Arden Miner, who joined the legal department of Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (ATG) in 2001, has been promoted to executive vice president and CEO at ATG LegalServe, Inc., a subsidiary of ATG.

ATG LegalServe, formed during the fall of 2009, is a process service company that has grown from two employees to 12 in less than three years. LegalServe is also a full-service litigation support provider. Miner and Operations Manager Robert Rusch have a combined 32 years of serving the legal profession.

“LegalServe is a logical service for ATG to provide because we already have a broad reach through our extensive network of lawyers,” says ATG CEO Peter Birnbaum.  “We’ve come a long way in just two years. Arden’s deep and varied experience with ATG and her wide range of skills make her the perfect fit for the top position at this subsidiary. We are confident she will provide the kind of leadership that will continue to grow this business and make it the premier process server in the Midwest.” 

Starting in 2001, Miner worked as an attorney in the ATG legal and underwriting departments;  in 2004 she was promoted to senior manager of the demanding underwriting and escrow departments. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, a past chairperson for the CBA Real Property Law Committee, and current Vice Chair of the UPL and Multi-Disciplinary Law Committees. Miner served on the board of the Illinois Land Title Association until her switch to ATG LegalServe and has been a frequent speaker for IICLE and ATG Legal Education seminars.

Miner’s education background includes degrees from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan (J.D. 1995); Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago (M.B.A. 1992); and Loyola University of Chicago (B.S. Psychology 1986).  In addition, she earned a teaching certificate from Northeastern University, Chicago (1988).

As senior manager for underwriting and escrow, Miner was responsible for preparing underwriting guidelines and procedures, assisting members with title clearance and underwriting questions, and issuing commitments. In the escrow department, she oversaw construction escrows, tax payments and title indemnities.

“I’m excited about the challenge ATG LegalServe presents,” she says. “Our goal is to stand out in the crowd. Added to our other subsidiaries, LegalServe extends ATG’s unique niche and further identifies ATG as a company whose whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts. Because of all that we offer, we truly are a lawyer’s service organization.”

ATG is widely known as an advocate for both the lawyers and the clients they serve.  Other subsidiary companies owned and operated by ATG include:  Auctions by ATG; ATG Legal Education, LLC; ATG Trust Company; The Judicial Sales Corporation; and NLT Title, LLC.

About Attorneys’ TitleGuaranty Fund, Inc.

Through its nearly 4,000 member attorneys across Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, ATG has presided more than 2.5 million home closings and provided homebuyers with competitively priced title insurance since 1964. The only bar-related title insurance company based in Illinois, ATG has built a significant market share by providing excellent service at competitive prices. It has been assigned a Financial Stability Rating^®(FSR) of A′ (A Prime), Unsurpassed, by the independent ratings bureau, Demotech, Inc.