Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2016
ISSN
0890-7862
Publisher
Emory University School of Law
Language
en-US
Abstract
MS. DEPPERT: Welcome back. Before we begin, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our second panel of the day, our Consumer Panel, which will discuss Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Regulation, including mortgage servicing rules, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the "FDCPA"), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB"). This afternoon we are privileged to have the following distinguished panelists join us. First we have Alane Becket, Managing Partner at Becket & Lee LLP, in Malvern, Pennsylvania, a law firm representing primarily consumer lenders in bankruptcy proceedings. Ms. Becket was elected to the Board of Directors of the ABI in 2009, where she served as the co-chair of the Consumer Bankruptcy Committee from 2009 through 2011. Ms. Becket currently serves on the Board of Directors of the ABI where she is a member of the Executive Committee and Vice President of Publication.
Next, we have Nick Wooten. Mr. Wooten is a solo practitioner living in Little Rock, Arkansas, whose practice primarily involves consumer litigation in the Northern District of Illinois, and selected consumer cases in various bankruptcy courts. Nick is nationally recognized for handling consumer claims including claims under the FDCPA and mortgage servicing abuse cases in bankruptcy courts, federal courts and state courts around the country.
Third, we have Ms. Sarah Mancini, Of Counsel for the National Consumer Law Center and also an attorney in the Home Defense Program at Atlanta Legal Aid. Ms. Mancini is a co-author of Georgia Real Estate Finance and Foreclosure Law, Collier on Bankruptcy, and National Consumer Law Center's treatises on the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA") and foreclosures in mortgage servicing.
Finally, moderating our panel today we have Professor Frederick Tung, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Boston University School of Law. Professor Tung is a former law professor at Emory University, and has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. Professor Tung researches, teaches, and consults in the areas of corporate and securities law, bankruptcy, and the governance of financial institutions. So with that, I'll turn it over to Professor Tung to begin the discussion.
Recommended Citation
Frederick Tung, Alane A. Becket, Sarah B. Mancini & Nick Wooten,
Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Regulation: Mortgage Servicing Rules, the FDCPA, and the CFPB
,
in
32
Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
303
(2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/3931
