EMERGING ISSUES TRACK: Labor Law Issues in the Mortgage Industry

Laura LaRaia, AMP

Chief Legal Officer and Enterprise Risk Officer, MLD Mortgage, Inc. d/b/a The Money Store

Corporate legal counsel, with over 25 years legal, compliance, and risk management experience in financial services. Exceptional expertise in financial services industry successfully handling multiple responsibilities, managing litigation, overseeing outside counsel with total attention to detail and follow-through, in fast paced rapidly evolving environments. Skilled at negotiating agreements, advising on legal aspects of financial laws and regulations such as TILA, including QM/ATR, LO comp, and TRID, RESPA, ECOA, FCRA, HMDA, fair lending, licensing, compliance auditing, marketing, advertising managing regulatory and consumer complaints, federal, state, and investor exam management, due diligence, quality control/quality assurance, compliance risk assessments, enterprise risk management.

Ari Karen, Esq.

Partner, Mitchell Sandler, PLLC

Ari Karen is an experienced litigator and speaker who has focused his practice in representing financial institutions in both government investigations and litigation before state and federal trial and appellate courts nationwide. Mr. Karen's practice is diverse, representing clients on matters concerning banking regulations, Dodd Frank financial reform laws, contractual disputes, employment and labor statutes, wage-hour class actions, employment discrimination and fair lending matters, whistleblower complaints and non-competition claims, among others.

Maria Kreiter

Shareholder, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

Maria Kreiter is a shareholder in the Litigation practice of Godfrey and Kahn's Milwaukee office. Her practice focuses on complex business litigation and primarily claims involving trade secrets, non-competition agreements, banking and financial services disputes, FINRA arbitrations, business torts and real estate matters. Maria chairs the Litigation team's Non-Compete and Trade Secrets practice and has also served as chair of the American Bar Association's Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee, one of the largest nationwide committees of the section of litigation. Maria is a frequent seminar speaker on current commercial litigation topics and was named the Wisconsin Law Journal's Woman Lawyer of the Year. Maria's trial experience includes court and jury trials in both state and federal court, as well as numerous injunction hearings and temporary restraining order hearings.