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Areas of Practice
- Financial Services
- Banking and Consumer-Related Regulation
- Consumer Finance
- Payments
- Debt Collection Regulation
- Electronic Commerce
- Licensing and Charter Applications
- Litigation Support
- Mortgages
- Ohio and Multistate Compliance
- Other Transactional, Regulatory, Legislative and Compliance-Related Matters
- Regulatory Relations
- Strategic Planning and Business Development
Bar Admission
- Ohio, 1986
- District of Columbia, 1988
Education
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1986, J.D.
- Hampden-Sydney College
- B.A. 1983
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: President's Award for Excellence, Social Sciences
- Honors: Omicron Delta Epsilon
- Honors: Phi Sigma Iota
- Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa
Published Works
- Co-author, Are Cryptocurrencies on Their Way to Becoming a Trusted Payment Alternative?, 38 BANKING & FIN. SERV. REP. 1, January 2019
- Co-author, Navigating TCPA Litigation, CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW REPORT, Oct. 29, 2019
- Co-author, California Enacts Consumer Privacy Act: Will Other States Follow?, CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW REPORT, Oct. 2, 2018
- Co-author, Virtual Currency: a Commodity, Property, Security, or Payment Substitute?, 37 BANKING & FIN. SERV. REP. 1, July 2018
- Co-author, Madden v. Midland Funding: The Fall Out, CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW REPORT, May 2, 2017
- Co-author, Stop the Madden Madness, LAW 360, Nov. 25, 2015
- Defining the Scope of Federal Preemption: State Farm, Exclusive Agents and Other Emerging Issues, 64 BUS. LAW 605, 2009
- Regulating the Subprime Market: Finding the Right Balance, 17 BUS. LAW. Today 21, Jul/Aug, 2008
- Preemption and Federalism Developments: Watters Under the Bridge, 63 BUS. LAW. 703, 2008
- Mired in the Process?: The Future of State Bank Preemption, 62 BUS. LAW. 713, 2007
- Editorial panel, The American Bar Association Guide to Credit & Bankruptcy, January, 2006
- Developments in the Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services, 50 BUS. LAW. 1093, 1995
- Developments Regarding Interstate Lending and Non-Usury Theories Attacking Loan Charges, 48 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 38, 1994
- Developments in the Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services: Location, Fees and Common Law, 49 BUS. LAW. 1325, 1994
- Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services: Credit Card Issuers Win Decisions in Greenwood Trust and Related Cases, 48 BUS. LAW. 1097, 1993
- Interstate Consumer Credit Transactions: Card Issuers Win Fee Exortation Cases, 47 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 105, 1993
- Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services: Greenwood Trust Decision Rendered, 47 BUS. LAW. 1251, 1992
- Interstate Consumer Credit Transactions: Greenwood Trust and Other Developments, 46 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 50, 1992
- Developments in the Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services, 46 BUS. LAW. 1223, 1991
- Interstate Consumer Credit Transactions: Recent Developments, 43 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 152, 1989
Classes & Seminars
- Speaker, Virtual Currency: What is it? Where is it going?, National Association of Consumer Credit Administrators Consumer Services/Examiner School, 2015
- Speaker, The New Regulatory Environment: What Healthcare Providers May Not Know About Consumer Credit Law…And How it Can Hurt Them,” Healthcare Financial Management Association, Compliance Webinar, 2013 to 2013
- Speaker, Payment Innovations: How technology is innovating the payment system, including non-traditional payment cards, Bitcoin digital currency and various unbanked and underbanked solutions, National Association of Consumer Credit Administrators/American Financial Services Association State Government Affairs and Legal Issues Forum, 2013 to 2013
- Roundtable, People to Know in Banking and Finance, Columbus Business First, 2013 to 2013
- Speaker, The Banking Law Institute and Executive Enterprises Institute, Payment Card Institute: Solicitation DOs and DON'Ts Workshops (various)
- Will States Succeed in Watering Down National Banks' Preemption Rights, Co-Sponsor, American Bar Association, Spring Meeting of the Section of Business Law, 2007 to 2007
- Co-Chair, Bank Charters and Preemption Challenges: Where Do We Go From Here?, American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Winter Meeting, 2003 to 2003
- Co-Chair, It's A Small World After All: Consumer Financial Services In A Global Economy, American Bar Association Spring Meeting of the Section of Business Law, 2000 to 2000
- Chair, Interstate Telemarketing and Debt Collection, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1994 to 1994
- Speaker, American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee (various)
- Speaker, American Financial Services Association, Law Committee, Payments Committee counsel (various)
- Speaker, American Financial Services Association, State & Government Relations Committee (various)
- Speaker, Business Without Borders: The Impact of NAFTA on the Industry and Regulators, American Financial Services Association, Administrators/Industry Program, 1994 to 1994
- Speaker, Merchants Research Council (various)
- Speaker, Credit Card Bank Compliance Association (various)
- Speaker, Columbus Bar Association, Financial Institutions Committee (various)
- Speaker, North American Free Trade Agreement: Financial Services, Ohio CLE Institute
- Speaker, Interstate Banking, Banking Law Institute
- Speaker, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
- ABA National Institute on Consumer Financial Services, 2013 to 2013
Honors & Awards
- People to Know in Banking and Finance, Columbus Business First
- Fellow, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
- Named to Ohio Super Lawyers for 2019
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation(ABF)
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, Fellow
- Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Member, Governing Committee
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Member
- American Bar Association, Banking Law Committee, Vice Chair, Retail Banking and Consumer Law (former)
- American Bar Association, Member, Banking Law Committee
- American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Chair, Federal Preemption and Federalism Subcommittee (former)
- American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Co-Chair, Preemption Task Force (former)
- American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Vice-Chair, Publications Subcommittee (former)
- American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Member
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
- Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Member
- Regent Status for the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers