Donald Maurice

5 Walter Foran Blvd.

Suite 2007
Flemington, NJ 08822
908 237-4570

dsm@mnlawpc.com

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Donald Maurice is President of Maurice & Needleman, P.C., whose attorneys specialize in all areas of creditors’ rights and financial services litigation. In 24 years of practice, Don has successfully litigated for the financial services industry in both State and Federal courts. He has provided defense for claims brought under the Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, FDCPA, Fair Credit Reporting Act, New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, Magnuson-Moss Act and other state consumer lending regulations. Don is peer-rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, the worldwide guide to lawyers.¹ He has been recognized by Law & Politics Magazine as a New Jersey Super Lawyer, a Business Super Lawyer and a Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer.² His firm has been named a “Go-to Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies,” and a “Go-to Financial Law Firm”  by Corporate Counsel. In addition to being a frequent speaker and author on consumer financial services litigation, Don serves as vice chair of the Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee within the Consumer Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section of the ABA.

Credentials: Admitted to New Jersey Bar, 1988; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1988; U.S. Supreme Court, 2000; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2006, Second Circuit, 2009, Eighth Circuit, 2011; District of Columbia Bar and District of Columbia U.S. District Court, 2011; New York Bar, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2012; U.S District Court, District of Nebraska, 2013.

Certifications: American Board of Certification, Creditors’ Rights Specialist.³
 

Education: Boston University (B.A., 1985); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1988).
 

Awards:  American Jurisprudence Award in Land Use and Zoning.

Memberships: American Bar Association (Section of Litigation and Business Law); District of Columbia Bar Association; MAP Attorney, ACA International; National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, Chair, Ethical Practices Subcommittee, Member, Amicus Brief Committee.

Counsel for Amicus Curiae: Marx v. General Revenue Corp., No. 11-1175 (U.S. Supreme Court 2012); Ellis v. Solomon & Solomon, P.C., 591 F.3d 130 (2nd Cir 2010).

Publications: "Strained Application of ADA Impacts Debt Collection," The DBA Magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Spring 2013; "Say What You Mean: The FDCPA and Problems of Interpretation," with Laurie Lucas and Tomio Narita, The Business Lawyer, Vol. 68, Issue 2, February 2013; “A Primer on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act,” Practicing Law Institute, 17th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, p. 581 (2012); "FDCPA Update: An Industry in Transition," with Laurie Lucas and Tomio Narita, The Business Lawyer, Vol. 67, Issue 2, February 2012; "Courts Diverge on What Constitutes a 'Statement of Financial Condition' in Non-Dischargeability Actions," American Bankruptcy Institute, Consumer Bankruptcy Committee Newsletter, V. 5, No. 3, July 2007; "Amended Regulation “E” Impacts Collections," NARCA Newsletter, Second Quarter 2006; "Automobile Lenders Use “Replevins” To Recover Their Collateral," CU Solutions, Winter 2005; "Prime Time: U.S. Supreme Court Holds Cram Downs Will Pay Interest at Prime Plus (Nothing?)," CU Solutions, Fall 2004; "New Jersey Supreme Court to Motor Vehicle Lessors: Pay for Lessees' Towing, Storage and Repairs," CU Solutions, Spring 2004; "Complete Guide to Credit and Collections Law," Winston, Arthur. Contributing Author, Prentice Hall, 2002. Contributor, "NARCA Collector's Guide," 2000; "Truth in Lending Developments, NARCA Newsletter," Fall 2000; "Unpaid Assessments Not Always Lost When Unit Owners File Bankruptcy, Community Trends," January 2000; "HO6 Policies in Community Associations, Community Trends," November 1999.

