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Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice Named American Bar Foundation Fellow

July 2, 2019 — Maurice Wutscher partner Donald Maurice has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation is a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities.

Membership in the Fellows is limited to one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Fellows are nominated by their peers and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation.

Donald Maurice provides counsel to the financial services industry, successfully litigating matters in state and federal courts in individual and class actions. He has argued before various U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, and has been retained as counsel for amicus curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court and in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.

He counsels clients in regulatory matters and in the development and testing of compliance management systems. In addition to being a frequent speaker and author on consumer financial services law, he is outside counsel to Receivables Management Association International and serves on the governing Board of Regents of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.

Maurice Wutscher’s Eric Rosenkoetter Profiled by AccountsRecovery.net

May 17, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Eric Rosenkoetter has been profiled by AccountsRecovery.net, which also produces Mr. Rosenkoetter’s podcast, co-hosted with Maurice Wutscher’s Brent Yarborough.

The light-hearted interview discusses everything from his “career highlight” to what Mr. Rosenkoetter thinks he would be doing if he wasn’t involved with law and the financial services industry.

To read the full interview, visit AccountsRecovery.net by clicking here.

“The Least Sophisticated Podcast,” named as a nod to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s least sophisticated consumer provisions, has released seven episodes so far.

The latest, “The Petition to Reshape the TCPA,” examines a recent petition submitted by trade groups to the Federal Communications Commission to address the Telephone Consumer Protection Act following the D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling in ACA International v. FCC, et al. on the FCC’s 2015 TCPA order.

The podcast can be accessed for free on iTunes and Google Play or by clicking here.

Mr. Rosenkoetter focuses his practice on various aspects of financial services law, including compliance and litigation.

Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice Profiled in Business Law Today

June 29, 2017 — Maurice Wutscher financial services attorney Donald Maurice is profiled in the June issue of the American Bar Association’s newsletter Business Law Today.

In the Member Spotlight interview, Mr. Maurice discusses his work as a financial services attorney and in particular his work involving the issues leading up to and including the Supreme Court case Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson. He also speaks to the challenges of running a firm, the ethical issues facing financial services attorneys and the advice he offers for attorneys just starting out.

“Attorneys hold themselves to such a high standard of moral and professional responsibility. I don’t know of any other profession that goes as far as what is required of us,” Mr. Maurice says. “[A]ttorneys strive not only to do their best work for each of their clients, but also … our job is to protect the integrity of our legal system.”

Mr. Maurice provides counsel to the financial services industry, successfully litigating matters in state and federal courts in individual and class actions. He has argued before various U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, and has been retained as counsel for amicus curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court and in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.

He counsels clients in regulatory matters and in the development and testing of compliance management systems. In addition to being a frequent speaker and author on consumer financial services law, he serves as legal counsel to Receivables Management Association and as chair of the ABA’s Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee, Business Law Section.

Business Law Today is a web-based publication produced by the ABA’s Business Law Section. To view the article and hear an audio recording of the interview, click here.