Title & settlement for Fox Chapel and the river towns.

What higher-value property asks of title

• Older, architecturally significant homes carry a century or more of transfers — estates, trusts, subdivisions of former acreage — and every link deserves an attorney's read, not a boilerplate exception.
• Trust and entity ownership — homes held in revocable trusts, family LLCs, or purchased through them — is routine here, and it's work our principals handle as attorneys, not a complication a production shop escalates.
• Conservation and open-space easements — a hallmark of Fox Chapel — need to be identified, understood, and correctly reflected in the commitment before closing, not discovered after.
• The owner's policy math changes — at these price points, the equity an owner's policy protects is substantial, and the one-time filed-rate premium is small against it.
• Wire amounts are larger, so wire discipline matters more — verified callbacks, Positive Pay, and dual-control release on every file. Our wire-safety protocol →

Discretion, and a table that runs on time

Buyers and sellers in the river towns tend to arrive with counsel, wealth advisors, and strong opinions about how a closing should feel: prepared, punctual, and private. That's our default setting. Files are handled by the principals — Pennsylvania attorneys and licensed title agents — commitments go out reviewed and explained, and the closing itself is scheduled around you, including early evenings.

We work alongside your existing advisors, not around them: estate planning counsel, trustees, and family offices get direct attorney-to-attorney answers about how title should be held and conveyed.

The standard behind our name →