I am a real estate attorney whose practice is focused in closing services, title insurance, and banking law, including both residential and commercial real estate closings for properties located throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

I am licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Virginia and am Virginia CRESPA/RESA certified. This allows my office to handle real estate closings in both Tennessee and Virginia. I am also a licensed title insurance producer in both Tennessee and Virginia, and I write title insurance through Fidelity National Title Insurance Group. This allows us to provide both buyers and their lenders with an array of title insurance products that may be requested or required as part of their financing or purchasing process. 

In addition to closings financed with conventional secondary market (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae) and in-house loan programs, we close cash purchases, FHA loans, VA loans, and USDA loans. We are also approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close transactions involving HUD properties. Finally, we close on foreclosure purchases and REO/bank-owned properties, including FHA, USDA, VA, and THDA, and VHDA properties. 

Our office is set up to handle high-volume title requests, and in addition to in-office closings, we also offer mobile closing services to accommodate lenders, real estate agents, and their customers.

Education

          The University of Tennessee College of Law                           Knoxville, TN

          Doctor of Jurisprudence - May 2006 summa cum laude
          Honors:  Order of the Coif, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

          East Tennessee State University                                             Johnson City, TN

          Bachelor of Science, May 2002 cum laude
          Major: Philosophy     Minor: Biology

Licenses

          Tennessee Supreme Court – 2006
          Virginia Supreme Court – 2006 
          United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee – 2008
          United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee - 2008
          United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia – 2009
          United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia - 2011
          United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 2010 
          Tennessee Title Insurance Producer’s License – 2012
          Virginia Title Insurance Producer’s License - 2012

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