Blank Rome Adds Consumer Financial Services Partner in New York
Scott D. Samlin has joined Blank Rome LLP as a partner in the Consumer Financial Services group in the New York office.
In a release, the firm said Samlin represents financial institutions, corporations, and other entities, providing regulatory counsel related to mortgage banking and consumer financial services matters. He joins Blank Rome from Pepper Hamilton LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s financial services practice group and leader of the consumer financial services and bank regulatory practice.
The firm said Samlin’s regulatory compliance advice extends to state and federal laws affecting mortgage lending and servicing activities, including the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Ac, Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Samlin works with the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services, Banking Law, and Corporate Counsel committees; the Mortgage Bankers Association’s State Legislative and Regulatory, and Servicer Best Practices committees; the Conference on Consumer Finance Law’s Governing Committee; and the Structured Finance Association’s TPR/RA Compliance Review Scope (TRID Grid) Task Force, among others.
He received his J.D. from New York Law School and his B.A. in Political Science and Government from Rutgers University – New Brunswick.
