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Noah Gillespie
Of Counsel
Greenberg Traurig
Noah N. Gillespie is a thought leader who helps financial institutions, payment processors, money services businesses, and fintech companies bring innovative consumer financial products and services to market. He advises clients on federal and state consumer compliance, licensing, and regulatory requirements across the banking, payments, and digital finance sectors. He provides practical, focused advice that translates complex statutory and regulatory requirements into actionable operational direction.
Noah draws on his experience defending financial companies, cryptocurrency and blockchain platforms, and other regulated entities through high-profile government investigations, criminal prosecutions, regulatory enforcement, and supervision. In particular, Noah brings insight from guiding the rulemaking, supervision, and enforcement activity at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an in-house attorney for the agency, where he addressed challenging, cutting-edge legal issues alongside the agency’s General Counsel. Noah is also well-versed in the Administrative Procedure Act and its impact on the validity of agency action, and he has a detailed understanding of the 20+ federal consumer financial laws.
Noah counsels clients on compliance with consumer protection and privacy laws, with particular experience in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, Truth in Lending Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and Fair Credit Reporting Act. He assists with state licensure and regulatory approvals for money services businesses, including multistate change in control applications. He has frequently addressed novel legal issues for emerging industries including integrating cryptocurrency into the financial ecosystem, keeping pace with evolving cybersecurity standards, and guiding the design of innovative digital payment products. He also has substantial experience navigating federal and state unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices claims, to help clients’ products and services stand the test of time and delight customers.
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Loretta Salzano
Founding Partner
Franzén and Salzano
Loretta Salzano founded Franzén and Salzano in 1997 to provide practical legal solutions for mortgage and consumer lenders. The firm has grown to serve banks, real estate brokers, title companies, law firms, technology companies and others in the real estate and lending industries – taking pride in its unique ability to navigate a complex tapestry of laws to help clients accomplish their goals. The firm’s attorneys counsel clients on how to increase their business while remaining within the confines of the laws of all 50 states plus federal law, including TILA, RESPA, ECOA, HMDA, FCRA and GLB.
Loretta spends much of her time assessing risks related to marketing, pricing and compensation. She also drafts and negotiates a variety of transactional contracts, such as warehouse, loan sale and service agreements; troubleshoots to mitigate damages; and advocates with regulators before, during and in response to examinations.
Loretta was named a Top Compliance Lawyer by Mortgage Compliance Magazine, is a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Attorneys and serves as Legal Counsel to the Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia. She is active in many professional associations and loves talking the talk for the industry. Loretta is a double Wolverine earning both her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan.
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Leslie Wyatt
Director of Regulatory Compliance
SoftPro
Leslie Wyatt is the Director of Regulatory Compliance at SoftPro. She began her career in the real estate industry over 20 years ago, and joined SoftPro in 2002. She currently oversees the Compliance Department with her primary focus being on regulatory issues at the Federal, state and county levels.
Leslie is a member of the ALTA Implementation Task Force, the Title Action Network Steering Committee, the ALTA Government Affairs Committee, the ALTA Membership Committee, the ALTA Education Committee and the TLTA Federal Issues Committee. She has represented ALTA at a congressional briefing regarding the CFPB and the TRID changes. Leslie travels though out country speaking on our industry’s hot topics with a focus on regulatory and compliance. Leslie continuous to work with the CFPB on various projects regarding TRID, UCD, MISMO and other industry hot topics.
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