Kurt E. Riedel

Kurt E. Riedel is a partner in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. His primary areas of practice are title insurance and related real estate law. He currently serves as the leader of Plunkett Cooney’s Title Insurance Practice Group, which has attorneys in the firm’s various offices located in Michigan and Ohio.

Mr. Riedel also represents banks and lenders in various real estate matters and his practice includes transactional work and preparation of loan related documentation.

Representative Client Work

• Review, investigate title related claims and work towards the resolution thereof
• Represent insured’s in title related litigation and appeals (i.e. priority of interest disputes, fraud, adverse possession, and other disputes)
• Represent owners/lenders in construction lien foreclosure litigation
• Represent insured in bankruptcy related litigation (i.e., trustee attempts to set aside insured mortgage)
• Represent underwriters in coverage issues and related litigation
• Represent underwriters in agent defalcation matters
• Represent insured in property tax related issues and litigation
• Represent banks and lenders in real estate litigation (banking work) generally where title or priority is being threatened
• Real Estate Development and/or Construction Loan origination work and related documentation (i.e., new residential subdivision, homes, condominiums) 
• Represent banks and lenders in fraud and related litigation

Professional Affiliations

• Oakland Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan (Real Property, Family Law sections)
• American Bar Association
• Michigan Land Title Association
• American Land Title Association

Publications

• Property Owner Must Be Afforded Due Process Notice and the Right to Contest Foreclosure
• Court of Appeals asks Supreme Court to Re-examine Issue of Equitable Subrogation
• Equitable Subrogation Doctrine Hampered in Mortgage Disputes