Professional Activities
American Bar Association, member, Credit Union Committee and Consumer Financial Services Committee; former Chair, Subcommittee on Fair Access to Services; former Chair, Task Force on Lender Liability Limitation Amendments to State Statutes of Fraud; former Editor, Annual Survey of Consumer Financial Services Law
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, charter member
Conference on Consumer Finance Law
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Legal 500 US, Finance - financial services: regulatory, 2019-2020, Fintech, 2020
Chambers USA, financial services regulation: consumer finance, compliance (nationwide), 2015-2020; banking & finance: mainly regulatory (Pennsylvania), 2019-2020
John is one of only two Pennsylvania lawyers elected as a charter member of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
Publications
John has published articles in ABA Bank Compliance, BNA Lender Liability Report, The Business Lawyer, CFI Compliance News, CCFL Quarterly Report, Commercial Lending Review, HOUSELAW and Law360. He recently updated the chapters "Open-End and Home Equity Line of Credit Disclosures" and "Billing Error Resolution" for the American Bar Association's publication The Law of Truth in Lending.
Co-author, "The Problem with the DOJ's Case against GFI Mortgage," Law360, April 10, 2012
Speaking Engagements
Speaker, "Innovations in Education Finance: Should Income Share Agreements Be a Part of the Mix for Community Colleges?" The League for Innovation in the Community College's Innovations Conference, Seattle, WA, March 1, 2020
Recently, John spoke on diversity and inclusion standards. In addition, he has spoken at seminars sponsored by:
American Banker
American Bar Association
American Conference Institute
American Institute of Banking (Central Pennsylvania Chapter)
Bank Marketing Association (Philadelphia Chapter)
California Bankers Association
Consumer Banking Association
Consumer Data Industry Association
Consumer Lending Society Insured Savings Institutions
Credit Union National Association
Delaware Valley Chapter #91 Institute of Financial Education
Financial Managers Society, Inc. (Philadelphia Chapter)
Infocast Inc.
International Institute for Business Education & Growth
Institute for International Research
Lorman Educational Services
National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators
National Council of Higher Education Resources
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Greater Philadelphia Chapter)
Practising Law Institute (PLI)
Student Loan Servicing Alliance
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