Figured the fur would fly. Never meant to trivialize the roll of the abstractor. I have been with you guys for two years now.

However, I think you would have to agree that attorneys are required to put in much more time in school, possibly resulting in close to $100,000 of tuition and related expenses and  undergo the rigors of preparing for the bar exam before they can even begin to practice. If I understand one of Naltea's big bitches is that there is no licensing or formal training for the average abstractors. That is a lot of dues to pay for an attorney, and have an employee's errors result in ruin. We are very much aware of that when we undertake representation of a client. It is not just the matter of a lost client or shutting the doors. Rather it is also a matter of the investment in time and money that is wasted in addition to the stigma of disbarment.

Do you really think that there is anything that can compare to disbarment for the non-attorney abstractor.