The Patrick A. Nester Outstanding Achievement in CLE Award

The award is named in honor of Patrick A. Nester, of Driftwood, Texas, the Director of the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program and TexasBarCLE from 1986 to 2000 and again from 2005 to 2016. The award is to honor a Texas attorney for outstanding achievement in CLE as a course director, speaker, author, or creator of a new course.

2022 Recipient – G. Roland Love

Board Certified in Commercial, Farm and Ranch, and Residential Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and admitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Currently Vice President, Business Alliances and Field Operations, Independence Title Company

Representative Experience

• Past President of Texas region of a large title agency, including homebuilder, retail and fee attorney operations, encompassing financial planning and monitoring operations, employment issues, acquisitions and mergers, business development, coordination with home builder and lender, and daily problem solving and closing deals.
• Shareholder and Attorney, Winstead PC
• Real Estate curative matters
• Title and real property disputes
• Title insurance coverage
• Regulatory matters before the Texas Department of Insurance
• Extensive appellate practice throughout the state
• Experience in all aspects of title industry, including entities, escrow, title insurance and RESPA
• Intellectual Property litigation and licensing

Professional & Community Involvement

• AIDS Interfaith Network (AIN) (Advisory Committee)
• College of the State Bar of Texas (Fellow)
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas (Now Transformance) – (Board of Trustees)
• Dallas Bar Association (Certified Mediator; Past Chair, Legal Ethics Committee and Law in the Schools Committee)
• Dallas Bar Foundation (Life Patron Fellow)
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Fellow)
• Dallas Inter Soccer Club (Director and Manager)
• Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program – Lawyers for Affordable Housing (Mentor)
• Episcopal School of Dallas (Director)
• North Texas Housing Coalition (Director)
• Park Cities YMCA (Board of Directors; Sports Committee)
• Michael’s School (Vice President, Board of Trustees)
• State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, Council Member and Chair 2016-2017)
• State Bar of Texas (Special Prosecutor)
• State Bar of Texas Title Examination Standards Board
• State Bar Board of Legal Specialization (Examiner)
• Tarrant County Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
• Texas Bar CLE, Advanced Real Estate Law Courses and
• Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course (Chair)
• Texas Land Title Association (Past Chair, Legislative Committee; Chair, Title Insurance: A Primer for Lawyers; Past Chair,
• Defense Counsel and Judiciary Committees; Director and Vice-Chair, PAC; Instructor; Chair, Regulatory Committee)
• Texas Land Title Institute (Chair – 20 Years)
• Texas Land Title PAC (Vice-chair, Board of Trustees)
• Texas Real Estate Commission (Instructor)
• The 500, (Director)
• United Way – Tocqueville Society (Member); Advocacy Committee (Chair 2017)
• YMCA Indian Guides Program ( Medicine Man and Nation Chief)
• YMCA Partners with Youth Sustaining Campaign (Chair)
• YMCA Youth Sports Program (Director and Coach)

Awards & Recognition

• AIN – Crystal Hope Award
• Best Lawyers in America
• Dallas Inter Soccer Club – Volunteer of the Year
• Texas Bar Foundation Outstanding Law Review Article Award
• Texas Bar CLE – Best Paper and Best Speaker Awards (2019)
• Texas Land Title Association Title Person of the Year (2018)
• Texas Land Title Association Peggy Hayes Teaching Excellence Award
• Texas Land Title Association President’s Award (2005, 2014)
• Texas Land Title Association Professional Excellence Award
• Texas Land Title Association Special Certificate of Appreciation (2013)
• Texas Super Lawyers, Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, Texas Monthly, 2005-2013
• United Way – Advocate Award (2018)

Admitted to Practice

• Texas, 1977
• S. Patent and Trademark Office
• S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
• S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Personal Interests

Tennis, skiing, fishing and sailing; active as a community volunteer with a number of organizations focusing on individual financial counseling, housing, education, and children.