Attorney – Mortgage Origination Attorney

Job Description:

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for providing legal support for residential mortgage origination activities, including conventional conforming, government-insured and guaranteed, jumbo, high net worth, and other customized mortgage lending products. Key responsibilities include serving as a trusted legal advisor to business, operations, compliance, risk, and product partners on matters involving mortgage lending laws, regulatory developments, operational practices, and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice and strategic guidance on conventional and government inured residential mortgage origination activities, products, processes, and initiatives
• Counsel business partners on jumbo, high net worth, asset-based, relationship-based, and other customized mortgage lending programs
• Provide legal analysis on mortgage product development, underwriting practices, pricing considerations, disclosures, advertising, digital applications, and secondary market eligibility requirements
• Partner closely with compliance, risk, audit, operations, and product teams to assess and mitigate legal and regulatory risk
• Support examinations, regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, litigation, and remediation initiatives involving mortgage lending activities
• Participate in strategic projects involving technology modernization, digital mortgage initiatives, automation, artificial intelligence, and operational process enhancements

Required Qualifications:

• Active membership in at least one state bar.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience practicing law, with substantial experience supporting residential mortgage lending activities.
• Demonstrated experience advising on mortgage origination products and processes.
• Strong understanding of mortgage industry business practices and operational workflows.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting a large bank, mortgage lender, or other financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of conventional conforming mortgage programs and agency requirements.
• Experience advising on jumbo, private banking, high net worth, wealth management affiliated, or customized mortgage origination programs.
• Familiarity with mortgage secondary market requirements and investor guidelines.
• Experience interacting with federal and state regulatory agencies and examination teams.
• Experience providing legal support for digital mortgage platforms, automated underwriting systems, eClosing initiatives, and product innovation efforts.

Skills:

• Advisory
• Influence
• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines
• Risk Management
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Issue Management
• Legal Drafting and Writing
• Regulatory Compliance
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Executive Presence
• Legal Structures and Legal Forms
• Problem Solving

Minimum Education Requirement: Doctorate degree in related field

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