Near North Title Group announced the arrival of Scott Gryder as general counsel and vice president-senior underwriter of Near North National Title, LLC.
He joins the agency after more than a decade underwriting national and local transactions. His responsibilities have included coordinating and underwriting large commercial single site and multisite portfolio transactions.
During his tenure in the title industry, Gryder has closed hundreds of transactions, ranging from $1 million church refinances to complex multi-billion dollar sale and financing portfolios. He began his career as a law clerk in the claims center for a large national title insurer; upon graduation from law school, he went to work as regional claims counsel before moving into commercial underwriting.
In his spare time, Gryder puts his property knowledge to use as vice chairman of the Kendall County Board in suburban Chicago, where he also chairs the Planning, Building and Zoning Committee. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and Illinois Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from DePaul College of Law in Chicago and B.B.A. from University of Illinois-Springfield and is a licensed attorney in the United State District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and state of Illinois.