Lanette Suárez Martin
Lanette Suárez Martin
- Fair Lending
- Litigation & Enforcement
- Regulatory Compliance
Biography
Lanette Suárez Martin concentrates her practice on representing financial institutions and services clients, with an emphasis on fair and responsible lending and servicing litigation. Lanette regularly counsels clients on compliance with fair lending laws and identifying and mitigating regulatory and litigation risk.
Lanette has represented national and community banks, businesses, non-bank mortgage lenders, loan servicers, investors, commercial and small business lenders, private mortgage insurers, and trade groups in complex litigation matters, class actions, appeals, and other disputes 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, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and Community Reinvestment Act. She has defended fair lending claims in areas that are germane to the client's business, including in the areas of underwriting, steering, pricing, redlining, marketing, and servicing.
Lanette also defends investigations, examinations and enforcement actions brought by federal and state regulators, including the Department of Justice, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Through her representation of industry clients, Lanette has gained extensive experience with complex electronic discovery for large document intensive cases, including spearheading loan data collections and email searches spanning vast time periods.
In addition, Lanette's fluency in Spanish is an advantage that she offers to clients, including translating and drafting legal documents in Spanish.
Previous Experience
K&L Gates LLP
Fisher Phillips LLP
Judicial Intern for the Hon. United States District Judge Jose E. Martinez in the Southern District of Florida
2012 Teach for America Corps Member (Miami-Dade)
Distinctions
Florida Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2023-2024
2023 NAWL Rising Award, National Association of Women Lawyers
Thought Leadership
Speaker, Section 1071: A Practical Approach to Unpacking the CFPB's Final Rule, Mortgage Bankers Association webinar (Sept. 13, 2023)
The Recent Onslaught of Fair Lending Litigation Against Mortgage Industry Participants, The Review of Banking & Financial Services, Vol. 38 (12) (Dec. 2022)
Mortgage Lenders Must Prioritize Anti-Bias Compliance, Law360 (Dec. 8, 2022)
"First Settlement with Non-Bank Lender Exemplifies DOJ's Commitment to Its 'Combatting Redlining Initiative'," The Banking Law Journal (Oct. 2022)
Overly Technical Violations and the Rise of FCRA Class Actions, Daily Business Review (Nov. 16, 2018)
Restraints, Seclusion and the Disabled Student: The Blurred Lines Between Safety and Punishment, 71 U. Miami. L. Rev. 859 (2017)
Fun Facts
Favorite Apps
Kindle
Apple Music
Netflix
Superpower
Travel hacking (a/k/a finding the best deals/use of points to pay as little as possible for spectacular vacations)
Favorite Thing to Binge Watch
Gilmore Girls
Any period drama (e.g., Bridgerton, The Gilded Age)
Doctor Who
Passions
Traveling
Reading
My family (especially my kids - Zach and Zoey)
Professional and Community Activities
Board of Directors, Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (MDFAWL)
2022 Pathfinder, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
Cuban American Bar Association
National Association of Women Lawyers
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law
University of Miami Law Review, Executive Editor
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Miami
Admissions
Florida
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida