KEY UPDATES TRACK: The State of the States - Key State Law Cases and Trends

Chris Hilliard, CRCM, CCEP

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Winnow Solutions, LLC

Chris Hilliard is the Chief Executive Officer of Winnow. He is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) and a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) with over 20 years of industry experience in consumer, commercial, residential mortgage lending, and general banking legal and compliance management. His experience includes executive, senior management, and mid-level management positions at major financial institutions and lenders, including online and startup platforms.

Robert Finlay

Partner, Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP

Robert Finlay is one of the three founding partners of Wright, Finlay and Zak. Since 1994, Mr. Finlay has focused his legal career on consumer finance and mortgage-related litigation, compliance and regulatory matters. Mr. Finlay is at the forefront of the mortgage banking industry, handling all aspects of the ever-changing default servicing and mortgage banking litigation arena, including compliance issues for servicers, lenders, investors, title companies and foreclosure trustees. Mr. Finlay successfully guides clients through the complexities of litigation while being extremely mindful of their core values and business models. Mr. Finlay is also the General Counsel for the California Mortgage Association (CMA), advising its Board and members on a variety of loan origination, servicing and other legal and compliance issues. In this role, Mr. Finlay works closely with the CMA's lobbyists in Sacramento to mitigate the impact of proposed new laws on the mortgage industry.

Mike Flynn

Of Counsel, Buchalter

Michael Flynn is a member of Buchalter’s Commercial Finance Practice Group, and Chair of its Consumer Financial Services/Mortgage Regulatory Industry Group. He is the is the former Acting General Counsel of HUD and former General Counsel of Flagstar Bank and PNC Mortgage, and is Chair of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys Multifamily, Regulatory & Residential Committee. He serves on the Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law, the California MBA and CO Mortgage Lenders Ass'n Legislative Review Committees, and as a member of the CO Division of Real Estate Forms Committee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, the American College of Mortgage Lawyers, and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

Jim M. Milano

Attorney at Law, McGlinchey Stafford

Jim is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of McGlinchey Stafford – a law firm serving the financial services industry and other corporate and commercial clients. Jim's practice focuses on the financial services industry in connection with regulatory compliance and transactional matters, particularly with respect to federal and state consumer finance and mortgage banking law issues. Jim represents and advises mortgage companies, consumer finance companies, financial institutions and secondary market investors on issues related to their lending and investment operations. Among other subjects, Jim is nationally recognized as one of the nation's leading lawyers in the area of reverse mortgage law.

Akeela White

Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP