Lanette Suárez Martín is an associate in the Financial Institutions and Services Litigation group. She focuses her practice on representing financial services clients, with an emphasis on fair and responsible lending and servicing litigation. Lanette regularly advises clients on compliance with fair lending and servicing laws and identifying and mitigating regulatory and litigation risk.
Lanette has represented national and community banks, businesses, non-bank mortgage lenders, loan servicers, investors, private mortgage insurers, and trade groups in complex litigation matters before federal district and circuit courts, as well as in state courts throughout the United States. Her experience includes defending actions arising under various federal and state laws, including the Fair Housing Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Truth in Lending Act, and Community Reinvestment Act.
Lanette also defends investigations, examinations and enforcement actions brought by federal and state regulators, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Federal Reserve Board (FRB).
In addition, Lanette’s fluency in Spanish is an advantage that she offers to clients, including translating and drafting legal documents in Spanish.