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Leslie C. Bender is a Senior Counsel in Clark Hill’s Banking & Financial Services group who specializes in corporate, compliance, privacy, transactional, credit and collections matters.

Leslie's experience lies in privacy, consumer financial protection, HIPAA, data security, labor and employment, litigation, contracts, alternative dispute resolution and mediation, government affairs, regulatory relations, change and project management. In addition, Leslie has over two decades of experience in privacy and consumer financial protection and related regulatory relations before various federal and state regulators.

She is an engaging corporate trainer with over thirty years’ experience working with financial institutions, collection agencies and as a compliance consultant and trainer for hospitals. Recognized as a national expert on information privacy and security law, she was one of the first privacy officers accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Leslie has the following certifications, credentials, and designations: International Fellowship of Certified Collection Executives (IFCCE), Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), Credit and Collection Compliance Officer (CCCO), Credit and Collection Compliance Attorney (CCCA).

Prior to joining Clark Hill, Leslie served as the Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel for BCA Financial Services, Inc. Prior to BCA, she was general counsel and vice president of government affairs at ARS National Services in Escondido, California. Leslie is a Past President of ACA International (2013-2014), having served as an officer of its Board of Directors from 2011 – 2015.