2025 Title Camp 1 - Surveys: Bearing Trees & Beyond

James Betson joined First American Title Insurance Company in 2009 and has worked in the title industry since 1997. He currently serves as Senior Division Underwriter for the National Commercial Services division, supporting complex commercial transactions nationwide. Previously, James spent more than a decade as Vice President, Title Department Manager, and Senior Underwriter in the Denver NCS office. He has worked on transactions in all 50 states and served as lead underwriter on several billion-dollar deals. James holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Saint Leo University and is a U.S. Army veteran.

Todd D’Amico brings more than 28 years of surveying, mapping, and zoning experience to FA Commercial Due Diligence Services Co., where he manages and directs commercial due diligence projects at a national level.

He has taken more than 125,000 ALTA Land Survey projects through the due diligence process. These projects include apartments, commercial projects, restaurants, hotels, public school districts, railroads, timberland projects, industrial sites, Right-of-Way projects, residential and retail.

Todd also serves as the current Chair of the ALTA/NSPS Land Survey Work Group. This group is a part of the American Land Title Association and responsible for collaborating with NSPS to develop educate and inform the title, settlement, surveying, and related industries about the importance of an accurate land title survey to land title evidencing.