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Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice Named 2021 Super Lawyer

April 2, 2021 — Donald Maurice, a partner at national business and financial services law firm Maurice Wutscher LLP, has been named a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the area of Class Action & Mass Torts.

Each year, only five percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Mr. Maurice provides counsel to businesses and financial services companies, 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 also counsels clients in data privacy and other regulatory compliance matters and provides advice and counsel to attorneys in matters of professional responsibility and attorney ethics.

In addition to being a frequent speaker and author on consumer financial services law, he is outside counsel to Receivables Management Association International. He is a fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, a fellow of the ABA’s American Bar Foundation and a former chair of the ABA’s Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee, Business Law Section.

Mr. Maurice is rated AV Preeminent, the highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell, the worldwide guide to lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/.

This communication is published by the law firm Maurice Wutscher LLP and may be considered attorney advertising under the ethical rules of certain jurisdictions. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice Named 2020 Super Lawyer

Donald Maurice attorneyApril 23, 2020 — Donald Maurice, a partner at national business and financial services law firm Maurice Wutscher LLP, has been named a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the area of Class Action & Mass Torts.

Each year, only five percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Mr. Maurice provides counsel to businesses and financial services companies, 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 also counsels clients in data privacy and other regulatory compliance matters and provides advice and counsel to attorneys in matters of professional responsibility and attorney ethics.

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.

He is a Fellow of the ABA’s American Bar Foundation and a former chair of the ABA’s Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee, Business Law Section.

Mr. Maurice is rated AV Preeminent, the highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell, the worldwide guide to lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/.

This communication is published by the law firm Maurice Wutscher LLP and may be considered attorney advertising under the ethical rules of certain jurisdictions. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Don’t Let COVID-19 Take Control of Your Business, Maurice Wutscher Webinar

COVID-19 Maurice Wutscher WebinarMarch 31, 2020 — Financial services defense and compliance law firm Maurice Wutscher LLP will present a webinar, “Don’t Let COVID-19 Take Control of Your Business,” now available on replay. 

Maurice Wutscher attorneys Donald Maurice and Eric Rosenkoetter will be joined by Adam Wood of GCSrisk, an international service provider for the global credit community, in giving guidance to financial services companies impacted by the coronavirus emergency.

The webinar will examine the unique challenges facing the receivables management industry during the crisis and help employers understand how they can keep their operations working through these unique events. The webinar will also provide an update on developments in state regulation since last week — including a closer look at the NC order released on March 27.  

Click here to register.

For additional updates on the impact of COVID-19 on the financial services industry, click here.

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.