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Joseph Talmadge Kirkland, Jr.
Executive Title and Closing, Inc.

700 Colonial Road
 Memphis, TN 38117

Office Phone: (901) 537-1344
Law School: Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Earliest License Date: 01/01/1975
Areas of Interest: Business Law, Real Estate Law
Bio:
Joe is currently an attorney and Senior Underwriting Counsel at Executive Title and Closing, Inc.
 
For fifteen (15) years Joe was a partner in the Memphis law firm of Kirkland, Rothman-Branning & Associates, PLLC, where his primary area of practice was real estate, including residential and commercial real estate closings and title work. 
 
Mr. Kirkland is a former underwriting counsel for Chicago Title Insurance Company in Memphis. He received his B.S. degree from East Tennessee State University and his J.D. degree from Memphis State University. 
 
He is a past President if the Real Estate Industry Trade Association (1994). 
 
Mr. Kirkland is a member of the Memphis (Chair, Real Estate & Environmental Law Section, 1992, 2016) and Tennessee (Chair, Real Estate Section, 2003-04, 2022-23) bar associations.  He currently serves on the TBA Real Estate Section Council.
 
Joe is active in the Tennessee Land Title Association and has served as their President for the year 2020-21 and serves on their Education, Membership, By-Laws, Public Awareness, and Legislative (Chair and Co-Chair) committees.
 
He has been a frequent lecturer to attorneys, paralegals and the real estate industry for many years. 
 
Specialties:
Joe concentrates his practice in the area of residential, commercial and industrial real estate and real estate closings.
 


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