William P Heller

Bill Heller founded and chairs Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology Practice Group (CFS+), among the largest national legal teams supporting consumer financial service providers and emerging technologies. Bill also chairs Akerman’s Coronavirus Task Force, a collaboration among the firm’s industry-focused practice teams to help clients manage the evolving challenges and mitigate the unprecedented risks arising from COVID-19. As a litigator, he has extensive experience in state and federal courts, both trial and appellate. He has partnered with industry leaders and the largest institutions defending lawsuits involving debt origination, servicing and investment. This includes individual and class consumer claims arising under federal laws—the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Housing Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—as well as state fair lending, collection, and deceptive trade practice laws. Bill and his team have built and managed all-state rapid response projects, providing risk management, issue escalation and direct case handling for loan and credit card servicers.