Matthew C Cahill

Vice President and Corporate Underwriting Counsel
First American Title Insurance Company

Matt is Vice President and Underwriting Counsel in the Corporate Underwriting Department. Matt’s responsibilities include approving high liability transactions and assisting underwriters on transactions as well as establishing underwriting policies and procedures in New York.

Matt has been an underwriter at First American for over 22 years, serving as Senior Divisional Underwriting Counsel for the National Commercial Services Division, and Senior Underwriting Counsel at the New York Division prior to that. He is an active lecturer in First American’s Continuing Legal Education program.

Matt formerly served as In-House Counsel to Superior Bank FSB/Alliance Funding Company providing counsel to the Servicing Division specializing in regulatory compliance as well as supervising contested litigation. Previously, Matt was in private practice.

Matt received his B.A. in Journalism from the State University of New York, Buffalo State University in 1991 and also studied at the University of South Australia. He received his J.D. from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1994. He is admitted to the bar in the state of New York.