Joe Kolar is a founding partner of Buckley LLP, resident in the
Washington, DC office. Mr. Kolar regularly counsels financial institutions,
financial services companies, mortgage lenders and servicers, mortgage
insurers, national trade associations and others in complying with mortgage
and consumer lending and servicing regulations, including those relating to
real estate settlement procedures, truth in lending, equal credit
opportunity/fair housing/fair lending, privacy, fair credit reporting,
electronic signatures and records, escrows, collections, community
reinvestment, state law and regulations, and licensing.
Mr.
Kolar also has a significant practice in evaluating, drafting and advocating
new legislative and regulatory proposals affecting the mortgage and consumer
credit industry. Mr. Kolar advises on FHA-insured and VA-guaranteed
single-family loan programs, GNMA guaranteed securities programs and the
programs and policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as they relate to loan
origination, servicing and secondary market transactions. In addition, Mr.
Kolar frequently represents mortgage lenders and others in negotiating joint
ventures, marketing and Internet origination agreements and vendor
agreements, as well as other contracts used or needed by a wide variety of
financial services companies.
Mr. Kolar is a frequent speaker at
conferences on consumer and mortgage regulatory issues and has written widely
in these areas. Prior to law practice, Mr. Kolar worked as a staff member for
former U.S. Representative Jim Leach (R-IA).
Mr. Kolar received
a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1985 (cum
laude), where he was an Associate Editor of The Tax Lawyer, and a B.B.A.
from the University of Iowa in 1982.
Professional Affiliations
- Consumer Financial Services Committee of the American Bar Association
- Past Co-Chair of the Housing Financing and RESPA Subcommittee
- American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers