Ballard Spahr LLP’s consumer financial services practice offers representation and counseling for matters including class actions, regulatory enforcement matters put forward by the CFPB, and compliance. The group is also active in emerging areas such as the fintech space. Co-leading the team are Daniel McKenna and John Socknat. McKenna, based in Philadelphia, specializes in consumer financial services, privacy and data security, and mortgage banking, offering extensive trial experience representing clients in class actions relating to statutes such as the TCPA, FCRA, and UDAAP. Other key names to note in the firm are Thomas Burke, based in Philadelphia, Joel Tasca, based between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and John Grugan, based in Pennsylvania.

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‘The lead partners of the financial services litigation practice group are exceptional.’
‘We have been incredibly happy with the work they have performed.’
‘Absolutely exceptional.’
‘The team has fairly extensive experience in all aspects of financial services litigation.’
‘The team is very responsive and willing to do cases of all sizes.’
‘We have had a very positive experience.’

Key clients

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Citibank
Capital One
Discover Bank
Progressive Finance
Mariner Finance
Rent-a-Center
Acima
Goldman Sachs
Colgate Palmolive
Truist Bank
Carvana

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel McKenna, John Socknat

Other key lawyers

Thomas Burke, Joel Tasca, John Grugan