Darren Welch

Darren Welch represents a broad range of companies and individuals in regulatory investigations, enforcement proceedings, examinations, as well as in civil litigation, and counsels clients on compliance risk in connection with all types of consumer financial services issues. Mr. Welch’s practice focuses on fair lending; laws governing unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices; artificial intelligence; models used by financial institutions and in the housing industry; fintech and bank partnership business models; credit reporting; and a wide variety of other consumer financial protection issues. His practice also includes transactional diligence; class action and general litigation; statistical model review and governance; compliance examinations and enforcement; and bank receivership director and officer litigation and enforcement.

Law Clerk, Hon. Glen E. Conrad, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia (2000-01)