Underwriting Mechanics Liens and Overcoming Broken Priority
Title Tenets: CRE Webinar
July 2025
Join us for a primer on navigating the routes for remedying mechanics liens and broken priority as they relate to simple or complex commercial transactions. In this 1-hour webinar we’ll be presenting an overview of the fundamentals of both circumstances as well as reviewing proven approaches to their successful resolution. Among the topics to be presented will be four of the most common broken priority scenarios that can derail a commercial deal, a cross-jurisdictional tour of mechanics lien laws, how to size up the risk before it becomes a significant roadblock, and key steps to a timely crossing of the commercial closing finish line. Sign up today for this free webinar open to all CRE professionals.
Presented by:
Leah Ligotti
Underwriting Counsel
Read her bio here.
NCS Speaker
Leah Ligotti
Underwriting Counsel
Leah Ligotti is an Associate Senior Underwriting Counsel with Stewart Title Guaranty Company’s Boston National Commercial Services (NCS) Division. She is a national underwriter and has underwritten transactions in over 40 states covering various types of commercial properties. Over the past few years, Leah has worked on numerous large-scale, ground up, construction deals, with a focus on mechanic’s lien risks. Leah joined Stewart in 2019 as Underwriting Counsel and was promoted to Associate Senior Underwriting Counsel in May of 2022 and currently heads the Boston NCS underwriting team. Prior to joining Stewart, Leah worked for 8 years within a law firm located in Boston where she reviewed title exams, cleared title issues, and represented buyers, sellers, lenders, and developers in both commercial and residential transactions.
