Alamo Title Co. and sister company Chicago Title of Texas LLC had alleged in separate lawsuits that WFG National Title Company of Texas LLC carried out a “systematic raid” of a combined 71 employees in 2025. WFG denied the allegations. Shown is a screengrab of Alamo Title’s website.
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Less than a year after alleging a sweeping “smash-and-grab” raid of their workforces, two title companies have ended their lawsuits against a rival, bringing an abrupt close to the high-stakes legal battles.
Judge Stacy Rogers Sharp of the 4th Business Court Division in San Antonio last week dismissed the lawsuits with prejudice, meaning sister companies Alamo Title Co. and Chicago Title of Texas LLC cannot refile their claims against WFG National Title Company of Texas LLC.
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Both cases had been put on hold earlier this year as the parties worked toward potential resolutions, according to court records. Lawyers for the companies did not respond to requests for comment, and it is unclear how the disputes were resolved.
The now-closed cases accused WFG of orchestrating a “systematic raid” that lured away more than 70 employees — including top executives — from the two companies, moves they said cost them business and millions in revenue.
Chicago Title had sought millions in damages, including nearly $10 million in lost revenue.
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Alamo Title and Chicago Title alleged the departures were coordinated, pointing to waves of near-simultaneous resignations and similar language in resignation letters. They also said some employees took client relationships and confidential business information with them, allowing WFG to quickly capture business.
The lawsuits, initially filed in state district courts in Harris and Bexar counties in July and August, were later moved by WFG to Business Court—where cases exceeding $5 million are heard—with both cases assigned to Rogers.
Alamo Title is based in San Antonio, while Chicago Title has its headquarters in The Woodlands. Both are owned by Fidelity National Financial Inc., a publicly traded company based in Jacksonville, Fla. WFG is part of the Williston Financial Group of Portland, Ore.
The disputes highlighted intense competition for experienced employees in the relationship-driven title insurance business. Title insurance companies protect real estate buyers by searching for problems — such as unpaid property taxes, fraudulent paperwork or unknown heirs claiming ownership — ahead of a sale.
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WFG broadly denied the allegations, arguing that the employee departures were voluntary and driven by leadership changes — not a coordinated “raid.”
In both cases, WFG said the movement of workers followed the resignation of senior executives, particularly longtime Chicago Title leader Gayle Brand, and that it is common in the industry for staff and clients to follow trusted leadership.
Separately, Brand had asked a court to allow her to question witnesses and gather evidence before filing a lawsuit. In that request, according to WFG’s court filing, she said she resigned from Chicago Title after 29 years, including 18 as president of its Houston division, after being passed over for a promotion.
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She described that as the “culmination” of a “pattern of favoring males in all aspects of employee career development,” and of rewarding men who had a “well-earned reputation for boorish and crude behavior,” including “persistent sexual harassment of female leadership,” including herself, according to WFG.
It doesn’t appear that Chicago Title responded to those allegations in any court filings.
Brand is now president of WFG’s Texas operations, according to its website.