Leadership
Joseph M. Zablotski
Email: jmzablotski@gmail.com
Mr. Zablotski has spent more than a decade working in various title insurance positions (including as Title Examiner, Title Attorney, Senior Title Attorney, Title Counsel, State Title Counsel, National Title Services Counsel, and Commercial Title Counsel) for title insurance companies across multiple states (including the State of New York, District of Columbia, State of Maryland, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and another three decades practicing law in Boston, MA, Washington, DC, and Buffalo, NY. He has examined 2,000+ commercial and residential titles, prepared 1,000+ title reports, reviewed 10,000+ title documents, cleared 2,000+ titles of liens, encumbrances, and defects, closed 1,500+ title insurance transactions, closed 1,000+ purchase and loan transactions, examined of 300+ multi-state commercial titles in multiple states (including the States of New York and Maryland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and District of Columbia), closed 200+ multi-state commercial transactions in multiple states (including the States of New York and Maryland, Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Virginia, and District of Columbia), and supervised title insurance agents across New England (including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine). Mr. Zablotski focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate and title insurance matters.
Education
J.D., University at Buffalo School of Law
A.B., Columbia College, Columbia University
Memberships and Associations
- Member, Bars of the State of New York, District of Columbia, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Member, American Bar Association
Theresa A. Smyth
Email: theresasmythesq@gmail.com
Ms. Smyth trained as an Associate in the Corporate & Securities Department of an Am Law 100 law firm in Boston, MA and then practiced as a Senior Associate in the Corporate & Securities Department of a law firm in Washington, DC with a national practice (and the oldest, largest, and most respected communications law practice in the nation) before returning to Western New York to become Counsel in the Corporate & Securities Department of an old Buffalo, NY law firm and then become a founding Partner of Zablotski & Smyth LLP. Having negotiated and closed 140+ M&As and finance transactions as lead counsel in 35 states across the nation valued at more than $1B, Ms. Smyth focuses her practice on general corporate and securities matters, M&A and finance transactions, and commercial and residential real estate matters.
Education
J.D., Cum Laude, Boston University School of Law
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, University at Buffalo
Memberships and Associations
- Member, Phi Beta Kappa
- Member, Bars of the State of New York, District of Columbia, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Member, American Bar Association
STATES IN WHICH MS. SMYTH HAS CLOSED M&A AND RELATED FINANCE TRANSACTIONS
NEW YORK COUNTIES IN WHICH MR. ZABLOTSKI AND MS. SMYTH HAVE CLOSED REAL ESTATE AND M&A TRANSACTIONS