Speakers

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Eric M. Hurwitz and counsel Walter J. Buzzetta presented a webinar held by The Rossdale Group.

The webinar, titled "Foreclosure, Eviction and Bankruptcy Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic," discussed the current and potential impact of the coronavirus pandemic on foreclosures, evictions and bankruptcy matters, and legal challenges facing companies and consumers.

Hurwitz focuses his litigation practice on defending financial institutions from claims arising out of consumer and commercial financial product.

He has experience defending both single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits against banks, mortgage lenders and servicers, student lenders, credit card companies, auto finance companies, debt collection companies and other financial services institutions.

Buzzetta, formerly senior counsel at MERSCORP Holdings Inc., the corporate parent of MERS, concentrates his practice on consumer lending and financial services litigation, with a primary focus on claims against financial services companies, including claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and class action, civil RICO, deceptive trade practices, fraud and antitrust challenges.

He has experience in counseling financial services companies on strategic planning, risk assessment, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution.

Elected and Appointed

Colin J. O'Boyle, a shareholder at Elliott Greenleaf in Blue Bell, was appointed chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association young lawyers division.

O'Boyle is completing a one-year term as chair-elect of the YLD and the first of a three-year term on the PBA board of governors.

He also is a member of several PBA committees and sections, including the administrative law section, civil litigation section, federal practice committee and finance committee.

He also serves on the member events and engagement task force. O'Boyle completed a two-year term as the young lawyer division's delegate to the PBA House of Delegates.

He previously served as a member of the PBA House of Delegates representing lawyers from Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.

At the county bar level, O'Boyle completed a three-year term on the Montgomery Bar Association's board of directors and four consecutive one-year terms on its executive committee.

He is current chair and past editor of its Law Reporter, the co-chair of the association's civil rules committee and a member of its trial lawyers section.

O'Boyle is a past chair of the young lawyers section.

He serves on the board of the Montgomery Bar Foundation and is a foundation fellow. Outside of his legal practice, O'Boyle serves as a discovery master for the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.

In addition, he is a member of the disciplinary board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's hearing committee.

O'Boyle graduated from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

Announcements

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