Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference

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This panel will delve into the fallout of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement. Attendees will gain insight into the implications of these changes for homebuyers and sellers, including new requirements for written agreements and compensation transparency. This panel of experts discusses business practices they are seeing in the market, associated compliance and business risks, and strategies that have staying power. Sponsored by Bradley.

Speakers

Moderator

Pete Mills

Senior Vice President, Residential Policy and Strategic Industry Engagement, Mortgage Bankers Association

Pete Mills is Senior Vice President of Residential Policy and Strategic Industry Engagement at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). In this position, he leads MBA's residential policy team and state and local advocacy program, and directs MBA's residential member engagement efforts across the MBA value platform. Mills is an experienced financial services industry executive with more than 30 years of expertise in public affairs, government relations, public policy and research, all in the housing and mortgage finance arena. Prior to joining MBA, he served as Managing Director and co-founder of the Community Mortgage Banking Project, a public policy organization that represented the interests of companies and coalitions involved in the housing and mortgage finance industries.

Speakers

Ian Magladry

Assistant General Counsel, Mortgages, Zillow Home Loans

Magladry is Assistant General Counsel, Mortgages at Zillow, where he provides legal support for the mortgage business lines. With nearly a decade of experience in the mortgage industry, Magladry brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his role. Prior to joining Zillow, Magladry served as Associate General Counsel at LoanDepot, where he supported mortgage loan origination, real estate joint ventures, and personal loans. His diverse experience includes working at a wholesale lender, a direct-to-consumer lender, in the administrative law department at a school district, and as a housing attorney and advocate at a non-profit organization.

Timothy P. Ofak

Partner, Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

Tim is a Partner with Weiner Brodsky Kider PC. He represents companies in the financial services and mortgage industries nationwide in federal and state litigation and government investigations. Tim’s practice includes general business and commercial litigation, including contract disputes, defending consumer class actions, suits under state consumer protection statutes, and claims under various federal statutes, including the False Claims Act, HMDA, CFPA, RESPA, TILA, FCRA, TCPA, FDCPA, EFTA, and PFCRA. Tim also advises clients in connection with investigations and enforcement actions brought by federal and state agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Trip X. Riley, III

Partner, Chair of Consumer Financial Services Group, Saul Ewing

Francis "Trip" Riley represents clients who are facing complex civil litigation filed by a single plaintiff, as well as class actions, arising from commercial and consumer financing, consumer-facing services and product sales, and business-to-business transactions and competition. He prides himself on understanding his clients' unique businesses and partners with them to help achieve results in line with their goals in the often highly-charged setting of civil litigation. However, when a difficult dispute cannot otherwise be resolved, Trip and his team are prepared to go to trial.