- Artificial Intelligence
- Banking + Financial Services Regulation
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Consumer Financial Services
- Consumer Law Compliance
- Enforcement Actions + Investigations
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- Fair Lending
- Financial Services
- Mortgage Lending + Servicing
- Online Lending
- Payments + Financial Technology
- Point-of-Sale Finance
- Privacy + Cyber
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
- Member, Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law
- Co-chair, American Bar Association’s National Institute on Consumer Financial Services Basics, 2021-present
- Vice chair, American Bar Association’s Electronic Financial Services Subcommittee, 2012-2018
- Lector, Our Mother of Consolation Parish, Philadelphia
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006, note and comment editor, Temple Law Review
- Loyola College, B.B.A., cum laude, 1996
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Clerkships
- Hon. Franklin S. Van Antwerpen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- Speaker, “Emerging Trends in Credit Disputes: Legal and Operational Strategies to Combat Credit Repair Abuse,” CDIA, June 10, 2025.
- Speaker, “Federal Rulemaking and Enforcement – One Step Back and Two Steps Forward?” 2025 OLA Legal Issues Conference, February 11, 2025.
- Speaker, “Payments 101,” Troutman Pepper, November 7, 2022.
- Speaker, “You’re Invited: The Possibilities, and Pitfalls, for Testing Non-Credit Operations for Discrimination,” Troutman Pepper, May 17, 2022.
- Speaker, “Charge It: Exploring the Future of Charge Cards, Unique Regulatory Challenges and Compliance Considerations,” Business Law Section Hybrid Spring Meeting, American Bar Association, April 2, 2022.
- “Regulatory Implications of Point-of-Sale Financing/Buy Now Pay Later Products,” Consumer Financial Services Committee Winter Meeting 2022, January 19, 2022.
- In-House CLE, “Recent Developments in Buy Now Pay Later and Earned Wage Advance,” November 15, 2021.
- In-House CLE, “Recent Developments Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act,” November 8, 2021.
- In-House CLE, “Person to Person Payments,” September 27, 2021.
- Auriemma Roundtable Discussion, “Person to Person Payments,” July 28, 2021.
- NAFCU Roundtable, “Compliance Issues in P2P Payments,” June 3, 2021.
- Online Presentation, “The Consumerization of Small Business Lending: Significant Developments and Trends,” May 25, 2021.
- Online Presentation, “The Impact of the Facebook Decision on TCPA Claims,” April 1, 2021.
- “An Overview of the EFTA and Regulation E,” 2021 Banking Law Seminar, University of Alabama School of Law, February 5, 2021.
- In-House CLE, “The EFTA and Regulation E: Overview and Common Pitfalls for Creditors,” January 21, 2021.
- Podcast, “Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access,” The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast, July 24, 2025.
- Co-author, “In Response to President Trump’s Executive Order, the OCC Removes Disparate Impact References from Fair Lending Examination Manual,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, July 15, 2025.
- Podcast, “FCRA Regulatory Year in Review,” FCRA Focus, February 4, 2025.
- Co-author, “CFPB Issues a Roadmap for States Days Before Trump Takes Office,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, January 15, 2025. Republished on insideARM on January 23, 2025, in their newsletter on January 27, 2025, and mentioned in this insideARM article on February 3, 2025.
- Podcast, “What Financial Services Companies Need to Know in a Second Trump Administration,” The Consumer Finance Podcast, December 12, 2024.
- Podcast, “How to NOT Be Considered a CRA,” FCRA Focus, November 19, 2024.
- Co-author, “Unpacking CFPB’s Unwieldy Buy Now, Pay Later Guidance,” Law360, November 12, 2024.
- Podcast, “Exploring AI’s Potential in Financial Services With John Sun of SpringLabs,” The Consumer Finance Podcast, October 17, 2024.
- Podcast, “Navigating the CFPB’s Controversial Interpretive Rule on BNPL Products,” The Consumer Finance Podcast, October 10, 2024.
- Podcast, “Earned Wage Access: Exploring the CFPB’s Proposed Interpretive Rule,” The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast, August 22, 2024.
- Podcast, “Understanding the CFPB’s Payday Loan Rule: Implications and Compliance,” The Consumer Finance Podcast, August 1, 2024.
- Co-author, “Troutman Pepper Publishes 2023 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and A Look Ahead,” Troutman Pepper, February 1, 2024.
- Co-author, “CFPB Outlines Rulemaking Plan to Dramatically Alter Decades of FCRA Requirements for Everyone in the Consumer Data Ecosystem,” Troutman Pepper, September 21, 2023.
- Podcast, “Autorenewals,” The Crypto Exchange Podcast, March 21, 2023.
- Co-author, “FTC Revisiting Key Digital Advertising Guidance,” DBA Digest, June 10, 2022.
- Co-author, “CFPB Massively Expands Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Through UDAAP,” Troutman Pepper, March 17, 2022.
- “Credit Card Pricing Developments and Their Disclosure,” 13 of Fin. Transformation 5 (2005).
- “The Debate Over the National Bank Act and the Preemption of State Efforts to Regulate Credit Cards,” 77 Temple L. Rev. 425 (2004).
- Mark writes extensively on topics affecting the consumer financial services industry, including having authored many blog posts on the Consumer Finance Monitor for over 10 years.