Joseph M. Kolar, P.C.
Partner

Buckley Kolar LLP
1250 24th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 349-8020
(202) 349-8080 (fax)

Practice

Joe Kolar is founding partner of Buckley Kolar LLP. Mr. Kolar regularly counsels financial institutions, financial services companies, mortgage companies, mortgage insurers, national trade associations and others in complying with mortgage and consumer lending regulations, including those relating to real estate settlement procedures, privacy, electronic signatures and records, escrows, truth in lending, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair housing/fair lending, community reinvestment, state 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 and project mortgage loan programs, GNMA guaranteed securities programs and the programs and policies of FNMA and FHLMC, 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.

Professional Activities

Mr. Kolar is a member of the Consumer Financial Services Committee of the American Bar Association where he serves as Co-Chair of the Housing Finance and RESPA Subcommittee, and of the bars of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Publications/Presentations

Mr. Kolar is a frequent speaker at conferences on consumer and mortgage regulatory issues and has written widely in these areas.

He was an Associate Editor of The Tax Lawyer at Georgetown University Law Center.

Professional Experience

Before joining Buckley Kolar, Mr. Kolar was a partner with Goodwin Procter LLP. Prior to law practice, Mr. Kolar worked as a staff member for U.S. Representative Jim Leach (R-IA).

Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1985 (cum laude)
B.B.A., University of Iowa, 1982