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Michael J. Berey is Senior Underwriting Counsel and Senior Vice-President for First American Title Insurance Company of New York. He is a Director and Member of the Board of Directors of First American Title Insurance Company of New York and is Vice President of First American Title Insurance Company.
Mr. Berey is a Member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and Co-Chair of the Committee on Computerization and Technology of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Mr. Berey has written numerous articles that have been published in many publications including The Last Dollar Endorsement and Capping the New York Mortgage, New York Law Journal, October 11, 1995; Changes in City of New York Real Estate Tax Foreclosures, N.Y. Real Property Law Journal, Winter 1997; How Title Insurance Policy Endorsements Add Value, New York Law Journal, March 23, 1998; Revisiting Mortgage Assignments, New York Law Journal, August 24, 1998; Credit Line Mortgages in New York, New York Law Journal, February 17, 1999; Department of Taxation and Finance Rulings on Commercial Credit Line Mortgages, N.Y. Real Property Law Journal, Fall 1999; Real Estate Transfer Taxes: The Mere Change Exemption and Controlling Interest Transfers, N.Y. Real Property Law Journal, Summer 2000 and Association of the Bar of the City of New York Metes and Bounds, Winter 2000; Real Property Transfer Tax: Applying the Continuing Lien Exclusion in Your Practice, New York Law Journal, February 14, 2001; Article 9 Products Covering Mezzanine Loan Financing in New York, New York Law Journal, June 13, 2001; New Title Insurance Policies, Endorsements, New York Law Journal, August 20, 2001; Basics of Revised UCC Article 9, NYSBA Real Property Law Journal, Summer 2001, Vol. 29, No. 2; Tax Aggregation Rules: Traps for the Unwary, New York Law Journal, September 30, 2002; Rules Change on September 1 for Real Property Recordings, New York Law Journal, August 20, 2003; ACRIS E-Tax Forms are Changing Closings in New York City, New York Law Journal, May 10, 2004; New York City Transfer Tax on Multiple Residential Cooperatives and Condominiums, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal, Spring 2004, Vol. 32, No. 2.; New York Citys Real Property Transfer Tax and Bulk Sales (Co-Author), New York Law Journal, January 19, 2005; Recording Tax: New Law Requires Added Payment for Spreader Agreements, New York Law Journal, March 9, 2005.
Mr. Berey received his Law Degree from Boston College of Law. He is admitted to practice in the states of New York and Massachusetts. |
