David Applegate is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. David represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation, class actions, real estate title litigation, and investigations conducted by regulatory…

Monique Arrington is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Monique represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers against…

Nicholas Belay is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Nicholas represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Scott Brenner is an associate in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Scott represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Nathaniel Callahan represents major national and international financial institutions in litigation and regulatory compliance matters, including those arising under federal laws—the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Credit Opportunity…

Daniel Cardenal is an associate in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Daniel represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Emily Cramer (FIP, CIPP/US, CIPP/EU, CIPM) is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Emily’s practice is focused on privacy, data security, data governance, and incident response. She advises clients on federal, state, and…

Kimberly De La Cruz is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Kimberly represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers…

Chad Devlin is an associate in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Chad represents an array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. Licensed in New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina, he regularly…

Martin Dungan is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Martin represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Tyler Engar represents financial institutions, particularly FinTech companies, in all aspects of regulatory compliance, from product development to regulatory enforcement. He advises clients on electronic banking, vendor management and contracting, online and other lending, licensing,…

Celia Falzone is an partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Celia represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions and real estate title litigation. She regularly defends financial…

Heather Fesnak is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group.

Jacqueline Foroutan is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Jacqueline represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services…

Ronald Gilbert is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Ronald represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Eric Goldberg advises clients on a range of consumer financial services issues. Prior to joining Akerman, Eric was Managing Counsel for Regulations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) where he led the Agency’s payments regulatory work. At Akerman, Eric evaluates federal and state…

Kurt Gosselin is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Kurt represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Marc Gottlieb is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group with more than 25 years of experience litigating a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal court, in bankruptcy court, and in arbitration hearings. Marc's…

Laura Guzmán is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Laura represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation, class actions, and investigations conducted by regulatory agencies and state attorneys…

Christy Hawkins (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, PLS) focuses her practice on privacy, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and incident response. She advises clients on state, federal, and international data security and privacy issues, including compliance and risk management. She supports…

Taylor Haywood is a partner in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Taylor represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions and litigation involving homeowners’ association lien priority. She…

Bill Heller founded and chairs Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group, among the largest national legal teams supporting consumer financial service providers and emerging technologies. Active in firm leadership, Bill serves as a member of Akerman’s Executive…

Courtney Irons is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Courtney represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions and litigation involving homeowners’ association…

Parisa Jassim is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group.

A former regulatory lawyer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Thomas Kearney helps lenders, financial and regulatory technology companies, banks, investors, and other financial services providers navigate issues arising under financial services laws, including TILA, HMDA, ECOA, FCRA, GLBA,…

Byron Keaton is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Byron represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Scott Lachman is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Scott represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions and litigation involving homeowners' association lien priority. He…

Troy Lawrence is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Troy represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Dennis Lueck, Jr. is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Dennis represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation and arbitration. He regularly defends financial services providers against individual and…

Lenora (Mimi) Lynham is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Mimi advises an array of financial services companies in regulatory and compliance matters.  Mimi works with earned wage access providers, money transmitters, buy-now-pay…

Paige Magaster is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Paige represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers against…

Ashley Miller is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Ashley represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers against…

Melanie Morgan is a Partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. She is an experienced litigator, focusing her practice on mortgage loan servicing litigation, complex contract negotiations, corporate compliance, and general corporate transactions.

Michael Newell is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Michael represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

James Ng is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. James represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against individual…

Ambrosia O'Connor is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Ambrosia represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers against…

Alex Pacheco is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Alex represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation, class actions, litigation involving homeowners’ association lien priority, and…

Aliza Malouf is a partner in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Aliza represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers against individual…

Nora Rigby is a member of the Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Prior to joining Akerman, Nora spent nearly 10 years working in senior roles at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). At Akerman, Nora advises lenders, financial and regulatory technology…

Robert Scott serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Salt Lake City office. He is an experienced consumer and commercial litigator, representing clients in both complex commercial disputes and individual and class cases under federal and state consumer protection laws. In the commercial…

Donald Scotten is Of Counsel in the Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group, where he has represented numerous mortgage loan originators, servicers, and investors. Donald also is a professor of the practice of law at the University of Southern California’s Law…

Katie Shepard is an partner in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Katie represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation, class actions, and investigations conducted by regulatory agencies and state attorneys…

Jordan Smith is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group.

Jason St. John is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Jason represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Ariel Stern manages Akerman's Nevada office. Ariel concentrates his practice on consumer finance litigation, regulatory compliance, and operational matters. Ariel has significant experience litigating claims arising under federal consumer protection laws and rules, as well as Nevada's foreclosure,…

Anona Su is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Anona represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers against…

Alaric Taves is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Alaric represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. He regularly defends financial services providers against…

Chandler Thompson is a partner in the Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. His practice has included a wide variety of commercial litigation matters including extensive experience in consumer lending, construction litigation, toxic tort, and insurance litigation.…

Tara Turner is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Tara represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers against individual…

Chelsea Valente is an associate in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Chelsea represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. She regularly defends financial services providers…

Nancy Wallace is a partner with the Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group, which is among the largest national legal teams supporting consumer financial service providers. Nancy has successfully represented the practice group's clients in over 1000 appeals, ranging…

Natalie Winslow is a partner in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Natalie represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions and litigation involving homeowners’ association lien…

Donna Wittig is an associate in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Donna represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions and litigation involving homeowners' association lien priority.…