CFPB to hold Sept. 8 field hearing on nursing home debt collection practices

John L. Culhane, Jr., is known for his work advising on interstate direct and indirect consumer and residential mortgage loan and leasing programs, through both traditional brick-and-mortar facilities and e-commerce. Before joining Ballard Spahr, John was associate counsel with Mellon Bank, N.A.; associate counsel with Bank of America NT&SA; and senior attorney (section chief) with the National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency regulating federal credit unions. John addresses issues involving licensing, advertising and marketing, application processing, privacy, disclosure, pricing, substantive terms, servicing, collection, portfolio sales, and securitization. His regulatory practice includes preparing clients for banking agency and CFPB compliance examinations and assisting in the defense of attorney general investigations and banking agency and CFPB enforcement actions. His clients have ranged from a multibillion-dollar bank holding company, to one of the nation's largest residential mortgage lenders, to a leading provider of financial institution forms and documentation. John is a member of the firm's Fair Lending Team.

Abigail Pressler focuses her practice on consumer finance law and regulatory compliance. She has extensive experience assisting clients with federal and state regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, as well as auditing and advising domestic and international clients on regulatory compliance, policies and procedures, and multi-jurisdiction litigation strategies. Abigail also works with clients prior to regulator examinations by drafting responses to regulators’ requests and preparing executives to testify. Before her role at Ballard Spahr, Abigail served as General Counsel at NCB Management Services, Inc., where she oversaw the Audit, Compliance, Legal, HR, and Quality Assurance Departments.