Focus on regulated financial services with an emphasis on consumer credit and residential mortgage lending. Advises clients regarding multi-jurisdictional compliance and federal consumer finance laws and regulations and has assisted clients with issues involving, among other things, the federal Truth-in-Lending Act, RESPA, Dodd-Frank Act, SAFE Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, state privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulations, BSA/AML requirements and audit; state lending and business licensing laws, and compliance management systems and oversight. Advises clients on intellectual property matters including trademarks, service marks, copyrights, licensing, copyright infringement and publishing. Represents businesses and individuals in trademark protection matters including evaluation of potential trademarks, drafting and filing of trademark registration applications, responses to USPTO office actions, trademark maintenance and trademark infringement.Advises large and small businesses in the areas of entity selection, formation and reorganization, shareholder and operating agreements, employment issues and general business matters.Specialties: Mortgage Banking, consumer credit and financial services regulatory compliance; intellectual property; general business.