Marc J. Lifset
Marc J. Lifset is a member in the firm's business law section, where he advises banks and financial institutions regarding consumer financial services issues, licensing, regulatory compliance and legislative matters.
Manufactured Housing FinanceMarc has particular experience in the area of manufactured housing lending. Marc was the primary drafter and proponent of New York's Manufactured Housing Certificate of Title Act.
Consumer Financial ServicesMarc has particular experience in the areas of construction and home improvement lending and state and federal lending law compliance. Marc routinely represents lenders and investors in secondary market transactions such as whole loan sales, flow purchase agreements and asset backed securities transactions.
Marc is an active member of the American Bar Association and has addressed the association on topics relating to the consumer financial services industry. They include the following: Predatory Lending (2000); Fair Lending: Four Perspectives, Recent Developments in Federal Preemption (1995 – 2000); Native American and Rural Housing Finance (The 8th Annual Affordable Housing Conference), Licensing a Consumer Finance Company (1998 – 2000), The Ripple Effect of RESPA (1996), Mobile Homes Legally Defined (1989) and Issues Counsel Should Consider Regarding Interstate Financing of Mobile Homes (1987).
Marc was the New York State Editor of Houselaw and New York State Editor of CarLaw from 1995-2002, and is a contributing editor of Truth in Lending (American Bar Association 2000).
- Martindale-Hubbell™ AV Peer Review Rated Lawyer
- Chambers USA National Consumer Financial Services Regulation (Consumer Finance Compliance)
- Selected in 2013 as a Top Rated Lawyer in banking and finance by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™
Albany, New York 12210