- Appellate + Supreme Court
- Auto Finance
- Banking Litigation
- Bankruptcy + Restructuring
- Business Litigation
- Class Action
- Community Banking
- Consumer Debt Servicing + Protection
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Consumer Financial Services
- Consumer Law Compliance
- Consumer Reporting Agencies + Background Screening
- Credit Unions
- Enforcement Actions + Investigations
- Executive + Equity-Based Compensation
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Litigation
- Government + Regulatory
- Governmental Audits, Benefit Claims + ERISA Litigation
- Health Care Insurance
- Insolvency Litigation
- Litigation + Trial
- Mortgage Lending + Servicing
- Online Lending
- Payments + Financial Technology
- Real Estate Litigation
- Secured Lender Representation
- Securities Investigations + Enforcement
- Securities Litigation
- State Attorneys General
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
- White Collar Litigation + Investigations
- The Bronx Defenders
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) Legal Clinic
- New Jersey Courts Criminal Pro Bono Project
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- City of New York Bar Association
- Rutgers Law School Alumni Association
- Cornell University Class of 1998 Alumni Association
- Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network
Education
- Rutgers Law School, J.D., 2001, notes editor, Nuremberg Project founder, and editor, Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion; Rutgers Moot Court Program (Top Oralist Prize)
- Cornell University, B.A., magna cum laude in government and with distinction in all subjects (Sherman-Bennett Prize), 1998
Bar Admissions
- New York2002
- New Jersey2001
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York
Clerkships
- Hon. Joseph E. Irenas, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- Hon. Frank M. Donato, Superior Court of New Jersey (Civil Law Division)
- Co-presenter, “Defending Collection Disputes in the COVID-19 and Economic Downturn Climate,” Lorman Education Series, July 28, 2020.
- Speaker, “Collection Disputes: A Good Defense Is the Best Offense,” Lorman Education Series, July 24, 2019.
- Speaker, “Collection Disputes: A Good Defense Is the Best Offense,” Lorman Education Series, February 20, 2019.
- Co-author, “Troutman Pepper Publishes 2023 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and A Look Ahead,” Troutman Pepper, February 1, 2024.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Reaffirms Its Commitment to Enforcement Actions In Connection with the Protection Of Elderly Investor Customers,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, June 22, 2023.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Member Firms Don’t Forget to “Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s” in Seeking to Confirm Promissory Note Arbitration Award,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, June 2, 2023.
- Co-author, “2022 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and a Look Ahead,” Troutman Pepper, March 15, 2023.
- Co-author, “2021 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review & A Look Ahead,” Troutman Pepper, January 28, 2022.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Arbitration Statistics Through May 31 Evidence Continuing Decline of Promissory Note Arbitrations — but Will the Trend Last?,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, July 19, 2021.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice 21-16 Concerning Predispute Arbitration Agreement Requirements,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, June 28, 2021.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: Ninth Circuit Compels Dispute to FINRA Arbitration,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, June 28, 2021.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: Newly Introduced Bill Could Prohibit Mandatory FINRA Arbitration of Customer Disputes and Further Bar Restrictions on Bringing Class Actions for Security Disputes,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, June 28, 2021.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Announces It Will Resume In-Person Arbitration and Mediation Proceedings Beginning July 5, 2021 for 62 of 69 of its Dispute Resolution Services Locations,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, June 28, 2021.
- Author, “Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: Second Circuit Affirms Southern District of New York’s Denial of Investment Banker’s Motion to Vacate FINRA Arbitration Award for the Arbitration Panel’s Alleged “Manifest Disregard of the Law,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, June 28, 2021.
- Co-author, “2020 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review & A Look Ahead,” Troutman Pepper, March 2, 2021.
- Author, “Southern District of New York Dismisses Putative Class Complaint Alleging Auto Insurer’s Use of Payment Plan Installment Fees Violated the New York Deceptive Practices Act,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, November 20, 2020.
- Author, “New York Continues Suspension of Medical and Student Debt Collections Until 2021,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, November 13, 2020.
- Author, “Troutman Pepper Attorneys to Present on Defending Collection Disputes in the COVID-19 and Economic Downturn Climate,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, July 13, 2020.
- Author, “Amid COVID-19 Struggle, New York Abandons Plan to Implement State Licensure of Debt Collectors,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, April 9, 2020.
- Author, “New York Reduces the Statute of Limitations for Recovery of Medical Debt,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, April 8, 2020.
- Author, “Regulators FINRA, SEC, and CFPB Send Warning Alerts to Consumer-Investors of Coronavirus-Related Scams,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, April 2, 2020.
- Author, “FINRA Issues Notice in Reaction to COVID-19 Epidemic,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, March 24, 2020.
- Author, “Troutman Attorneys to Present on Defending Collection Disputes,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, March 13, 2020.
- Author, “FINRA Investigates Broker “Zero Commission” Practices,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, March 3, 2020.
- Author, “FINRA Seeks Higher Fees for Expungement Hearings,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, February 24, 2020.
- Co-author, “2019 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review & A Look Ahead,” Troutman Sanders, February 24, 2020.
- Author, “FINRA Names a New Head of Enforcement,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, February 3, 2020.
- Author, “FINRA Proposes New Rules Aimed at Assisting Investors in Recovering Unpaid Arbitration Awards,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, February 3, 2020.
- Author, “Massachusetts to Join Other States in Regulating Student Loan Servicers,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, December 2, 2019.
- Author, “New York Adopts Final Regulations for Student Loan Servicers,”Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, December 2, 2019.
- Author, “Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final HMDA Rule,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, October 28, 2019.
- Author, “FINRA Targets Amending Expungement Process of Broker and Financial Advisor Records,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, October 28, 2019.
- Author, “AGs From 28 States Send Letter to CFPB to Stop Proposal Allowing Debt Collectors to Use Social Media,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, October 22, 2019.
- Author, “Corporate Structure Shields Corporate Entities from TCPA Liability,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, October 22, 2019.
- Author, “Debt Collector Prevails in Dismissing FDCPA Complaint Over Avila Disclosure in Collection Letter,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, October 21, 2019.
- Author, “New York Court of Appeals May Settle Statute of Limitations Issues Related to Mortgage Foreclosures,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, October 21, 2019.
- Author, “Sock Maker Bombas Settles with New York AG Over Failure to Notify of Credit Card Data Breach,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, July 23, 2019.
- Author, “FINRA Provides New Guidance to Member Firms on Extraordinary Cooperation Credit,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, July 23, 2019.
- Author, “Lorman Webinar: Collection Disputes: A Good Defense Is The Best Offense – July 24,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, May 20, 2019.
- Author, “FINRA Proposes Rule to Aid Prevailing Customers and Investors with Unpaid Arbitration Awards Against Broker-Dealers,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, May 9, 2019.
- Author, “District of New Jersey Dismisses TCPA Claim with Rule 11 Sanctions Under Review,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, May 8, 2019.
- Author, “It Is the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, Not the New Jersey Breach of Contract Act,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, May 8, 2019.
- Author, “CFPB Reports on Mortgage Complaint Trends in New York and New Jersey,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, February 15, 2019.
- Author, “CFPB Announces New Senior Leadership,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, February 15, 2019.
- Author, “New Jersey’s Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Borrower’s Trespass Claim Against Mortgage Loan Servicer Following Securing of Property After Abandonment and Default,” Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, January 2, 2019.