Laura Hobson Brown - McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

Laura Brown is a member in the firm's New Orleans office.

Business

Laura Brown is a member of the Consumer Financial Services Group, where she concentrates her practice on banking and consumer finance law. She represents local and national banks and financial institutions in connection with deposit matters and varied aspects of consumer finance, including residential mortgage banking, credit card law and regulatory and compliance matters.

Laura is the Chairman of the Deposit Products and Payment Systems subcommittee of the ABA's Consumer Financial Services Committee and was vice chairman from 2008-2011.

Laura regularly speaks at national and regional conferences regarding banking and lending regulations and compliance, especially focusing on the many recent and far reaching changes in consumer finance law.

Professional Affiliations

§         American Bar Association, Business Law Section; Banking Law Committee; Deposit Products and Payment Systems subcommittee chairman 2012, vice chairman 2008-2011 Consumer Financial Services Committee; Uniform Commercial Code Committee

§         Louisiana Bankers Association

§         Mortgage Bankers Association

§         Industrial Development Board of the City of New Orleans, Board of Directors

Presentations

§         "Implementation of the Durbin Amendment: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel," ABA Business Law Section - Consumer Financial Services Committee 2012 Winter Meeting, January 7-10, 2012

§         "Dodd-Frank Act, Title XIV: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act," Louisiana Bankers Association - Bank Counsel Conference, December 15, 2011

Admitted to Practice

§   Louisiana

Education

§   Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., 1984 (cum laude, Law Review)

§   Jacksonville State University, B.A., English, 1973 (with honors)

Professional Recognitions

§   Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated Lawyer