COMPLIANCE CONVERSATIONS TRACK: RESPA Section 8 (Closed to Media)

Alisha Sears

Director, Regulatory Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association

Alisha Sears is Director and Regulatory Counsel in the Residential Policy and Strategic Industry Engagement Department at the Mortgage Bankers Association. Sears covers legal issues, trends in litigation, and regulatory compliance matters, and staffs the Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Committee and the Regulatory Compliance Subcommittee. Prior to joining the MBA, Sears was with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS). Sears is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the American Bar Association’s Banking Law Committee, and Women in Housing and Finance.

Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Esq., CMCP

Senior Counsel, Ballard Spahr LLP

Richard J. Andreano, Jr., is the Practice Leader of the Mortgage Banking Group at Ballard Spahr, and a member of the Consumer Financial Services Group. He has devoted over 35 years of practice to mortgage banking, and consumer finance law. Rich advises the mortgage and settlement service industries on regulatory compliance and related matters, including issues arising out of the COVID-19 national emergency, as well as issues concerning TILA, RESPA, ECOA, FairHA, HMDA, FCRA and other laws, and assists with government agency examinations and investigations. Rich is the author of the MBA Compliance Essentials Loan Originator Compensation Rule Resource Guide™ and co-author of the MBA Compliance Essentials TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Resource Guide.

Brian S. Levy, Esq.

Of Counsel, Katten & Temple, LLP

Brian Levy, Of Counsel with Katten & Temple, LLP in Chicago, provides practical, creative, and industry-leading guidance for mortgage lenders and related providers. He has a unique vision and experience, enabling him to offer actionable counsel on matters such as RESPA (MSAs, AfBAs, etc.), LO compensation, mortgage repurchase defense, loan sale agreements, marketing, transactions, and business structuring and enforcement issues. Levy authors the provocative and widely read Substack Levy’s Mortgage Musings found at blevy.substack.com, hosts the Mortgage Law Today Webshow (through the Chrisman Commentary), and is a frequent conference speaker and podcast guest. He was General Counsel from 1994 to 2009 for a midwestern bank and its 3 mortgage banking subsidiaries.