Chava Brandriss

Chava Brandriss represents financial institutions against claims by consumers, advocates during government enforcement actions and investigations, and navigates clients through the maze of federal and state laws regulating consumer financial services. Through her highly specialized expertise, Chava positions clients to avoid future risk and minimize potential exposure. Chava leads the mortgage and home lending practice within DWT’s banking and financial services group. Drawing from her career-long focus on the residential mortgage lending and servicing industry following the 2008 financial crisis and rise of the CFPB, she brings to her clients a deep knowledge of issues ranging from fair lending, fair housing and fair servicing, to default servicing and loss mitigation, investor and agency rules, and the TILA/Regulation Z, RESPA/Regulation X, and other requirements unique to residential mortgage lending and servicing.