Joseph Kirkland

Joe is the current President of the Memphis Investors Group and an attorney and Senior Underwriting Counsel at Closetrak. a full service provider of title services and escrow services in the greater Memphis, Shelby County and west Tennessee area. He was a partner in the Memphis law firm of Kirkland, Rothman-Branning & Associates, PLLC, where his primary area of practice is real estate, including residential and commercial real estate closings and title work for 15 years. Mr. Kirkland is a former underwriting counsel for Chicago Title Insurance Company in Memphis. He received his B.S. degree from East Tennessee State University and his J.D. degree from Memphis State University. He is a past President of the Real Estate Industry Trade Association (1994). Mr. Kirkland is a member of the Memphis (Chair, Real Estate Section, 1992) and Tennessee (Chair, Real Estate Section, 2003-04) bar associations. He has been a frequent lecturer to attorneys, paralegals and the real estate industry for many years. Specialties: Joe concentrates his practice in the area of residential, commercial and industrial real estate and real estate closings.