• The firm focuses on a wide range of credit union concerns, including compliance, supervisory, advocacy, corporate governance and pending proposals, among others.
• The firm will place special emphasis on issues involving the National Credit Union Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Small Business Administration, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and other agencie
s such as the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board.
• The firm is ready to advocate for credit union priorities as needed to Congress and the White House as well.
• The attorneys who formed the new venture are, as principals, Eric Richard, former Executive Vice President and General Counsel at CUNA; Mary Dunn, former Deputy General Counsel and head of Regulatory Advocacy at CUNA; and Steven Bisker, a former NCUA Assistant General Counsel and longtime private practitioner representing credit unions. Stephen Eisenberg, former Executive Vice President and General Counsel for almost 30 years at Pentagon Federal Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in the country, serves as advisor to the firm. Each of us brings something unique to this organization, but we have in common that we have each been involved in hundreds of issues involving credit unions and regulators. We approach these problems from varying perspectives that help us tailor uniquely effective approaches. Some of us have the experience of representing the entire industry, or key parts of it, on a national level; others have many years’ experience of pressing for individual credit unions’ interests. Our group includes the kind of background that one gets from working inside a credit union, and we also credit union system and private practice experience. The firm intends to offer its services to all segments of the credit union community, including Leagues, individual credit unions, groups of coalitions of credit unions, CUSOs, and third parties whose business orientation is closely allied with credit unions.
