Laurence E Platt

Practice Areas

Laurence Platt is senior counsel in Mayer Brown's Washington DC office and a member of the Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice. He concentrates his practice on a range of matters related to real estate finance, mortgage banking and consumer finance in both the primary and secondary markets.

Laurence has been ranked by Chambers USA for Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance - Compliance (Star Individuals) (2012 through 2023). Laurence was listed in Best Lawyers in America 2012-2023 for banking and finance law. He has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers. In 2006, he received an inaugural Mortgage Excellence Award from Home Equity News in recognition of his service and contributions to mortgage lenders and the mortgage lending industry. From 1989 to 1997, he was on the board of directors for Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt owner and developer of affordable housing in Montgomery County, Maryland. He helped found, and for more than 15 years was a pro bono lawyer for, the Unitarian Universalist Affordable Housing Corporation. From 2002 to 2006, Laurence was a board member and counsel to the board of trustees at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland.