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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP‘s financial regulation specialists advise on the spectrum of consumer finance issues, ranging from mortgages and credit cards to innovative payment and digital asset systems. The practice is recognized in particular for its advice on fair lending regulations and is a popular choice for credit lenders facing enforcement actions brought by the DOJ, CFPB and HUD alleging discriminatory lending practices. Leadership of the group is split between Clinton Rockwell, a licensing and compliance specialist based in Santa Monica, and New York-based fintech specialist Daniel Forester. Washington DC’s Marshall Bell ’offers unparalleled consumer regulatory compliance counseling,’ including on FCRA matters and Regulation Z, in addition to assisting firms seeking regulatory approval for transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘What makes this practice unique is the depth and breadth of its experience in the consumer financial services regulatory and enforcement space. Collectively, they are able to cover all of the major consumer financial services industries.’
‘Marshall Bell offers unparalleled consumer regulatory compliance counseling. The things that shine through about Marshall include his seasoned nature, his excellent judgment, his responsiveness, the depth and breadth of his knowledge in this area, and his talent for rigorously analyzing complex and often nuanced issues.’
‘These folks are the experts in this space. They bring unrivaled expertise in consumer finance with a conservative approach and business mindset.’
‘The Orrick Consumer Finance team are true experts in financial regulatory issues, with depth of knowledge and experience that our company relies on for mortgage origination and servicing issues.’
‘The Orrick team has a deep bench, where they have an expert regarding almost any issue or concern that you can face. This also allows them to have a cutting edge expertise regarding current regulatory actions and changing policies.’
'Orrick's consumer finance practice is the go-to practice for a high percentage of the financial industry because of their excellence across a range of practice areas.'
'The individuals I work with stand out because of their ability to operationalize their legal and compliance advice for our business. They have seen such a range a products and problems that they can forecast risk and provide choices to mitigate that risk.'
Key clients
- Cross River Bank
- National Premium Finance Association
- Capital One
- Renew Financial
- Ygrene Energy
- PNC Bank
- Carrington
- Think Mutual Bank
- Gate City Bank
- Opportunity Financial
- Self Financial
Work highlights
- Assisted Cross River Bank across a range of regulatory and bank partnership matters.
- Represented Opportunity Financial in its ongoing dispute with the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which alleges that OppFi has violated state limits on interest rates.
- Represented the National Premium Finance Association in a federal administrative rulemaking that sought to impose broad data monitoring requirements on all lenders to small businesses.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Clinton Rockwell, Daniel Forester