Overview
Dates: October 12 - 13, 2023
Location: Greenwich, Connecticut
The Forum is a private gathering of up to 40 senior lawyers, in-house and private practice, who are well versed in defending financial institutions against consumer claims. Participants are personally selected from major financial institutions and law firms across the United States to meet and discuss the most pressing issues and questions they face today.
Using candid, peer-driven discussion, this annual Forum explores key trends and developments in the evolving enforcement environment and emerging litigation risks.
2023 Steering Committee
This advisory group of leading consumer finance counsel drafted the Agenda and personally nominated all invitees to the Forum.
Committee Co-Chairs
Committee Members
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Courtney M. Dankworth Debevoise & Plimpton LLP New York, NY
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Jennifer L. Gray Foster Garvey PC Los Angeles, CA
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Elizabeth L. McKeen O'Melveny & Myers LLP Newport Beach, CA
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Benjamin R. Nagin Sidley Austin LLP New York, NY
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Naeha Prakash Vice President & Assistant General Counsel JP Morgan Chase Washington, D.C.
Naeha Prakash is a Vice President, Assistant General Counsel at JP Morgan Chase & Co, where she focuses on the firm’s Digital and Payments advocacy and strategy, including its industry consortia engagement. Before joining JP Morgan Chase, Naeha has worked in a variety of capacities, including most recently in-house at Plaid Inc., as well as at the Bank Policy Institute leading its Consumer Regulatory Affairs policy efforts and, prior to that, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Financial Institutions Group. Naeha also has spent time in various government agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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Matthew P. Previn Paul Hastings LLP New York, NY
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Matthew Smith Director and Managing Counsel, Head of U.S. Regulatory & Investigations TD Bank Cherry Hill, NJ
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John C. Wells WilmerHale Washington, D.C.
Forum Director
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Shóna Fox Senior Forum Director Cambridge Forums Vancouver, BC [email protected] M: +1 437 223 4354
Shona graduated from the University College Dublin with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Spanish. She has a background in medical, insurance and financial administration. In her spare time, Shona loves to travel and enjoys planning trips all around the world.
The Forum offers a private environment for leading practitioners to gain guidance from peers on unprecedented and grey areas in potential fiduciary conflicts and prohibited transactions while building diverse and valuable connections from across the nation.
"The key, valuable distinction is the Forum’s participatory format. Through the participation of everyone, we learned so much more about current developments and our colleagues’ and clients’ approaches to the most difficult issues of the day."
Noah A. Levine Partner Wilmer Culter Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP"I would recommend this program to colleagues practicing in regulatory compliance and enforcement because it gives you the inside perspective of leading attorneys in the industry."
Elizabeth A. Corbett Deputy General Counsel SECU"The Forum on Consumer Finance Litigation and Enforcement was time very well spent. The Steering Committee – comprising active and respected practitioners – selected topics of acute interest to participants and our clients. The makeup of participants, relative to the discussion topics, made for lively and informative discussion."
Danielle Oakley Partner O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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