BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF CHARLES J. JACOBUS EDUCATION LICENSES Bachelor of Science, University of Houston Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Houston AV Rating - Martindale-Hubbell State Bar of Texas Texas Real Estate Broker License AFFILIATIONS State Bar of Texas Member of the Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Council Board Certified by the Board of Legal Specialization in Residential Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate Law Houston Real Estate Lawyer=s Council American College of Real Estate Lawyers -Chairman, Committee on Broker Relations 1989-1990 -Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Houston Bar Association -Chairman, Real Estate Section, 1987-1988 American Bar Association Chairman, Committee on Brokers and Brokerage (1988-1993) Media/Books Products Editorial Board for the American Bar Association Publications Planning and Marketing Communications Division Special Committee on the Drug Crisis Texas Land Title Association Chairman, Texas Forms Manual Review Committee Chairman, TREC Contract Forms Task Force Chairman, Texas Land Title Institute Committee, 2001 Texas Real Estate Teacher=s Association B Life Member Real Estate Educators Association, President, 1987-1988 Adjunct Faculty: State Bar of Texas Houston Community College Champions School of Real Estate Texas Land Title Association School University of Texas Mortgage Lending Institute University of Houston Law Center PUBLICATIONS TEXT BOOKS: Texas Real Estate Law -Eighth Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., South-Western Publishing. Real Estate Law - Second Edition, national in scope, South-Western Publishing. Real Estate Principles B Ninth Edition, South-Western Publishing, 2003. Real Estate B Introduction to the Profession, Ninth Edition, South-Western Publishing, 2003.
Georgia Real Estate, an Introduction to the Profession, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1995. Co-author of text, Ohio Real Estate, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1990. Texas Real Estate B Eighth Edition, South-Western Publishing, 2002. Co-author, Texas Title Insurance, West Publishing, updated annually. Editor in Chief B Texas Forms Manual, a Guide for Real Estate and Title Documentation. Co-author of text, Texas Real Estate Brokerage and the Law of Agency, South-Western Publishing, updated annually. Co-author of text, Mastering Real Estate Titles and Title Insurance in Texas, National Business Institute, Inc., 1996. Co-author of text, Keeping Current with Texas Real Estate, South-Western Publishing, updated annually. STATE BAR OF TEXAS ADVANCED REAL ESTATE LAW COURSE Estates and Interests in Real Property, 1984. Homesteads, 1985. Real Estate Brokerage B Conflicts and Lie Abilities, 1986. Warranties of Habitability/Suitability, 1988. Homestead Update, 1989, 1992. AThere=s a Fight Going on Here!@ Partitioning Real Property: Non-Conveyances, Owelty, Divorces and Other Fun Topics, July 1993. Homestead Issues, 1994. Contracts for Income Producing Properties, 1999. STATE BAR OF TEXAS ADVANCED REAL ESTATE DRAFTING COURSE: Residential Construction Contracts, 1992. Using and Revising TREC Forms, 1993. Advertising and Marketing Your Real Estate Practice; Lawyer Advertising and Marketing Rules; Electronic Advertising; Lender=s Who Require That You Participate in Their Newsletters, Etc., 1995. STATE BAR OF TEXAS BUILDING BLOCKS: Co-author, Building Blocks of a Commercial Real Estate Transaction, State Bar of Texas, 1992. Mechanic=s Lien Update Review of Selected Recent Developments and Key Issues, The Development and Sale of Residential Real Estate, 1994. Homestead Issues, The Development and Sale of Residential Real Estate, 1994. Co-author, Building Blocks of a Residential Real Estate Transaction, 1992. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONVENTION: Broker Liability and Damages, Toronto, Canada, 1988. Real Estate Brokerage B New Trends and Problem Areas, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1989. Broker Defense Litigation, San Francisco, 1992. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW B MORTGAGE LENDING INSTITUTE: Business Homestead, 1988. Construction Lending, 1992. Ethics for Real Estate Lawyers, 1998.
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW, REAL ESTATE LAW COURSE: Title Insurance Update, 1988. Title Insurance Legislation, 1991. Homestead Issues, 1994. Case Law Update, 1995-2003. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER: Title Insurance Policies, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991. HOUSTON BAR ASSOCIATION: Real Estate Agency, Duties of Care and Blind Trusts (1984) Real Estate Section Luncheon Program. Co-author, Mechanic=s Lien Update: Review of Selected Recent Developments and Key Issues, January 1993. Mechanic=s and Materialmen=s Liens B 2000. TEXAS LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION: - Do you or don=t you insure a 50-story homestead B Given four times a year in various cities in Texas, 1984. Foreclosings B not four closings B Given four times a year in various cities in Texas, 1985. Homesteads and Community Property B Texas Land Title Association School, 1985, 1990, 1992. Advanced Ethics B Texas Land Title Association School, 1986 and 1987. Legislative Update B Given four times a year in various cities in Texas, 1987 Foreclosures and Bankruptcy B Given four times a year in various cities in Texas, 1988, 1989, 1990. Entities and Homesteads B Texas Land Title Association School, 1988. New Form Owner=s Policies of Title Insurance B New Texas Title Policy Forms Seminar, Austin, Texas, September 1991. Conveyancing B Texas Land Title Institute, 1991. Homestead Issues B Texas Land Title Institute, December 1992. Co-authors, Powers of Attorney, Texas Land Title Association and St. Mary=s School of Law, December 1993. Homestead Issues B Texas Land Title Association Regional Seminar, January 1994. Homestead, Liens, Oil, Gas & Minerals B Land Title School of Texas, March 1994, March 1995, March 1996. Escrow Issues, Texas Land Title Institute, 1998, 1999, 2000,2001. Marital Property, Decedents' Estates, Guardianship, Divorce and Foreclosure, Texas Land Title School, March, 2003. REAL ESTATE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE: Anti-trust Laws Affecting Real Estate, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1983. Real Estate Broker Liability, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1984. Hot Legal Topics, Chicago, Illinois, 1987. Hot Legal Topics, Houston, Texas, 1988. Contracts, San Diego, California, 1989.
