Mike G. Silver

Mike is a partner at Husch Blackwell who recently came to the firm after more than a decade at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he played a central role in writing some of the agency’s most impactful rules and guidance, Mike advises the firm’s consumer finance clients on regulatory compliance matters.

Mike’s consumer finance practice blends both mortgage and non-mortgage lending and draws on his broad portfolio of CFPB work. His core areas of focus include mortgage origination and consumer lending, particularly Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) section 8 issues and TILA loan originator compensation rules; UDAAP; regulations involving innovation, technology, and digital marketing tools; small-dollar lending; deposits; and debt collection.