Daniel Collins Email & Phone Number

Savage, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN / Tampa Bay, Florida

• Furnishes legal guidance to ensure company services mortgage loans in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations as well as agency and GSE guidelines, which includes advice to all levels of.
• Provides legal research and support covering all aspects of servicing, including forms review, credit bureau reporting, default servicing/debt collection, licensing, fair loan servicing, document custody, training.
• Meets with regulators as necessary and provides support and guidance on state and federal examinations.
• Develops and delivers CMS and Servicing PowerPoint presentations for regulators, rating agencies and investors.
• Manages complaint response team, developed and oversees compliance testing program, developed and chairs new legislation committee, developed and chairs policy and procedure committee, Chief Privacy Officer, Chief AML.

St. Paul, MN

• Ensured company serviced manufactured housing and mortgage loans in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including the Consumer Financial Protection Act, RESPA, Regulation X, TILA, Regulation Z, DIDA, ECOA.
• Furnished legal and compliance advice to all levels of servicing, debt collection and lending businesses, including the following areas: Loan Servicing, Risk, Policy & Procedure, Collections, Foreclosure, Loss.

St. Paul, MN

• Developed and maintains a Compliance Management System, which included creating and utilizing a formal risk assessment as well as a CMS based upon the assessment.
• Leads/Manages twenty person servicing-compliance team in execution of Compliance Plan by conducting audits, performing in-person and online training and providing legal and compliance support, which includes: reporting.
• Assisted SVP/General Counsel/WIMC Chief Compliance Officer on wide variety of legal and compliance matters and decisions, which includes responding to state and federal regulators, conducting research, completing gap.
• Advises legal/compliance department complaint team, litigation team, licensing team, examinations team, transactions team, legal research and new legislation team on legal/compliance matters and risks.
• Managed new legislation process, which included identifying, researching, assigning, tracking and implementing new laws and other industry changes such as stipulated orders and national mortgage settlements.
• Presents legal/compliance information and guidance as speaker to investors, third parties and auditors as well as monthly to senior management.

St. Paul, MN

• Managed state regulatory examinations, worked with regulators and Attorneys General, responded to examinations and regulatory inquiries (2000)
• Managed, reviewed, investigated and responded to customer complaints received from state and federal regulators, attorneys general and private attorneys, as well as tracked the complaints and provided complaint.
• Managed commercial litigation for Vendor Services division. (2001-03)
• Assisted General Counsel through research and writing on loan servicing, collections and employment matters. (2001-03)

Doctor Of Law (Jd)

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: 2-time NCAA Wrestling All-American