Brian Levy

Blog Author

Mortgage Musings

Operation Breakout Session
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

SPONSORED BY

Enforcement, Executive Power, Regulation, & Mortgage Musings

Join Brian Levy – author of the hugely popular blog, Mortgage Musings and Bob Niemi, Director of Government Affairs for Weiner Brodsky Kider PC and chair of the Industry Advisory Council of the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators. This lively discussion will focus on a host of legal and regulatory questions (including DOGE impact on CFPB enforcement, state enforcement and licensing initiatives, fair lending issues, and of course RESPA and LO Comp). Don’t miss this insightful and colorful session from some of the industry’s leading analysts.

Brian's Bio

Brian S. Levy, Of Counsel with Katten & Temple, LLP in Chicago, provides actionable and creative compliance, transactional and regulatory guidance for mortgage lenders, banks, and related providers to the settlement service industry.  Brian has unique sales and in-house experience enabling him to offer practical guidance and effective training on matters such as RESPA, LO compensation, mortgage repurchase defense, loan sale and technology agreements, transaction and business structuring, new business initiatives, and various regulatory and enforcement issues.

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Brian is a thoughtful industry pundit and the author of the provocative, insightful and heavily footnoted with humor, Levy’s Mortgage Musings. Sign up for a free subscription at www.mortgagemusings.com. He is also a frequent conference speaker, magazine contributor and webinar/podcast guest. Brian was General Counsel for a mid-sized midwestern bank (and its 3 mortgage banking subsidiaries) for 15 years and prior to that handled primarily commercial real estate matters at a large law firm in Chicago. Brian graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (A.B., 1986, Summa Cum Laude) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1989).