Michael A. Benoit Partner 202-327-9705 Office Location 1020 19th Street, NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20036 202-223-6930 Fax: 202-223-6935 Download vCard Printable Version

Professional Experience	Hudson Cook, LLP 1997-2005; 2006-Present. Michael A. Benoit is a partner in the Washington DC office of Hudson Cook, LLP. He advises banks, sales finance companies, auto leasing companies, mortgage lenders, auto dealers, and other creditors and technology providers on a wide range of consumer financial services law, including the Truth In Lending Act and Regulation Z, the Consumer Leasing Act and Regulation M, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the USA Patriot Act. In addition, his practice covers matters involving federal and state laws relating to electronic commerce and online lending, privacy, fair lending, telemarketing, personal and real property financing, and leasing and collection practices Mavent Inc., Irvine, California, 2005 - 2006. Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, 1993-1997. Professional Musician, 1978 - 1990.
Education	Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude, 1993. The University of Michigan, Master of Music, 1987. University of Miami, Bachelor of Music, Magna Cum Laude, 1984.
Professional Memberships and Activities	Ohio State Bar (admitted 1993); District of Columbia Bar (admitted 2004). Fellow, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers. Member, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Consumer Financial Services Committee and Cyberspace Law Committee. Member, American Financial Services Association, Law Committee, State Governmental Relations Committee and E-Business and Technology Solutions Committee. Counsel to Vehicle Finance Subcommittee of the American Financial Services Association Law Committee. Charter member, American National Standards Institute X9 E-Contracting Standards Task Force. Past Member, Mortgage Bankers Association, Past member, Alt-A and Nonprime Council Executive Committee. Member, Ohio State Bar Association, Bankruptcy, Banking and Commercial Law Committee; Consumer Credit Subcommittee. Past Director, National Home Equity, Mortgage Association. Past Chair, National Home Equity Mortgage Association, Business Technology Committee. Fellow, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.