Speakers

2020 Conference Co-Chairs

Gary Deutsch

Managing Chief Counsel, Consumer Finance Litigation
PNC Bank (Philadelphia, PA)

Scott M. Pearson

Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Senior Government Officials

Thomas P. James

Senior Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Counsel
Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Consumer Fraud Bureau

Glenn Kaplan

Chief, Insurance and Financial Services Division
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (Boston, MA)

Andrew Smith

Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission (Washington, DC)

Hunter Wiggins

General Counsel
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Springfield, IL)

Speakers

Thomas N. Abbott

Senior Attorney
Perkins Coie LLP (San Francisco, CA)

Christy A. Ames

SVP, General Counsel
Republic Bank (Louisville, KY)

Keith S. Anderson

Partner
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (Birmingham, AL)

Allyson B. Baker

Co-Head, Consumer Financial Services Practice
Venable LLP (Washington, DC)

Megan Starace Ben’Ary

Managing Member, Washington Office
McGlinchey Stafford (Washington, DC)

Leonard Bernstein

Co-Chair, Financial Services Regulatory Team
Holland & Knight LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

Frank R. Borchert

General Counsel
Marlette Funding, LLC (Wilmington, DE)

McGuire Boyd

Partner
Williams Mullen (Richmond, VA)

Jonathan Chester

Senior Associate General Counsel
Enova (Chicago, IL)

David Curcio

Director, Senior Counsel
Discover Financial Services (Riverwoods, IL)

Jonathan B. Engel

Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Washington, DC)

Jason Gourley

Senior Counsel, Litigation
Quicken Loans (Detroit, MI)

Stefanie H. Jackman

Partner
Ballard Spahr LLP (Atlanta, GA)

Brian Johnson

Partner
Alston & Bird LLP (Washington, DC)
Former CFPB Deputy Director

William S. Jue

Vice President and General Counsel
Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc. (Chicago, IL)

Marci V. Kawski

Partner
Husch Blackwell LLP (Madison, WI)

Amanda Lawrence

Partner
Buckley LLP (Washington, DC)

Noah Levine

Partner
WilmerHale (New York, NY)

John C. Lynch

Partner
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (Virginia Beach, VA)

Esther Slater McDonald

Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Atlanta, GA)

Robin Nunn

Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Washington, DC)

Brian A. Paino

Managing Member, Irvine Office
McGlinchey Stafford (Irvine, CA)

Timothy D. Patterson

VP, Associate General Counsel
Exeter Finance LLC (Irving, TX)

Vaishali S. Rao

Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (Chicago, IL)

Mark E. Rooney

Partner
Hudson Cook LLP (Washington, DC)

Paul H. Schieber

Shareholder
Stevens & Lee P.C. (Valley Forge, PA)

Allison J. Schoenthal

Head, Consumer Finance Litigation Practice
Hogan Lovells US LLP (New York, NY)

Lauran Schultz

Managing Director
Epiq (New York, NY)

David Stein

Chair, Banking & Financial Services Group
Bricker & Eckler LLP (Columbus, OH)

Michele Stocker

Co-Chair, Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice
Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Andrew K. Stutzman

Co-Chair, Financial Services Litigation
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

Darren M. Welch

Counsel
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP (Washington, DC)