Attorney, blogger, podcast producer and nationally-recognized speaker, Rob Rutkowski is a Managing Partner in Consumer Collections, focused on the Credit Union Practice Group of WWR. Through his work at WWR, Rob advises credit unions on compliance, contract negotiation and employment law as well as a vast array of collection and legal issues. Rob is a well-known lecturer nationwide on topics such as marketing and lending compliance, director and officer liability, disaster recovery, identity theft, credit union accounts and a variety of laws impacting credit unions, such as the Bank Secrecy Act. He is a regular speaker at credit union leagues across the United States and has served as a speaker for CUNA, NAFCU and CUES.

A former member of the Board of Directors for the Lake County Educational Federal Credit Union, Rob remains very involved with the legal issues that matter to the credit union movement. He is the Producer and Co-host of the monthly Current Issues in Credit Unions podcast (www.ciicu.com) and the author of That Credit Union Blog (www.thatcreditunionblog.com), which is dedicated to covering timely credit union legal news. He has been published in Credit Union Magazine, Credit Union Management Magazine, The Safety & Soundness Report, the Cleveland Bar Journal and The National List. Rob serves as Co-Chair of the Eletronic Transactions Subcommittee of the Credit Union Committee of the American Bar Association.

Rob earned his B.A. cum laude from the University of Akron in 1988 and his J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1991. A member of the American and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations, he is licensed in Ohio and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Ohio).

Practice Groups:

Credit Union Practice Group

Bar Associations:

American Bar Association (Co-Chair of Electronic Transactions Subcommittee of the Credit Union Committee)

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Certifications & Appointments:

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated Attorney

Awards & Recognitions:

Ohio Rising Stars List (2005, 2006)

Publications:

Credit Union Magazine

Credit Union Management Magazine

The Safety & Soundness Report

The Cleveland Bar Journal

The National List