Elizabeth A. Huber is a partner in the Maryland firm Hudson Cook, LLP, and is located in the firm's Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Hudson Cook in January 1997, Ms. Huber served for nine years as in-house counsel with Toyota Financial Services, the finance subsidiary of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. Prior to her tenure at Toyota, Ms. Huber was in-house counsel with Mitsui Manufacturers Bank in Los Angeles.
Education
Western State University College of Law of Orange County, J.D., 1980. Honors: Western State University Law Review, Author, Associate Editor; Bancroft Whitney American Jurisprudence Awards: Contracts, Family Law
Professional Memberships and Activities
The State Bar of California Business Law Section
District of Columbia Bar
American Bar Association Business Law Section Consumer Financial Services Committee
Conference on Consumer Finance Law Governing Committee
American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
Speeches and Publications
The Real Deal with the REAL ID Act of 2005 (to be published in CCFL Quarterly Report)
California and Hawaii Chapters of the soon to be released ABA Compendium on Certificate of Title Laws (2007)
Presentations at CounselorLibrary Housing and Auto Finance Workshop, May 2006 - "Arbitration: Where are We Now?" and "California Update"
"Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Fact and Fiction" - Presentation at The State Bar of California Annual Meeting, September 2005
Security & Privacy Update, California Legislation - FiServ Lemans 2005 Users Conference, September 2005
California Home Mortgage Lending Update - Hudson Cook Website, June 2005
"Arbitration Developments: From the JAMS Changes and Beyond" - Presentation at the CousenlorLibrary Housing and Auto Finance Workshop, May 2005
"Some FACT Act Highlights!" - America's Community Banker's National Real Estate Lending Conference & Marketplace Seminar, February 2005
FACT Act Compliance Seminar, American Financial Services Association Presentation, November 2004
Update on State Consumer Financial Privacy Legislation and Regulation,The Business Lawyer, Co-Authored with Elena Lovoy, Vol. 59, No. 3, May 2004
"The Latest and Greatest Way to make Sure Your Arbitration Agreement is Enforceable" - Presentation at the CounselorLibrary Housing and Auto Finance Workshop, May 2004
2004 Survey of California Consumer Financial Services Legislation, the State Bar of California Business Law News, Annual Review 2004
Federal and State Identity Theft Protection Laws,Quarterly Report, Vol. 58, No. 4, Winter 2004
Identity Theft: 2003 Legislative Update, Co-Authored with Peter McCorkell, Wells Fargo Bank, Programs Sponsored by the State Bar of California Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Fresno October 2003, and Walnut Creek, November 2003
New Privacy Rights for Californians,Quarterly Report, Vol. 57, Nos. 2-4, Spring-Fall 2003
"Identity Theft: Consumers, Creditors & Criminals" - Presentation Co-Sponsored by the California State Bar Business Law Section Financial Insts. Committee and Beverly Hills Bar Assoc., November 2002
"Consumer Financial Services Litigation - The Changing Landscape" -Presentation at the State Bar of California Annual Meeting, September 2001
Federal Privacy Regulations for Traditional Non-Financial "Financial Institutions" - First Annual Business Law Section Spring Meeting, the State Bard of California, 2000
Road Testing the New Regulation M, co-authored with Thomas B. Hudson, The Business Lawyer, Vol. 53, No. 1,1998
Along with Robert A. Cook and Professor Alvin Harrell, Ms. Huber edited the updated treatise Truth in Lending, Rohner & Miller. Ms. Huber has been active in the programs offered by the Conference on Consumer Finance Law around the U.S., and authored and co-authored several articles, among them:
California Car Buyer's Bill of Rights, 2006
Federal and State Identity Theft Protection Laws, 2004
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Privacy Provisions Update, 2002
Vehicle Finance and Leasing Litigation, 2002
Security Interests in Deposit Accounts, 2002
FTC Privacy Regulation - How Goes the Battle? 2001
Consumer Credit in the 21st Century - Update on Consumer Legislation and Regulation, 2001
Vehicle Finance and Certificate of Title Litigation, 2000
Vehicle Leasing and Sales Finance Litigation, 2000
Security Interests in Inventory of Motor Vehicles, 2000
Troubled Waters: The Continuing Flood of Consumer Finance Litigation, 1999
More-Cooling Off a Few "Hot" Issues, 1998
Cooling Off a Few "Hot" Issues, 1998
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