Legal Update, 1991-2003. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS: - Do Agents Dual, Idaho Association of Realtors State Convention, 1985. The Trial and Tribulations of Agent AC,@ Idaho GRI Program, 1986. Agency Law, University of Southern Maine, 1986. Basics of Homestead, University of Texas Mortgage Lending Institute, 1986. Contracts and Agency, York County, Main B Board of Realtors, 1987. Homesteads Pose Potential Problems in Closings, Vol. 19, No. 2, TLTA News, Fall 1988. Agency B Conflicts of Interest and Liabilities, Nevada Department of Real Estate, June, 1989, 1990. The Condominiums and the Corporation, a Proposal for Texas, Houston Law Review B Volume II, No. 2. Co-author of Counseling the Condominium Purchaser, American Bar Association Journal on Real Estate Probate and Trust, Volume 10, No. 3. Legislative Changes in Title Insurance, South Texas College of Law Course, August, 1991. Update on Legal Topics Relating to Escrow Issues, Houston Escrow Officers Association Meeting, October 1992. Using and Revising the TREC Forms, Travis County Bar Association B Real Estate Section, Austin, February 1993. ADR B Consumer Issues, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, October 1993. Homestead Law Update, SMU School of Law, Real Estate Law: Mortgages-In- Depth seminar, April, 1994. Agency, San Antonio Board of REALTORS7/San Antonio Bar Association Risk Reduction seminar, April, 1994. Collection of Current Cases, Texas Real Estate Teachers= Association, 1994-1998. Federal Legislation Affecting Real Estate Brokers, Maine Association of REALTORS7, May, 1994. Quoted in Honesty Often a State Policy in Real Estate, Wall Street Journal, June 13, 1994. Real Estate Brokerage Law, Disclosure Laws and Cavaet Emptor, Columbus Bar Association Real Property Law Institute, Ohio, February, 1995. What Real Estate Lawyers Need to Know About Federal Civil Rights, Columbus Bar Association Real Property Law Institute, Ohio, February, 1995. What=s on the Legal Horizon B When to be Proactive, When to be Reactive, and When to be Preventative in a Litigious World, The Fourth Annual Great Idea Conference, The Great American Consulting Group, Ft. Meyers, Florida, March 1996. Bennis v. Michigan, F.Y.I. article, American Bar Association, Probate and Property Magazine, May/June 1996. Section 1031 Exchanges, Southern Methodist University, 1998. Law Update B 1998 Tennessee Association of Realtors. 1999 North Carolina Association of Realtors. Core Law B 1998 Ohio Association of Realtors. -Legal Update B ARELLO 1998 Annual Conference, Orlando,
Florida ARELLO 1999 Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia. Law Update B 2001 Cheyenne Board of Realtors, Wyoming Real Estate Brokerage Law; What the Regulators Require; TREC Compliance; Unauthorized Practice of Law; Disclosures; Listing Issues; 2001 Commercial Real Estate Brokers Conference Dallas/Austin Law Update - 2001-2003 Texas Real Estate Teachers Association Law Update - 2002 Greater Dallas Association of Realtors Law Update - 2002 Iowa Association of Realtors Respa and the Realtor7; 2003 Woman's Council of Realtors Co-Author - Real Estate Dictionary- Pocket Guide for Professionals PROFESSIONAL Law Offices of Charles J. Jacobus, Bellaire, Texas. Senior Vice President, Charter Title Company, Houston, Texas OTHER DREI B Distinguished Real Estate Instructor. This designation is awarded by REEA for qualified instructors who have passed the examination and presentation requirements. CREI B Certified Real Estate Instructor (State of Texas) Chairman B Planning and Zoning Commission, Bellaire, Texas 1976 to 1977. Board of Directors B Tax Increment Finance District, Bellaire, Texas. Mayor, City of Bellaire, Texas 1998-2000. Outstanding Real Estate Instructor in Texas B Texas Real Estate Teachers= Association, 1986. Real Estate Educator of the Year B Real Estate Educators Association, 1986, 2000. Teacher of the Year B Richland College, 1989. Who=s Who in American Law B 1987 B 2003. Who=s Who in the World B 1987 B 2003. Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers B 1995-2001. Bellaire/Southwest Houston Business Citizen Award, 1989. 1 st Asst. Scoutmaster to the World Boy Scout Jamboree B 1995. Scoutmaster, 1997 Boy Scout National Jamboree. Scoutmaster, 1998/1999 Boy Scout World Jamboree, Chile.
First Asst. Scoutmaster, 2001 Boy Scout National Jamboree Included in AThe Best Lawyers in America,@ Woodward/White, Inc. 1995-2000. Chairman, Texas Real Estate Commission Task Force on Education, 1999-2000. President, South Central Chapter of the Real Estate Educators Association, 2000-2002 Rotarian Peggy Hayes Teaching Award (Texas Land Title Association) Don Roose Award of Excellence (Texas Real Estate Teachers Association)