
Joseph J. Reilly, principal author of the leading treatise on CFPB mortgage origination rules, advises clients on mortgage and other consumer-finance matters in both the regulatory and enforcement contexts.
Joe’s work includes frequent counseling on the entire panoply of CFPB rules, TILA, RESPA, UDAAP, ECOA, fair lending and servicing, licensing, mortgage-insurance issues, disclosures, contract terms, fee authorization, and preemption.
Joe advises in contexts such as product- and new systems-development, exams and acquisition due diligence, and also defends clients under investigation or subject to enforcement actions by the CFPB and other federal and state agencies.
Joe’s CFPB treatise, “The CFPB Mortgage Origination Rules Deskbook,” is published by the American Bankers Association (although equally applicable to non-bank lenders), and has become the ABA’s most popular publication of all time.
The 624-page volume is the authoritative book on the mortgage origination regulations issued under the Dodd-Frank Act, including those on QMs, Points & Fees, and LO Compensation. The ABA published Joe’s 2d edition, with an added chapter on the new HMDA rule, in June 2017.
In counseling clients, Joe draws in part on his extensive general litigation and enforcement background, including successful arguments before the New York and DC federal courts. That experience informs his consumer-financial advice on key issues such as how a court could view a dispute, how to minimize litigation risk, and how to protect privileges.
His prior work includes private civil matters (individual and class actions) in such diverse fields as D&O fiduciary duties, securities, antitrust, and breach of contract; and defense of criminal and civil enforcement actions brought by federal, state and non-U.S. regulators.
Joe also serves as Vice Chair of the Truth-in-Lending Subcommittee of the American Bar Association. Before entering private practice, Joe clerked for Dennis Jacobs on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Reena Raggi in the E.D.N.Y., and was an investment banker at Credit Suisse.
Military Service. After completing Stanford ROTC and Airborne School, Joe served for five years as an Army Reserve Officer in the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion.
EXPERIENCE :
- Fair lending advice under ECOA and the Fair Housing Act to a wide range of bank and non-bank institutions.
- Representation of two top 10 banks and numerous other institutions in preparing for and responding to CFPB examinations, including preparation of written responses to CFPB questions.
- Advice to numerous banks and non-banks on the CFPB’s loan-originator compensation, QM and other key mortgage rules.
- Representation of a top 10 bank and numerous other clients in acquisition due diligence of consumer-finance businesses.
- Representation of two large national banks in connection with Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and state attorney general investigations into alleged “robo-signing” and other defects in the foreclosure process.
Education :
- University of Virginia School of Law, JD, Order of the Coif, Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1999
- Stanford University, AB, 1991
Admissions :
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Affiliations : Co-Vice Chair, Truth-in-Lending Subcommittee, Am. Bar Ass’n Consumer Financial Services Committee, 2015-present
Cost
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