Jordan Avery
Junior Title Examiner | Real Estate Title & Public Records Specialist
Chicago
Professional Summary
Diligent Junior Title Examiner with foundational experience in public records retrieval, legal description verification, and residential title examination. Skilled in reviewing deed histories, identifying encumbrances, and drafting structured commitments under strict deadlines.
Professional Experience
Calumet Title & Settlement Services
Chicago, IL
Junior Title Examiner
Jun 2024 – Present
- Examine chains of title for residential resale and refinance transactions across Cook and DuPage counties, identifying recorded liens, encumbrances, and municipal assessments.
- Retrieve and interpret legal instruments including warranty deeds, mortgages, easements, probate filings, and chancery court records using county portal databases.
- Prepare formal title commitments, listing standard exceptions and transaction-specific schedule B requirements for underwriting review.
- Collaborate with escrow officers and closing agents to clear curative title defects, including unreleased mortgages and tax sale redemptions.
Heritage Abstract Solutions
Chicago, IL
Title Search Intern
Jun 2023 – May 2024
- Conducted tract and grantor-grantee index searches across municipal recorder archives, verifying 30-year ownership histories.
- Indexed and reviewed legal descriptions, subdivision plats, and surveys to ensure alignment with recorded metes and bounds descriptions.
- Digitized and categorized recorded conveyance instruments to maintain client search files for senior examiners.
Education
University of Illinois Chicago
Bachelor of Arts · Legal Studies · Chicago, IL · 3.7 GPA · Aug 2020 – May 2024
Completed coursework concentrated in real property law, land conveyance, estates, and legal research methodologies.
Served as research assistant for senior seminar projects analyzing municipal zoning ordinances and municipal land use records.
Key Projects
Cook County Historical Tract Indexing Project
Jan 2024 – Apr 2024
- Analyzed 45 legacy property parcels with fragmented metes and bounds descriptions, drafting unified chains of title for senior underwriter reference.
- Cross-referenced digital GIS parcel shapefiles with historical subdivision plats to verify boundary accuracy and easement locations.
Core Competencies
Chain of title analysis
Title commitment preparation
Public records research
Lien & judgment identification
Legal description verification
Plat & survey mapping
Cook County land records
SoftPro
Escrow & closing coordination
Curative document processing
Languages
English
C2
Spanish
B1
Certifications
Notary Public Commission
State of Illinois · Aug 2024
Community Involvement
Greater Chicago Housing Advisory Alliance
Chicago, IL · Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
- Intake Volunteer
- Assisted intake staff in organizing public records and property tax notices for low-income homeowners seeking property tax relief.
- Reviewed recorded deed copies to verify homeowner identities and occupancy status prior to pro bono attorney consultations.