Title First Agency has hired Dean Talaganis to serve as special counsel to its president, the company announced.
Talaganis will advise Title First President Sean A. Stoner on national licensing and will manage special projects, including the centralization of processing and work flow training programs and the creation and management of scalability and customer service models for Title First’s 15 offices.
“Dean has extensive and diverse legal experience in the field of operations and managing title insurance operations at a number of large companies,” Stoner said in a release. “He is an excellent addition to the executive team at Title First, and he will be able to use his experience to help Title First Agency continue to grow.”
The company said Talaganis’ duties will also include marketing Title First’s services on a local and national scale and serving as a speaker on topics such as title insurance, closing issues, foreclosures and ethics.
Prior to joining Title First, Talaganis was operations manager and underwriting counsel at Ohio Real Title Agency, LLC. His industry experience includes serving as partner with the law firm of Morris Hardwick Schneider; as the district president for LandCastle Title, LLC; and as vice president of business development and client relations for Attorney’s Title Agency.