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Teri K. Callen is VP-Director of Strategic Operations for Chicago Title Insurance Company – South Carolina. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, teaching Real Estate Transactions II since 2012.

In addition to her background in commercial real estate transactions, lender representation, title curative work and real property litigation, Ms. Callen is a former commercial lender and former State Counsel and Senior Underwriting Counsel for national title insurance companies in South Carolina. She utilizes her expansive knowledge of real estate, residential and commercial mortgage lending, and title insurance to assist title agents and real estate attorneys in closing and insuring transactions while minimizing risk.

A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Teri earned her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of South Carolina. She received the Gold Compleat Lawyer Award in 2009 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, an award given to alumni in recognition of their significant contributions to the legal profession and high standards of professional competence, ethics, and integrity, and is AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability™ by Martindale-Hubbell.

She has been featured twice in Columbia Business Monthly as a “Legal Elite of the Midlands” and is the recipient of the 2014 J. Lee McDonald Award for outstanding contributions to the Palmetto Land Title Association (PLTA). Ms. Callen is a contributing author for the SC Bar’s Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate in South Carolina, 2^nd Edition, and South Carolina Lawyer’s Guide to Residential Real Estate Closings and is a frequent lecturer for continuing education seminars relating to real estate law and title insurance for the South Carolina Bar, PLTA, NCLTA, ALTA, South Carolina Bankers Association, NBI, SC Realtor Association and numerous financial institutions, among others. She is a Past President of PLTA and has served on its Board of Directors and as Chair of its Education, Legislative, and Membership Committees. Ms. Callen is a graduate of the SC Bankers School at the Moore Schol of Business and is a former Past President of Central SC Chapter of the Risk Management Association (RMA). She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, where she served on the Executive Council of the Young Lawyer’s Division from 1999 to 2001 and co-developed with the late Dave Whitener, Esq., the SC Bar’s Real Estate Essentials course, which she presents annually. Teri is Past President of the Rotary Club of Five Points (Columbia) and when she is not being a self-anointed real estate & title nerd, she enjoys offshore fishing and traveling the world with her daughter.