FinCEN Residential Real Estate Reporting Final Rule: Updates and Practice Implications

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This CLE program offers a targeted examination of FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Reporting Final Rule and the resulting considerations for attorneys and compliance professionals. It opens with a survey of the federal anti-money laundering (AML) regime, highlighting the governing statutes, the functions of FinCEN and OFAC, and the application of Geographic Targeting Orders in overseeing real estate activity.

The faculty will then analyze the architecture of the Final Rule, addressing which transactions fall within its scope, the nature of reporting requirements, available exemptions, and key defined terms such as reporting persons and beneficial owners. Attention will also be given to the evolving legal environment, including recent court decisions bearing on the rule’s implementation and related FinCEN guidance.

The program concludes with a practical focus, outlining actionable compliance approaches, methods for evaluating risk exposure, and recommended practices to help legal and industry professionals remain prepared amid regulatory uncertainty, particularly if reporting obligations are reactivated.

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Margaret T. Ling, Esq.

Margaret T. Ling has been a real estate attorney since 1986. Her real estate experience commenced with a private real estate practice for almost a decade. Prior to practicing as a real estate attorney, Ms. Ling was a Law Clerk for Chief Judge Constance Baker Motley of the United States District Court –Southern District of New York. Following her clerkship, she focused on the area of immigration law before transitioning into real estate law.

Currently, Ms. Ling is the Senior Underwriting Counsel at MacGregor Abstract with offices in Long Island. For the past twenty years, she has been in-house counsel in the title insurance industry working in First Nationwide Title Insurance Company, Skyline TRG Title Agency, Summit Associates LLC, Liberty Title Agency LLC, Couch Braunsdorf Insurance Group, Landstar Title Agency Inc., Intracoastal Abstract Co. Inc., and Titleserv Inc. At these firms, she was responsible for all legal title underwriting, reading, clearing and processing of all title files for closing. She coordinated all title underwriting requirements with the Agent’s respective Title Underwriters and also addressed all post-closing escrow and policy matters. Ms. Ling also held positions at major New York title underwriters including Stewart Title Insurance Company and Ticor Title Insurance Company- The Fidelity Title Group. She provided underwriting and legal support for over 300 New York State Title Agents and Direct Operations.

She is active in many associations including serving as Co-Chairperson of both the Real Estate and Asia Practice Committees of the Asian American Bar Association of New York. She is also a member of the National Asian Pacific Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Queens Asian Bar Association, the Korean Lawyers Association of Greater New York and the Asian Pacific American Lawyer’s Association of New Jersey. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Asian Real Estate Professional Association, Asian Columbia Alumni Association, and New York Law School Alumnae Association. She was awarded the “Most Valuable Player Award” in 2013 for outstanding dedication and service to AABANY and the New York Law School Award in 2010 for Distinguished Service in Diversity and Progress.

Ms. Ling is also a member of the United States Golf Association and the New Jersey PGA Golf Foundation. Since 2012, she has been on the Pro Am Team for the LPGA Shoprite Acer Classic.

Ms. Ling received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History, Cum Laude and Dean’s List from Barnard College – Columbia University and her Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, Appellate Division, and Second Department.

James W. Tarlton, Esq.

Jim is a veteran attorney who has a rich career both as a law firm partner and the founder and principal of his own law firms practicing residential and commercial real estate law," said Jason Gordon, President of AmTrust Title. "His decades of experience in title closings as both a title agent and lawyer with admission to three state bars. Tarlton was most recently the owner of Main Street Title Group, LLC, Celebration, FL, where he oversaw operations, including underwriting files, and handled title examination and title curative for national real estate clients focusing on multistate closings. As part of his practice, he formed his own title closing company Insight Title & Escrow LLC to act as both settlement agent and title agent.

Before forming his own firm, Tarlton was a successful real estate attorney practicing for the last 25 years with London & Thurber, LLC and, and other law firms in the Southeast market, including leadership roles focused on real estate transactional and estate planning law practice that represented builders, lenders and mortgage brokers in residential and commercial closings, as well as provided estate planning and probate services.

Tarlton holds an AB from Duke University, a JD from the University of Alabama School of Law, and an LLM degree in taxation from the New York University School of Law. He is admitted to the bar in Alabama, Florida and Georgia

Suzette Torres

Suzette Torres serves as Western Region Underwriting Counsel for AmTrust Title Group, where she provides strategic guidance on complex real estate transactions and title matters. With more than 20 years of experience in litigation and real estate law, she is widely recognized for her expertise in underwriting, compliance, and risk management. Suzette has held key legal advisory roles with several public and national title companies.

She actively contributes to industry leadership on several committees with the California Land Title Association and as a Board Director - Underwriter Representative on the Oregon Land Title Association. She also champions diversity and inclusion through advisory and leadership positions with the National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA), the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA), and the California Women Lawyers association (CWL). Her commitment to collaboration and innovative solutions makes her a trusted leader in the title insurance industry.

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