Maurice Wutscher

Clients seeking skilled and seasoned attorneys for their most sensitive matters turn to Maurice Wutscher LLP. Founded in 1995, Maurice Wutscher is a boutique law firm with offices in key cities nationwide, delivering superlative defense and a results-oriented approach to every matter. With decades of leadership in consumer financial services, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, business law, high-stakes appeals and critical motions, and data privacy and security, the firm’s attorneys handle trial and appellate litigation in state and federal courts, class action defense, and regulatory compliance services. Dedicated to client success, Maurice Wutscher’s team is known for unparalleled service, efficiency, and innovation. Learn more at mauricewutscher.com.

• Deep industry leadership in consumer financial services and complex litigation
• Nationwide coverage with seasoned trial and appellate counsel
• Efficient, results‑oriented strategies aligned to business objectives
• Integrated regulatory, litigation, and bankruptcy capabilities
• Trusted by leading institutions; counsel for amici curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appellate courts

Litigation

The firm represents consumer and commercial financial services companies—including financial asset buyers and sellers, depository institutions, third‑party debt collectors, fintechs, payment processors, and other providers—in bench and jury trials, appeals, and class actions in state and federal courts. The firm’s attorneys provide defense in individual and class action claims brought under TILA, ECOA, FDCPA, TCPA, FCRA, and state consumer protection laws. The firm has been retained as counsel for amici curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appellate courts and serves as outside counsel to an international creditor trade association.

Contact: Donald Maurice

Bankruptcy

A national leader in creditors’ rights and bankruptcy law, the firm advises and represents businesses, regional and national banks, credit unions, equipment lessors, and other lenders, as well as secured and unsecured creditors, in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts in liquidation, reorganization, and adversary proceedings. The firm’s attorneys manage complex matters in Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, including cash collateral and adequate protection, plan confirmation, preference defense, and defense of adversary actions alleging automatic stay or discharge injunction violations. The firm also addresses lien avoidance actions as well as non‑dischargeable actions for fraud, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duties.

Contact: Alan C. Hochheiser

Commercial Collection Litigation & Defense

The firm advises and represents financial service companies, non-bank lenders, receivable-based financing companies, and other creditors in debt recovery and enforcement actions across state and federal courts throughout the United States. Additionally, the firm’s attorneys regularly defend against usury allegations and address issues unique to receivable-based financing and alternative lending companies.

Contact: Alan C. Hochheiser

Regulatory Compliance

The firm provides expert guidance to financial institutions, fintech companies, payment processors, debt buyers, and third-party debt collectors. Capabilities include responding to civil investigative demands (CIDs), managing federal and state audits, evaluating licensing requirements, and developing, enhancing, and testing compliance management programs.

Contact: Brent Yarborough

Data Privacy and Security

The firm’s data privacy and security group helps clients comply with data privacy and cybersecurity requirements, including data breach notifications, policy development, and litigation risk assessments. The group collaborates on privacy/security policies and procedures, designs cyber‑compliance management systems to address regulatory risk, conducts compliance testing, and assists with CID responses and defense of individual and class actions.

Contact: Eric Rosenkoetter, iapp Certified Information Privacy Professional - US

Business Law

The firm provides comprehensive legal services to small and medium-sized businesses, serving as outside general counsel to deliver strategic legal advice. Drawing on deep expertise in business law, the firm’s attorneys assist clients with drafting, negotiating, and reviewing commercial agreements, managing corporate governance and entity formation, navigating funding and investment opportunities, and addressing employment, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and risk management issues to foster sustainable growth and expansion.

Contact: Jacob "Jake" C. VanAusdall

Appeals and Critical Motions

The firm represents individual and corporate clients with cases involving high-stakes questions of law in federal and state appellate courts. The firm’s attorneys have represented clients with a broad spectrum of complex legal issues, including affirmative challenges to unconstitutional government action and reversals of criminal convictions. The group has significant experience with First Amendment litigation, including internet free speech rights.

Contact: Erin McCampbell Paris

Main Tel: +1 212 960 3503

Email: Inquire @ Maurice Wutscher LLP

Key Contact: Donald Maurice

Austin

13785 Research Blvd., Suite 125, Austin, TX 78750

Birmingham

420 N. 20th Street, Suite 2200, Birmingham, AL 35203

Boston

3 Allied Drive, Suite 303, Dedham, MA 02026

Buffalo

50 Fountain Plaza, Suite 1400, Buffalo, New York 14202

Chicago

20 N. Clark Street, Suite 3300, Chicago, IL 60602

Cleveland

23611 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 207, Beachwood, OH 44122

Flemington

5 Walter Foran Blvd., Suite 2007, Flemington, NJ 08822

Nashville

4900 Centennial Blvd., Suite 301, Nashville, TN 37209

New York

45 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10111

Philadelphia

10 W. Front St., Media, PA 19063

Washington, DC

20 F Street NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20001