Opinion ID: 2302531
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Heading: Mr Davis's Practice Prior to his Suspension

Text: 1. At the time of his suspension, Mr. Davis was the managing and sole attorney in Davis Law, LLC (Davis Law), a real estate law practice. [1] 2. Davis Law's clients generally were home-buyers or homeowners doing refinancings referred to Davis Law primarily from builders, real estate agents and lenders. [2] 3. Davis sometimes fielded telephone calls at Davis Law directly from parties seeking legal advice. 4. Davis was a title agent for Fidelity National Title, a title insurance company. [3] 5. Davis Law earned fees from handling real estate closings for homebuyers or homeowners, from a portion of the title insurance fee and for certain ancillary services such as preparation of mortgage satisfactions. [4] 6. To market Davis Law, Davis often spoke at seminars for realtors and lenders, [5] including as an accredited instructor with the Delaware Real Estate Commission. [6] 7. Davis also made presentations as the closing attorney to first-time home buyers to assist them in receiving preferred financing though the Delaware State Housing Authority or New Castle bond program. [7] 8. Davis at Davis Law employed and supervised paralegals to prepare documents for closings handled by Davis. This work by paralegals included ordering title searches and surveys, preparing title commitments, preparing settlement statements and preparing packages for closing and post-closing. [8] 9. Davis Law sometimes helped smaller law firms by charging a fixed fee to process their files when the smaller firm's paralegal was on vacation. [9]