Jeff focuses on all aspects of creditors' rights including bankruptcy, complex commercial loan workouts and restructuring, receiverships, foreclosure of real and personal property, lawsuits on notes and guaranties, fraudulent conveyances, and other pre- and post-judgment remedies in state and federal court. He represents secured lenders in commercial and residential real estate developments, manufacturing, floor-plan financing and asset-based loans. An experienced trial lawyer, Jeff has successfully defended lenders in over 35 distinct lender liability claims. Jeff also counsels and defends financial institutions and creditors in a wide variety of compliance and operational issues including the 12 CFR "alphabet soup;" financial privacy; information sharing; FACTA "Red Flags" and state breach notification; record retention; mortgage and other consumer lending; UCC Articles 3, 4, 4A, and 9; subpoenas; garnishments and levies; account titling and ownership disputes; FCRA, FDCPA and TCPA; and allegations of unfair, deceptive and abusive acts and practices. Jeff is the firm's leader on consumer financial services including the newly created Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. From 1991 to 1995, Jeff was Counsel and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Small Business Administration. He then served as Associate General Counsel and Head of Litigation for Magna Group, Inc. from 1995 to 1998, one of the then 75 largest U.S. banks. He joined Husch Blackwell as a Partner in 2003. Professional Associations & Memberships · Illinois State Bar Association · The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis · The Missouri Bankers Association, Bank Counsel Section, Advisory Board · The Missouri Bar Experience · Successfully represented financial institution in regional airline loan, including defense of multiple lender liability and third-party claims, prosecution of counterclaims on notes and guaranties and the repossession and sale of aircraft · Successfully represented financial institution before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of conversion actions concerning disputed collateral proceeds · Successfully represented financial institutions in several class actions including in defense of non-customer check cashing fee and escrow duties · Represents one of the 10 largest U.S. banks in a Missouri "high to low" posting putative class action News & Publications News 3.11.10, St. Louis Business Journal: Overdraft Changes Could Impact Fee-Based Income Publications 5.5.10, Compliance Challenges in a New Regulatory Era, Bloomberg Law Reports 2.16.10, Overdraft Protection Rules 1.1.91, Airlines in the Wake of Deregulation: Bankruptcy as an Alternative to Re-regulation, 19 Transportation Law Journal, 246 Events 1.19.12, Dealing with the Desperate Debtor - Emerging Theories of Lender Liability
St. Louis, MO
Speaking Engagements 7.12.11, FINRA and Facebook and the Fed, Oh My! Incorporating Social Media into Banking and Financial Services PR
Kansas City, MO
Speaking Engagements 3.16.11, Financial Reform Legislation Updates for Financial Institutions
St. Louis, MO
Seminars 12.7.10, Financial Reform Legislation Updates for Financial Institutions
Omaha, NE
Seminars 12.1.10, Financial Reform Legislation Updates for Financial Institutions
Kanas City, MO
Seminars 10.28.10, Protecting Your Customer: Update on Non-Dodd/Frank Consumer Financial Protection Issues
Columbia, MO
Speaking Engagements 9.16.10, Taking the Extra Base: Collecting (More) Money in Bad (and Good) Times, St. Louis Treasury Management Association
St. Louis, MO
Speaking Engagements 8.1.10, Receiverships as Alternatives to Liquidation or Chapter 11, The Missouri Bar, Issues, Trends and Perspectives in Commercial Law
St. Louis, MO
Speaking Engagements 2.10.10, Financial Institutions: A Year of Change and Challenges
St. Louis, MO
Seminars 1.19.10, Financial Institutions: A Year of Change and Challenges
Omaha, NE
Seminars 1.14.10, Financial Institutions: A Year of Change and Challenges
Kansas City, MO
Seminars 10.1.09, Round-up of Consumer Law Issues, Missouri Bankers Association, Bank Legal Issues Conference
Speaking Engagements 9.1.09, Taking the Extra Base: Collecting (More) Money in Bad (and Good) Times, Financial Executive Networking Group
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