Murray D. Levin, Esquire
Title Insurance Expert Witness

Title Insurance • Real Estate Settlement Issues • Title Agency Operations • Underwriting • Claims • Easements

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Murray D. Levin, Esquire, is a Pennsylvania attorney and title insurance professional with more than four decades of legal, lending, real estate settlement, and title insurance experience. He has personally been responsible for more than 13,000 real estate settlements, owned and operated six title insurance agencies, and served as attorney and counsel to eight additional title agencies.
His experience includes title insurance industry standards, title agency operations, underwriting, claims handling, escrow and trust account practices, real estate settlements and closings, easement issues, and public-record and recording matters.
Mr. Levin has been qualified and accepted as an expert witness in state and federal courts. His expert work combines practical title-industry experience with legal analysis, document review, and clear written and courtroom presentation.

His experience includes title insurance industry standards, title agency operations, underwriting, claims handling, escrow and trust account practices, real estate settlements and closings, easement issues, and public-record and recording matters.

Mr. Levin has been qualified and accepted as an expert witness in state and federal courts. His expert work combines practical title-industry experience with legal analysis, document review, and clear written and courtroom presentation.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Title Insurance Industry Standards
Title Agency Operations and Management
Real Estate Settlements and Closings
Underwriting Procedures and Standards
Title Claims and Claims Handling
Escrow and Trust Account Practices
Easements and Access Rights
Public Record and Recording Issues
Title Agency Conduct and Regulatory Compliance
Expert Witness Reports and Testimony

WHY RETAINING COUNSEL CHOOSE MURRAY LEVIN

Retaining counsel benefit from Mr. Levin’s combination of legal training and hands-on title industry experience. His opinions are grounded in the documents, the applicable title and real estate practices, and decades of practical experience with settlements, title agencies, underwriting, claims, and property-right issues. He prepares clear, organized reports and explains technical title issues in language that attorneys, judges, and juries can readily understand.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERT MATTERS

• Title insurance coverage and claims-handling issues
• Title agency duties, settlement practices, escrow procedures, and trust-account issues
• Easement, right-of-way, and access disputes involving deed-chain and public-record analysis
• Underwriting practices, title defects, and curative title issues
• Recording problems, missing or incomplete instruments, and public-record discrepancies
• Survey, boundary, and access-related title issues
• Evaluation of title-industry standards and professional practices

SAMPLE EXPERT REPORTS

The following sample reports have been anonymized to protect client confidentiality. Names, locations, case identifiers, and certain nonessential facts have been changed or redacted, while the substantive analysis, methodology, organization, and presentation have been preserved.

Sample Report No. 1 - Redacted Expert Report regarding Closing Protection Letter (CPL) DisputeThis report addresses a title insurance dispute involving a CPL, settlement practices, and the responsibilities of the parties involved in the tranansaction. It demonstrates analysis of the underlying documents, title insurance practices, and the application of those practices to the facts presented.Sample Report No. 2 - Redacted Expert ReportThis report addresses an eaasement and access dispute involving chain-of-title analysis, recorded instruments, surveys, rights of way, and questions concerning the location and scope of claimed property rights. It demonstates detailed public-record research and the evaluation of whether recorded documents support the easement rights being asserted.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• More than 40 years of legal experience
• Personally responsible for more than 13,000 real estate settlements
• Owned and operated six title insurance agencies
• Served as attorney and counsel to eight additional title agencies
• Extensive experience with title insurance, real estate settlements, underwriting, claims, easements, and recording issues
• Experienced expert witness in state and federal court matters

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

CURRICULUM VITAE

CONTACT MURRAY LEVIN

For expert witness inquiries, case consultations, or requests for availability, please contact Murray D. Levin, Esquire.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 215-287-2929