Brian Hoffman
Chair, Agents' Section
Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux LLC

Brian W. Hoffman is a partner with Carver Darden Law Firm, practicing in the firm’s Pensacola office. Mr. Hoffman is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Real Estate. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance with high honors from the University of Florida in 2000 and received his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Mississippi in 2002. His practice focuses substantially on real estate litigation and real estate transactions.  Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar. He is actively involved with several substantive committees within the Section. He currently serves as Vice-Chair of Commercial Real Estate and the Real Property Problems Study Committee, and previously served as Chair of the Title Insurance and Title Insurance Liaison Committee for several years.  Brian and his wife, Stefanie, have three children and reside in Pensacola, Florida.

Amena Clinton, CLS
Chair, CLT Institute Council
Stewart Title Guaranty Company

Amena M. Clinton is a Commercial Title Examiner for Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Commercial Agency Department since 2021. Amena started her career in 2004, with a title agency as a post-closing processor and promoted within six months of the title industry to title examiner working multi-state exams. Since then, she has worked for law firms and underwriters. She has experience examining title for foreclosed properties, mobile homes and has done curative work.  In 2018 she attained her Certified Land Searcher (CLS) designation and has been a member of Florida Land Title Association (FLTA) since then.

Craig Haskins
Vice Chair, Agents' Section
Knight Barry Title

Craig is President and CEO of Knight Barry Title Group. His initial areas of expertise focused on title insurance and complicated closings but now he spends most of his time growing and managing Knight Barry Title.  Currently he oversees 80+ offices and 400+ employees in five states - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Florida and Texas.  Craig is also quite a title nerd. In his 25+ years in the title business, he has served as the President of the Wisconsin Land Title Association and is a current member of the ALTA Board of Governors. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida (Go Gators) and went on to earn an MBA from Marquette University in Milwaukee.  Craig spends all summer mowing straight lines in his lawn at least twice per week.

Joe Teichert
Chair, Governmental Affairs
First American Title Insurance Company

Joe joined First American in 2017 and has served in various roles within the Agency Division including state underwriting counsel, senior operations manager, and now Vice President and Area Manager of Florida, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. Before joining First American, Joe spent several years as a litigator before entering the title insurance industry as an assistant vice president and claims counsel for a national title insurance underwriter. A native Floridian with strong ties and a deep connection to this great State, Joe is a “double Gator”, having graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and receiving his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Joe resides in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife, Morgan, and two children, Wakeland, and Lottie.

Lindsay R. Hall Harrison

Vice Chair, Insurers' Section
First American Title Insurance Company

Lindsay R. Hall Harrison is Lead Senior Underwriting Counsel for First American’s NCS Division in Miami. Lindsay has practiced as a litigation attorney representing lenders and servicers, Managing Partner of a boutique real estate law firm and title company, and prior to becoming a title underwriter held the position of Associate General Counsel of a national mortgage lender. Lindsay is honored to serve as Founding President of the FLTA Charitable Action Foundation. Lindsay also serves as Co-Chair of the ALTA PRIA Liaison Work Group and is also a member of PRIA, the Property Records Industry Association, the Florida Bar Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, and CREW Orlando. Lindsay also serves as an elected official sitting on City Council for the City of Maitland, Florida and was re-elected for a second term in March 2023.

Sabine Seidel
Director
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company

Sabine is State Counsel for Westcor Land Title Insurance Company in its Maitland office.  She has been with Westcor since 2005 and is in charge of the Florida underwriting department as well as assisting with commercial underwriting.  She also teaches at Westcor’s annual seminars and various agent events.  Sabine is originally from Germany and grew up in a military family.  She received her undergraduate degree in legal studies from the University of Central Florida and her J.D. from the University of Memphis.  Sabine was briefly in private practice but starting in 1999 at American Pioneer Title Insurance Company, her career has been in title insurance underwriting and claims.  Sabine is a member of the Real Property Probate and Trust section of the Florida Bar and serves on the Title Issues and Standards, Commercial Real Estate and Title Insurance and Liaison Committees, as well as being a member of CREW Orlando.  When not working Sabine loves spending time at the beach or the barn with her husband Joel and 9-year-old daughter Hailey.

Kathi Christoff
Treasurer
FNF Family of Companies
 

Kathi is Vice President and Claims Liaison Counsel for Fidelity National Financial/Florida Agency. A position she has held for over 19 years.  Prior to her current position, she was the Senior Claims Manager for American Pioneer Title Insurance Company. She brings over 29 years of experience to the title insurance community, along with the additional time she spent during her years in private practice as a real estate and probate attorney. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida College of Law and graduated with a B.A. in Allied Legal Services from the University of Central Florida. While in attendance at UCF, she was (and is) a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity. Kathi is the current Chair for the Claims Roundtable for the Florida Land Title Association’s Claims Prevention, Avoidance and Education Committee. She has served in this capacity for the past 7 years. Additionally, she currently is the Second Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors and the Chair of the Property Committee for the Citrus Council of Girl Scouts and is a 4th generation Florida native.

Marty Solomon
Director
Marty James Solomon, PA

Marty Solomon has litigated for title insurers around the country for the past 22 years, with Carlton Fields in Tampa, with Awerbach | Cohn in Clearwater, and now as a sole practitioner in St. Petersburg.  He is a past chair of the FLTA Defense Roundtable committee, and first attended the Roundtable 17 years ago, with founding member Mark Brown.  He has handled real property litigation, escrow disputes, contract disputes, construction defect claims, and homeowner’s and condominium association litigation for owner’s, buyers, and title agents. For title insurers, he has handled title curative litigation, coverage litigation, bad faith defense, defalcations, and closing protection letter claims.  He is an Executive Council member of the Florida Bar’s Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section (RPPTL).  He has also been active with the Title Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS).  He earned a B.A. in political science and sociology from New College of USF in Sarasota, and a J.D. from Tulane.  He enjoys bicycling, photography, and sailing.