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Event Details

Venue

Maggiano’s Little Italy

 252 Oakbrook Center

Oak Brook, IL 60523

 Speakers:

 Steve Fretzin, Author 

        

Driven, focused and passionate about helping attorneys to reach their full potential, Steve Fretzin is regarded as the premier business coach, trainer and speaker on business development and marketing for attorneys.

Over the past 14 years, Steve Fretzin has devoted his career to helping lawyers master the art of business development and branding to achieve their financial goals and the peace of mind that comes with developing your own clients. 

In addition to writing two books on legal business development, Steve has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Crain’s and Entrepreneur.com. He has appeared on NBC News and WGN Radio, and has written articles for Attorney at Law magazine, the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. You can also find his monthly column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

Linda Grahovec, VP, National Director of Agency Communications

Fidelity National Title Group   

                Linda has been in real estate transactions services since 1986 and utilizes her business administration and finance education in every aspect of the business. Linda takes care of agency business development, web technologies and social media, marketing and training, and business plan analysis. She is part of the Mortgage Fraud Task Force and enforces Federal and State regulatory and compliance laws for agents of Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title and Fidelity National Title.

 She is responsible for evaluating new agency prospects, affiliated business arrangements and joint ventures, increasing existing agent base profitability, evaluate market trends and create customer confidence through new program development and technology support, including the FNTG National Agency Website. Linda has held several board and treasurer positions with various Associations and Fundraising Groups. She has six great children, four grandchildren, loves entertaining, cooking, gardening & water sports.

Stanley J. Czaja Illinois Underwriting Counsel, WFG National Title Insurance 

                     

             

Before co-founding Czaja and Dynia, Stan spent 12 years in private practice focusing most of his time handling residential and commercial real estate transactions and related litigation, including short sale negotiations, loan modifications, and loan workouts. As underwriting counsel, Stanley provides WFG attorneys agents underwriting support, guidance, and educational resources.

He graduated magna cum laude from DePaul University in 1999, with an undergraduate degree in business management. He received his juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from DePaul University College of Law in 2003. Czaja has taught continuing legal education classes on the topic of short sale negotiations and is a frequent lecturer on the topic of loss mitigation workout solutions for homeowners.

Agenda

8:00am– 8:55am     

Registration and Breakfast Buffet

8:55am – 9:00am     

Welcome and Opening Remarks Gregory M. Kosin, President, Greater Illinois Title Company

 9:00am – 10:00am   

 LEVERAGING PERSONAL AND CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS TO GROW YOUR LAW PRACTICE

                      Steve Fretzin, Business Development Instructor and President

 Fretzin, Inc., Chicago, IL

                    10:00 -10:15   Break Sponsored by: The GIT Client Services Group™

 10:15am – 11:15am  

TITLE INDUSTRY UPDATE

                       Linda Grahovec, VP, National Director of Agency Communications                       

  Fidelity National Title Group

 11:15am – 12:15pm 

  PANEL DISCUSSION: IDFPR DISCLOSURE FORM: WHAT’S NEXT?                

     Linda Grahovec, VP, National Director of Agency Communication

                       Stanley J. Czaja, Illinois Underwriting Counsel, WFG National Title Insurance