HOT TOPIC: Asset Buyers- Non-Traditional Licensing for Asset Buyers in 2021 (Series #3)

Donald Maurice focuses his practice primarily on representing consumer and commercial financial services companies, including financial asset buyers and sellers, depository institutions, third-party debt collectors, and other financial services providers. He successfully litigates for the financial services industry in state and federal courts. He has provided defense in individual and class action claims brought under the Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act and various state consumer protection laws. In addition, Don 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.

He is peer-rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, the worldwide guide to lawyers. His prior firm was named a “Go-to Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies” and a “Go-to Financial Law Firm” by Corporate Counsel. He is outside counsel to RMAI, serves on the governing Board of Regents of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers and is a member of the Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law. Don is a Fellow of the ABA’s American Bar Foundation and served as chair of the ABA’s Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee, Business Law Section from 2014 to 2017.

Don earned his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University. He is a member of RMAI, ACA International, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the American Bar Foundation, and the New York, New York City and District of Columbia Bar Associations.

Eric Rosenkoetter is a principal at Maurice Wutscher LLP, where he provides counsel to businesses and consumer financial services firms nationwide. For many years, he has focused his practice on various aspects of financial services law. Eric has substantial litigation experience, in a wide variety of cases. As a litigation attorney, he has conducted every aspect of the litigation process, including countless depositions, motion proceedings, bench and jury trials, and appeals in various courts.

In addition, Eric also has significant experience as a compliance and transactional attorney, providing strategic, business growth, legislative, compliance and regulatory advice to national corporations and trade associations. For example, he has drafted consumer contracts and disclosures designed to state-specific statutory requirements, and developed “Best Practices” guides and state-by-state compliance grids, for national financial services companies. He also conducted research and crafted a metrics report for a national trade association with analysis designed to counter the claims of advocacy groups.

Eric’s experience also includes working for a national corporation as Executive Counsel, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer, and Director of Legislative Affairs, and as a federal lobbyist and Director of Government and Public Affairs for a national financial services trade association. In the government sector, Eric presided over approximately 6,000 state administrative hearings, served as a staff attorney for the Missouri Senate, and handled litigation in 33 counties as a regional managing attorney.

Eric earned his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law, and his Bachelor of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Bankers Association, ACA International, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and RMAI. He is admitted to practice law in Texas and Missouri and in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.