KEY UPDATES TRACK: Fair Lending Practices in the New Administration

Justin Wiseman

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.

Andrew Glass

Partner, K&L Gates, LLP

Andrew Glass is a partner at K&L Gates LLP. He advises businesses in achieving integrated, multi-disciplinary solutions to managing risk. Mr. Glass directs project teams to work closely with clients’ business lines, and their legal, compliance, and information technology professionals, in navigating complex regulatory areas. Mr. Glass provides regulatory-compliance advice and policy review. He oversees audits and internal investigations and responds to government investigations. Mr. Glass defends high-profile class action litigation. He counsels companies in the financial services, energy, media and telecommunications, manufacturing, and consumer product industries. His multi-faceted approach to problem-solving delivers seamless solutions to clients’ legal challenges.

Jonice M. Gray

Partner & Chair, Consumer Financial Services, Paul Hastings LLP

Jonice Gray is Chair of the Consumer Financial Services practice at Paul Hastings. She specializes in work with banks, non-bank financial institutions, and other companies providing financial products and services. She works with many of the largest bank and non-bank financial institutions, emerging companies such as fintechs, and retailers whose business operations include consumer and small business finance. Her work is focused on high-stakes legal proceedings, including matters initiated by federal and state regulators, private civil litigation, and internal investigations. She also counsels clients on compliance with consumer protection laws. She routinely provides strategic advice to senior corporate leaders, including Boards of Directors, as they navigate complex, and often unexpected, business and legal challenges.

Olivia Kelman

Partner, Mitchell Sandler, PLLC

Olivia Kelman focuses her practice on financial institutions and services litigation, compliance, and enforcement matters, with a concentration on fair and responsible lending and servicing. She has successfully litigated on behalf of clients in federal district and circuit courts, as well as in state trial and appellate courts. Olivia also defends investigations, examinations and enforcement actions by the United States Department of Justice and federal and state financial institutions regulators. Olivia has represented clients large and small, including residential mortgage lenders, banks, mortgage insurers, loan servicers, appraisal management companies, real estate sales corporations and industry trade groups.