LITIGATION FORUM: RESPA/TILA and Key State Cases and Trends (Closed to Media)

Vice President, Managing Regulatory Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association

Justin Wiseman is Vice President and Managing Regulatory Counsel in the Public Policy and Industry Relations department at the Mortgage Bankers Association. Justin manages MBA’s Regulatory Policy team that covers legal issues, trends in litigation, regulatory compliance matters, and servicing as well as provides strategic direction to advance MBA member priorities on regulatory and legal matters. This team also analyzes pending rules and legislation, provides comments on behalf of MBA members on pending rules or regulations and helps develops MBA’s posture towards innovation and innovation policy. Prior to this, he staffed MBA’s Loan Administration committee, providing policy development insights and working with stakeholders to advocate on behalf of the industry.

Member, McGlinchey Stafford

As co-chair of McGlinchey’s national Financial Services Litigation practice, Shaun Ramey is a litigator, trial lawyer, and trusted advisor. He represents financial services providers, real estate entities, mortgagees, loan servicers, banks, car and manufactured housing lenders, and ancillary product providers in consumer financial services litigation, including single-party and class action cases. In particular, he works on matters alleging fraud, breach of contract, and violations of consumer protection statutes such as the RESPA, FDCPA, FCRA. He also counsels clients on compliance, default, collection, and general loan and servicing operations, and represents buyers, sellers, and lenders in real estate transactions. Shaun is also Managing Member of McGlinchey’s Nashville office and serves on the firm’s executive Policy Committee.

Partner, Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP

Partner, Locke Lord LLP

Simon Fleischmann is Deputy Chair of Locke Lord’s national Financial Services Litigation Practice Group. He advises banks and non-bank financial services providers in complex litigation and regulatory enforcement matters across the country. He has tried jury and non-jury cases, argued in federal and state courts of appeal, and effectively responded to investigations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Illinois Attorney General. Most of the matters Simon handles involve consumer-related operations, such as loan origination and modification practices, payment application procedures, website accessibility, online payment fees, collateral preservation procedures, default servicing procedures, debt collection, outbound calling practices and related technology.