This program is eligible for 3 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 3.6 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.
Overview
This program provides a comprehensive look at the legal concepts, documentation, and processes involved in holding and transferring title to real property.
Beginning with the fundamental ways in which ownership can be structured—such as individual, joint, and entireties ownership—it explores the types of estates in land, from fee simple absolute to life estates, and examines the structure and key provisions of the common law deed. The program then broadens to address other deed forms, including quitclaim, trustee, and executor deeds, and the legal steps that follow their execution.
Participants will gain a practical understanding of deed delivery requirements, the recording process and its role in establishing priority, and the circumstances under which deeds may be set aside or reformed. Through this integrated approach, attendees will leave with a clear framework for both protecting and challenging real property interests.
Included in your tuition is a copy of Fagnilli and Kosir on Deeds: Fundamentals of Deed Drafting and Recording, 4th Edition from PBI Press. Attendees will receive a digital copy via electronic download.
Recorded in October 2025.
Faculty
Erin M. Fagnilli, Esq.
Erin M. Fagnilli is Senior Vice President and Manager of the National Commercial Services operation of Chicago Title Insurance Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Erin has over 20 years of experience in the title insurance industry. Prior to her career with Chicago Title, Erin was in private practice at law firms in the Pittsburgh area where she focused on real estate development. Erin is co-author of the book “Fagnilli and Kosir on Deeds-Fundamentals of Deed Drafting,” published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute in 2014; 2nd Edition published in 2016 and 3rd Edition published in 2019. She received her B.S. in Business Administration from Duquesne University in 1993 and her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1995. Erin has served as a lecturer for several continuing legal education programs. She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Land Title Association. Erin resides with her family in Kennedy Township, Pennsylvania.
Frank Kosir, Jr., Esq.
Frank Kosir, Jr., is a partner with Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Lending, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, and Energy and Mineral Rights Groups. He has significant civil litigation and general practice experience in all areas of real property law, and acquired extensive experience in all facets of real estate development, sales, construction, and leasing prior to entering the practice of law. Mr. Kosir represents clients in a wide range of matters including commercial and residential real estate tax assessment appeals, commercial and residential sales and leasing, oil and gas lease negotiations, title defense, commercial and residential landlord-tenant proceedings, and zoning and land use issues. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education programs. Mr. Kosir was recognized five times as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Rising Star® in real property law, and has been recognized five times as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Super Lawyer. Mr. Kosir has also twice been recognized in Best Lawyers in America. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, and the Washington County Bar Association. Mr. Kosir received his B.A. from Washington & Jefferson College in 1998, and his J.D. from the Duquesne University School of Law in 2001. He resides in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, where he formerly served as a member of the Township Planning Commission and is now in his ninth year as an elected Township Councilman.
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