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John L. McCormack Professor Biography Professor McCormack was the articles editor of the Wisconsin Law Review and later served as law clerk to the Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He practiced with the Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin until he joined the Loyola faculty in 1971. He is the leading American expert on the Torrens System of title registration. He has conducted a series of seminars on zoning litigation, environmental law, landlord-tenant and mortgage foreclosures for the Illinois Judicial Conference. Education B.S., Wisconsin, 1964 J.D., Wisconsin, 1968		Loyola University Chicago School of Law 25 E. Pearson Street Room 1303 Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (312) 915-7150 Fax: (312) 915-7201 Email: jmccorm@luc.edu Fall 2008 Teaching Schedule

Courses Taught Comparative Law Estates Property Real Estate Real Estate Conveyance Real Estate Seminar: Land Use and Zoning Seminar on Wealth and Transfer Taxes, with a Focus on the Federal Estate Tax Publications Articles Title to Property, Title to Marriage: The Social Foundation of Adverse Possession and Common Law Marriage, 42 Val. U. L. Rev. 461 (2008) Justice and Truth in Political Discourse, 36 Loy.U.Chi. L.J. 519 (2005) [article] Torrens and Recording: Land Title Assurance in the Computer Age, 18 William Mitchell L.Rev. 61 (1992) Other Publications Recording, Registration and Search of Title, Ch. 92 (Pp. 77-212), Title Insurance, Ch. 93 (Pp. 213-318), 11 Thompson On Real Property (Thomas Edition 1994); Cumulative Supplement, Chs. 92 & 93 (1995)

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