Member Highlight – Agent: Mark Davis

Mark Davis is Director of the Plains Region which includes Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Lee, Russell, Bullock, Montgomery, Lowndes, Autauga, Elmore and Macon Counties. Mark has over 28 years of legal experience and has represented clients in all facets of commercial and residential real estate, including transactional work, residential development, real estate financing, and the resolution of title issues. Mark routinely examines title, property surveys, and loan documents for his clients. He represents multiple developers, builders and homeowners’ associations. Mark has participated in the development of planned unit developments as well as traditional neighborhood communities. He frequently drafts purchase and sale agreements and closing documents as well as commercial loan documents. Mark also represents mortgage companies and banks in residential, rural, and commercial loan transactions. In addition to transactional and development work, Mark has substantial experience in every facet of real estate litigation and title defense litigation. In recent years, a growing portion of his practice has been devoted to serving the title insurance industry by representing insured land owners and lenders in all aspects of title claims litigation. He issues title insurance policies and is authorized to conduct closings under insured closing letters for Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company, First American Title Insurance Company, and Chicago Title Insurance Company, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company.

Mark is a Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Alabama and holds a law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. Upon completing law school, he served five years as a JAG Officer in the United States Army. He retired from the Army Reserve in 2008 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Mark has been with the firm since 1990 and has served two terms on the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars, as well as banking and realtor events. Mark has been AV peer review rated in Martindale-Hubbell for over 15 years.