Lectures: The FDCPA Implied Exceptions to Litigation Activity - What the CFPB Doesn't Want You to Know, NARCA Spring Meeting, May 2013; Ask the Attorney, insideARM.com Webinar, April 2013; Electronics Fund Transfer Act, NARCA Webinar, April 2013; Ethics and the Consumer Financial Services Industry, DBA International Regional Meeting, April 2013; Ethics and the Consumer Financial Services Industry, DBA International Regional Meeting, April 2013; Ready or Not, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is On Patrol, CLLA Convention, April 2013; TCPA, Collection and Bankruptcy Issues, Consumer Financial Services Institute, PLI, April and May 2013; Ready or Not, Here Comes the CFPB, DBA International Annual Conference, February 2013; Collection Ethics and FDCPA Compliance, CLLA Fall Meeting, November 2012; What Debt Collectors, Debt Buyers and Collection Lawyers Need To Know about the CFPB Larger Participant Rule and CFPB Exams, Webinar with Ballard Spahr, November 2012; Everything You Need to Know About TCPA Compliance, insideARM.com Webinar, October 2012; Competing in an Environment of Compliance, Michigan Creditors Bar Association, September 2012; When Debtors Attack: Special Issues on Handling Counter-Claims, 3rd Party Claims and Ancillary Claims; Billion Dollar Decisions: Protecting your Client’s Brand, NARCA Spring Meeting, May 2012; Collection and Bankruptcy Issues, Consumer Financial Services Institute, PLI, April and May 2012; Recent Trends and Class Actions in Financial Services Litigation, DBA International Annual Conference, February 2012; The FDCPA and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, The Credit Law Institute and the Conference on Consumer Finance Law, October 2011; The NARCA Professional Code and Attorney Ethics, NARCA Fall Meeting, October 2011; Strategies for Defending Harassment Claims, 15th Annual MAP Conference ACA International, July 2011; Getting Sanctions Awarded in Consumer Litigation, Protecting the Client’s Brand: Developing Compliance Programs to Deal with Today’s Hot Topics, NARCA Spring Meeting, May 2011; Update on Debt Collection Issues and Developments including Ethics, Conference on Consumer Finance Law, October 2010; Defending Call Volume Cases, NARCA Fall Meeting, October 2010; Ethical Issues In Consumer Financial Services Litigation, ABA Annual Meeting, August 2010; Defending State Law Claims, 14th Annual MAP Conference ACA International, July 2010; Impact of Jerman v. Carlisle, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys Spring Meeting, May 2010; Bill of Sale & Purchase Agreement Issues, ACA International Teleseminar, February 2010; Cases, Claims and Industry News, ACA International Teleseminar, November 2009; Ethics for Collection Industry Attorneys, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys Fall Meeting, October 2009; Individual Liability & Emotional Distress, ACA International, 13th Annual MAP Conference, July 2009; Novel FDCPA Claims; Hot Topics for Asset Purchasers; ACA International, 12th Annual MAP Conference, July 2008; Claims Against Collection Attorneys, Litigation Trends Across the Country, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys Spring Meeting, May 2008; Communicating with Debtor's Counsel, American Bar Association, April 2008; Litigation Privilege and the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, American Bar Association, August 2007; Evidence for Asset Purchasers, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, May 2007; Current Trends in Bankruptcy Law, New Jersey Credit Association, November 2001; Bankruptcy Developments and GLB Privacy Policy, Furniture Marketing Group, July 2001; Coming Revisions to Article 9, New Jersey Credit Association, October 2000. Seminar Lecturer: United Trust Bank, "Bankruptcy," 2000 and 2002; "Consumer Collections," November 2001; "Commercial Lending," April 2003; "Automobile Financing Collections," Charter One Auto Finance, May 2002; "Bankruptcy," The Trust Company of New Jersey, June 2003.

Other: District XIII Ethics Committee (New Jersey), 1994-1995.
 

Reported Decisions: Peterson v. Portfolio Recovery Assocs., LLC, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 11453 (3d Cir. 2011); Shand-Pistilli v. Prof'l Account Servs., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64446 (E.D.Pa. June 16, 2011); Ogbin v. GE Money Bank, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64735 (D.N.J. June 13, 2011); Perkins v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16614 (D.N.J. February 17, 2011); Dunham v. Portfolio Recovery Assocs., LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14514 (E.D.Ark. February 11, 2011); Gorbaty v. Portfolio Recovery Assocs., LLC, 355 Fed. Appx. 580 (3d Cir. N.J. 2009) cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 2116 (U.S. 2010); DiMedio v. HSBC Bank, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52238 (D.N.J. June 22, 2009); Dotson v. Portfolio Recovery Assocs., LLC, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46903 (E.D. Pa. 2009); Bellco Drug Corp. v. Global Supply Force, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57192 (E.D. Pa. July 24, 2008); Goodman v. Kleiman (In re Kleiman), 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 1763 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2007) aff'd Kleiman v. Goodman (In re Kleiman), 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6695 (D.N.J. Jan. 30, 2008); Goodmann v. People's Bank, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 31555 (3d Cir. 2006); Fountain v. Giove Law Office, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93972 (D.N.J. 2006); Sovereign Bank v. United National Bank, 359 N.J.Super. 534, 821 A.2d 87 (App. Div. 2003); Chemical Bank v. Donald James, 354 N.J.Super. 1, 803 A.2d 1166 (App. Div. 2002).

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