34 ANTHONY ALEXIS aalexis@goodwinlaw.com +1 202 346 4032 Tony Alexis is a partner in Goodwin’s Financial Industry Practice and serves as the head of the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Enforcement Practice. His practice focuses primar- ily on consumer financial services and government and regulatory investigations. Prior to joining Goodwin in 2017, Mr. Alexis served as Assistant Director and Head of the Office of Enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he developed and managed the CFPB’s enforcement strategy, consumer financial investigations and liti- gation. He also coordinated strategy, investigations and litigation in areas such as payday/ short-term loans, mortgages, credit cards, credit reporting, debt collection, student and automobile lending, and payments systems with leaders of the enforcement and regula- tion departments. Mr. Alexis also served as a member of the CFPB’s Executive Committee and its Civil Penalty Fund Governance Board. He joined the CFPB as the Deputy Enforce- ment Director for Field Litigation, and was responsible for enforcement work conducted by enforcement’s four regional offices. SABRINA M. ROSE-SMITH Chair, Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity srosesmith@goodwinlaw.com +1 202 346 4185 Sabrina Rose-Smith is a partner in Goodwin’s Financial Industry and Consumer Financial Services Litigation practices. Her nationwide practice includes both defending financial institutions against consumer class actions and government enforcement actions, and regulatory compliance counseling for banks, credit card issuers, mortgage lenders and specialty finance companies. She is the lead editor of Goodwin’s LenderLaw Watch blog, a firm blog that monitors and chronicles legal developments in the consumer financial services industry. Ms. Rose-Smith defends her financial services clients in cases involving the Truth In Lending Act (TILA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), state and federal unfair and deceptive trade practices (UDAP) statutes and other alleged violations of law arising from her clients’ lending, servicing and/or collections activity. AUTHORS