Anoush Garakani, Esq.

Anoush Garakani, co-leader of Alston & Bird’s Consumer Financial Services Team, advises on mortgage banking and consumer finance and concentrates on counseling clients on compliance with federal and state consumer financial protection laws and regulations. He has been recognized since 2021 by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for his work in Corporate Governance and Compliance Law.

Clients trust Anoush’s guidance when facing challenges surrounding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Mortgage Servicing Rules, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Truth in Lending Act, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. He is experienced with federal and state prohibitions against unfair and deceptive acts or practices and laws and regulations related to mortgage origination and servicing, debt collection, retail installment sales contracts, telemarketing, and use of autodialer systems. Anoush also assists clients with performing regulatory compliance due diligence for investments or acquisitions related to consumer financial products, such as mortgage loans and secured and unsecured consumer loans. Anoush clerked for the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Financial Practices.