MONTH-IN-BRIEF: Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Lynette Hotchkiss is EVP/General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Rabobank, N.A., where she also previously served as Associate General Counsel. Prior to joining Rabobank, Lynette was with OneWest Bank, N.A, where her responsibilities included monitoring and reporting on regulatory developments impacting the bank’s operations and providing legal support for regulatory compliance matters. Before that, Lynette was an attorney in the Financial Practices Division of the Federal Trade Commission, where she focused on mortgage servicing issues. For much of her career, Lynette used her knowledge and experience in consumer finance laws and regulations to build compliance tools to help financial institutions comply with the complex array of federal and state requirements, first acting as the lead compliance attorney at CFI ProServices Inc. (now Finastra) to develop the Laser Pro® loan documentation system and later leading the legal team at Mavent Inc. (now part of Ellie Mae) to develop the Mavent Expert System, an automated compliance system for mortgage origination.