Ballard Spahr LLP
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Daniel McKenna
Position
Partner and Practice Co-Leader of the firm's Consumer Financial Services Group
Career
Daniel JT McKenna is a litigator who focuses on consumer financial services, privacy and data security, and mortgage banking. He serves as Practice Co-Leader of the firm's Consumer Financial Services Group.
In his consumer financial services practice, Dan represents clients in individual and class litigation and arbitration in mortgage, credit card, debt collection, auto loan, and servicing matters. His clients include banks and nonbank lenders, mortgage lenders and servicers, third-party service providers, auto lenders, and repossession companies.
AdmissionsNew Jersey
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services, Vice Chair of Programming, 2016-present
Temple American Inn of Court, Membership Chair
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, former Executive Committee member
Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, former Executive Committee member
Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, former Executive Committee member, Mentorship Co-Chair, and American Bar Association Liaison
Ballard Spahr Hiring Committee, 2010-present
Ballard Spahr Diversity Committee, 2006-2010
Ballard Spahr Associates' Committee, Chair, 2006-2008
Wills for Heroes Foundation, President
Clarifi (nonprofit that assists consumers struggling with debt and provides financial literacy programs to help them gain control of their finances)
Temple Law Alumni Association, former Executive Committee member
Variety: The Children's Charity, Young Variety Division, former Executive Committee member
Education
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004) Symposium Editor, The Political and Civil Rights Law Review; published major symposium, "Vision and Revision: The Fourteenth Amendment;" Member, National Trial Team (Regional Champion, 2004); President, Student Bar Association
The Catholic University of America (B.A., cum laude, 1999)