Beta Kappa in political science magna cum laude and was Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa.  While in law school, he was Executive Editor of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law which published his Note which was an extensive review of Presidential Powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.  His law school Note is still being cited in law review articles to this day over thirty years later.

He’s a Member of the Georgia and Montana Bars (where he’s a member of the Water Law section). 

He taught real estate law in the paralegal program at Kennesaw State for 25 years.

He served as the Chair of the Litigation Committee of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section in Georgia for four years.  He has been a frequent contributor of articles for the Real Property Law Section newsletter.  Since 2013 until very recently, every single edition of the newsletter contained at least one of his articles.

He has been publishing his own particular brand of case write-ups for twelve years now currently under the name Distilled Clarity previously known as Undiluted Clarity.

He practices in all areas of commercial finance and secured lending. 

Ms. Allison Carter Jett Related Seminars and Products

Jett Law Group LLC

Allie Jett is the founding partner of Jett Law Group. Originally from Charleston, SC, Allie is a “Double Dawg” having received her Bachelor’s Degrees in Linguistics and Classical Culture and her Law Degree from the University of Georgia.

Allie started her real estate career at age 16 in the Cobb County Deed Records Room when she started running titles for her family’s mortgage business. She continued working in various capacities for that mortgage company until entering law school. 

Allie has spent her legal career representing governmental, individual, and corporate clients in a wide range of real estate-related disputes on both the trial and appellate levels as well as general counseling regarding best practices and risk mitigation outside of litigation. She focuses her practice on litigating title to real property and property tax matters. She also frequently acts as a court-appointed Special Master in quiet title proceedings and auditor in a variety of other real estate disputes.

Allie is admitted to the bar in both Georgia and South Carolina and has been named a “Georgia Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine (every year from 2012 to 2018) and a Super Lawyer for every year from 2019-2024.

Mr. William Reese Willis III Related Seminars and Products

B.A., 1987 Vanderbilt University; J.D., 1991 Walter F. Georgia School of Law at Mercer University.  Tennessee Law License 1991.  Member, all State Courts of Tennessee (1991), Georgia Bar (2004), Georgia Supreme Court (2008), Georgia Court of Appeals (2006), United States District Court for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, United States Supreme Court.  

Ms. Monica K. Gilroy Related Seminars and Products

The Gilroy Firm

A founding principal of The Gilroy Firm, Ms. Gilroy is the firm’s managing partner. Her national practice is based out of Atlanta.  

Named a Top 50 Woman Attorney in Georgia, the focus of Ms. Gilroy's  national litigation practice includes all aspects of real estate litigation, including property management issues, title insurance defense, fair housing, foreclosure and title disputes, broker and agent liability defense, mortgage fraud-related litigation and civil and commercial contract disputes.  She regularly assists closing attorneys, real estate agents, property managers, title companies and brokers when title or other contract issues arise. She practiced for several years in the areas of estate and trust litigation and serves regularly as a Special Master in Fulton County. 

A seasoned litigator, Ms. Gilroy has conducted hundreds of jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations and mediations. Recently, she became licensed as an arbitrator and mediator, helping others resolve their disputes with her years of knowledge. 

Ms. Gilroy is a past Chair of the Real Property Law Section (“RPLS”) of the State Bar of Georgia, serving the RPLS for decades.  A long-standing member of the State Bar of Georgia, she was appointed by the last nine Presidents of the State Bar to serve on the Programs Committee, which determines how State Bar dues are spent. 

Since 2014, Ms. Gilroy has served on the American Land Title Association (ALTA) National Education Committee, one of only a dozen members who write the curriculum for ALTA members. Since 2020, she has served as the National Title Action Network (TAN) Chair for ALTA, promoting advocacy at the state and national level for title professionals. She is also the recipient of the prestigious National Title Professional Designation from ALTA.  

Ms. Gilroy is an action member of the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM), serving as outside national counsel and as the Atlanta Chapter's General Counsel. She is considered a subject-matter expert on single-family residential property management and Fair Housing laws.  

A popular and frequent speaker, she speaks and teaches on a regular basis at the state and national level to attorneys, real estate professionals, property managers, and real estate brokers and agents on litigation and real estate-related topics. Ms. Gilroy holds an AV-peer review rating with Martindale Hubbell. Since 2008 she has been a peer-nominated Georgia Super Lawyer in the practice area of real estate.

For over a decade, she has served as the Attorney Coach for the Johns Creek High School Mock Trial team, assisting them to many victories and to the State competition. She was awarded the Attorney High School Mock Trial Coach of the Year by the State Bar. She is also an active volunteer educator in her church in Johns Creek, Georgia.

Ms. Lauren Catherine Foster Related Seminars and Products

Lauren Foster is a real estate and commercial development attorney who focuses her practice on title and survey needs for her clients.

Lauren assists her clients with complex title insurance and structuring issues. She negotiates proforma title insurance policies and endorsements as well as finalizes surveys for closings of nationwide deals valued up to $1 billion. Lauren also reviews zoning and environmental reports for red-flag property issues and advises clients on risks and available indemnities. She also regularly prepares title objection
letters, escrow instruction letters, easements, and leases, and reviews covenants, conditions, restrictions (CC&Rs) and reciprocal easement agreements (REAs), among other documents. Lauren excels at organizing diligence review across large portfolio closings. She also assists clients with due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions.