He is, and was throughout the sixties and seventies, the senior partner in a law firm which represented numerous business, banking and individual clients in that city, Atlantic County and South Jersey. Kirkman's knowledge and experience in title matters is beyond question. Much of his practice was devoted to real estate and real estate financing. He owned or controlled at least a third of the stock in Chelsea Title Company, and was its president for years before assuming the chairmanship of its board of directors, a position he held during all or most of the era in which the facts herein take place.