LITIGATION FORUM TRACK: Key State Cases and Bankruptcy (Closed to Media)

Regulatory Specialist, Mortgage Bankers Association

Gabriel Acosta is the Regulatory Specialist in the Residential Public Policy and Industry Relations department at the Mortgage Bankers Association. Acosta works with the team to analyze agency actions and legislation in areas related to origination, servicing, and data protection. He also works with member committees to provide guidance to members on the changing regulatory landscape. Before the Mortgage Bankers Association, Acosta worked in Congress on criminal justice and immigration issues. He is a graduate from the Georgetown University Law Center and was a student at Georgetown’s Federal Legislation Clinic.

Partner, Bradley

Aaron Chastain is a partner in the Birmingham office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP and a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. He represents a number of financial services companies, including mortgage originators and servicers, student lenders, money transmitters, and banks. Although his background is in litigation, he has developed a significant level of experience with state and federal laws governing financial services companies and often assists his clients with compliance and licensing issues.

Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Brian McGrath counsels companies on a wide range of complex commercial legal issues. As the co-chair of the Hinshaw and Culbertson’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, he has helped clients navigate litigation involving financial services, intellectual property, antitrust, and white-collar criminal investigations throughout his career. An outside-of-the-box thinker, McGrath partners with his clients to provide them with simple, tailored solutions for their legal problems. In recent years, Brian has leveraged his broad experience to focus on serving clients in the financial services industry. He works with a number of financial institutions—including mortgage loan servicers—regarding lender liability and consumer protection statutes. He also handles complaints concerning the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), as well as regulatory issues involving Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforcement actions.