2025 Fall Education Seminar

November 10 & 11, 2025

Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel

21111 Haggerty Road

Novi, Michigan, USA, 48375

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AGENDA

November 10, 2025

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm              Registration Open

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                Networking

2:00 pm                                Welcome Remarks – Maura A. Snabes, Esq., CES, NTP, MLTA President

2:05 pm                                Lansing Legislative Update – Matt Sowash, MLTA Lobbyist, MLC

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm               Land Contracts- Start to Finish
Caitlin McCourt Leszczynski, Esq., CLTP, Director of Operations, Legal Counsel, Legacy Title
Jason Seaver, Senior Underwriting Counsel, First American Title Insurance Company

3:15pm- 3:30pm                  Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm              Break

3:45pm – 4:15pm               ALTA Endorsement Updates, Discussion of the new ALTA 49/49.1 Endorsements
Samuel Shellhaas, SVP, National Underwriting Counsel, WFG National Title, ALTA Forms Committee

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm            MLTA Roundtable Session 1
• Property Taxes
• Marketable Record Title Act
• Mobile/Manufactured/Modular Homes
• Cemeteries/Church Property
• Scrivener’s Affidavits
• Land Bank Property- Brian Schneider, Underwriting Counsel, First American Title Insurance Company
• Land Trusts and Statutory trusts-how do we treat them here in Michigan?- Michael Holden, NTP, CLTP, Vice President, Regional Agency Manager – Midwest, Amtrust Title
• Qualified Agricultural Property Affidavits
• Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm            MLTA Committee Introductions & MLTA Exhibitor Introductions

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm            MLTA Committee Meetings

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm            MLTA Networking Reception

November 11, 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am            Breakfast

9:00 am – 10:00 am          FinCEN: Everything you need to know
Candi Slobodnik, NTP, MTP, KTP, VP Underwriting Counsel & Education, FNF Family of Companies,
Amanda Mitchem, VP of Business Operations, Capital Title Insurance Agency
Liz Halabu Casselman, Esq., CLTP, NTP, Chief Operating Officer, Birmingham Title

10:00 am – 10:15 am         MLTA Career Pathway Discussion

10:15 am-10:30 am            Break

10:30am-11:15am             MLTA Round Table II

11:15 am – 11:45 am        ALTA New Best Practices, Identity Verification
Cindy Immonen NTP, CLTP, Vice President, Sr. Account Manager, FNF Michigan Agency

11:45 am – 12:45 pm        Networking Lunch

12:45 pm – 1:00 pm         Exhibitor, MLTA and PAC drawings

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm           Break

1:15 pm – 1:45 pm           MLTA Round Table III

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm           Real Estate Q&A Game

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm           RON –Michigan Statutory Requirements, Recording Requirements, etc.
David Martyn- Government Affairs Manager, First American Title Insurance Company
David Nykanen- President and Co-Owner, Midwest Title