John T. Lotardo
John T. Lotardo,
aka the “TITLEMAN”™, is Senior Vice President and National Commercial
Counsel for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company. He is the former
State Counsel and Senior Underwriter for First American Title Insurance
Company for the states of Arizona and Nevada. Previously, Mr. Lotardo was
Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Stewart Title & Trust of
Phoenix Inc., as well as state underwriting and claims counsel for Stewart
Title Guaranty Company. As a licensed attorney, Mr. Lotardo's practice
entails all aspects of real estate, title/escrow and corporate operations.
Mr. Lotardo received his Bachelor of Arts with honors and academic
distinction from C.W. Post, Long Island University and his Juris Doctorate
degree from
Arizona State University.
Mr. Lotardo, an active member of the
State Bar of Arizona,
is a frequent speaker, instructor, retained expert and guest commentator
including
a past presenter for
the Arizona
State Escrow Association, as well as both the
Nevada Escrow Association and the
Southern Nevada Escrow Association.
Being a past-President of the
Land Title Association of
Arizona and the
Arizona Trustee Association, he has been a member
of many real estate organizations, settlement groups, bankruptcy, lending,
foreclosure, legislative, judiciary and corporate organizations locally and
nationwide. He is a 2016 inaugural recipient of the Arizona Land Title
Professional designation and has recently completed his tenure on the
Arizona Association of Realtors’ Residential Contract Workgroup
and the Education Advisory Committee for the
Arizona
Department of Real Estate.
Mr. Lotardo is author of numerous articles including the
popular
“Ask the TITLEMAN”™,
which is in print throughout the United States and can be found on his
website
www.askthetitleman.com as well as other sites. He has been an
active volunteer for
Lawyers On Call,
a public service partnership with
Channel 12 News as well appearing on
Channel 3’s news show Money Matters. Being a guest
commentator for many publications including the
Arizona Republic,
InBusiness Magazine,
The New Times,
among others, Mr. Lotardo has also appeared on Talk
Radio for KFNX 1100, KFNN 1510 as well as Java with John.
He had been the Editor for the
Real Property Journal for the State Bar of Arizona for a number of
years, is past-Chair for the Arts and Culture Commission for the City of
Phoenix, past-participant for the State Bar’s Speakers Bureau, Mentor
for the Women Law Students' Association, and
the Arizona Business Roundtable, an
alliance organization between the business community and the Judiciary.
Former Governor Napolitano appointed him to the Electronic Recording
Commission to develop statewide protocols. He has been
selected as a "Who's Who" in the legal community as part of The
Business Journal's Leading Lawyers Program. Arizona Department of
Real Estate then-Commissioner Wercinski invited him to participate in a
3-month long work group to evaluate ADRE legislative changes. He’s been
accepted into the Strathmore’s Who’s Who, as well as being made part of the
Cambridge Who's Who online Registry demonstrating leadership and achievement
in the field of real estate. Most recently, he has accepted the role as
Secretary and Executive Council Member of the Real Property Section of the
State Bar of Arizona as well as being appointed Chair of the Real Estate
Advisory Board for the Maricopa County Recorder.