The State Bar Association of North Dakota Winter 2015 Gavel Magazine | Page 10

STROUP STEPPING DOWN AS LONGTIME CHAIR
OF SBAND TITLE STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Since 1998, Fargo lawyer Bob Stroup II has chaired the Title Standards committee of
SBAND’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, a group he has been a member of
since the early 1970s. Stroup stepped down as chair of the committee in December,
although he is continuing as a member. The new chair is Jeff Ledbetter of Lisbon.
Stroup’s area of specialty throughout his career has been real estate law. He graduated
from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1967 and practices with
Kennelly Law in Fargo. In 2012, Best Lawyers named him the Fargo Real Estate
Lawyer of the Year.
Stroup has given numerous seminars on real property law, mortgage foreclosures and
bankruptcy, and he is an annual presenter at the Real Property and Trust Seminar,
which is held every December.
In addition to the section’s annual seminar,
the Title Standards committee meets between
five to seven times a year. At these meetings
the members discuss proposed title standards
as they relate to real estate issues.

new for North Dakota and was fashioned
after what Minnesota had done. It is a
resource for all lawyers in the state, giving
them guidance and more information on real
estate and probate issues.”

“I believe we have completely redrawn the
state’s title standards six times,” Stroup said.
“We also watch for changes in laws made by
the Legislature or court decisions that require
annual changes to our title standards.”
One of the most significant efforts of the
committee was adopting a title standards
practice guide in 2000, Stroup said. “This was

Sections offer benefits
to SBAND members
In addition to the Real Property, Probate and
Trust Law Section, other sections provide
SBAND members the opportunity to learn
with other lawyers involved in the same area
of practice.

The other SBAND sections are:
• Administrative and Government Lawyers
• Business & Corporations
• Criminal Lawyer Section
• Elder Law
• Family Law
• Legal Economics
• Taxation
• Women Lawyers
• Young Lawyers

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