Christine R. Emello

Christine focuses her practice on consumer financial services matters, with an emphasis on disputes, litigation, investigations, and examinations. She has worked on both federal and state court cases in jurisdictions across the U.S. Christine drafts pleadings, including complaints, motions, and responses, and prepares witnesses for cases involving state and federal laws such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). She has worked on cases for a variety of financial institutions, banks, and lenders, including a large multinational bank, a major national health care consulting firm, and a leading worldwide online payments platform.

She also represents banks, fintechs, and financial services companies in connection with regulatory examinations and investigations brought by state and federal regulators, including the CFPB, the DOJ, and state attorneys general.

Christine frequently works with clients who do business in many, or all, of the 50 U.S. states. She has experience conducting 50-state surveys of state consumer finance-related laws and regulatory agencies, and in applying the research to the benefit of clients.