Overview
David Tallman is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Houston office and a member of the Consumer Financial Services group. In addition to residential mortgage lenders, servicers and investors, he represents a broad range of other financial service providers, including depository institutions, auto lenders, credit card issuers, student lenders, sales finance companies and payment systems providers.
David's practice includes:
- Counseling clients on regulatory compliance obligations under federal and state consumer credit laws.
- Acting as regulatory counsel and performing due diligence in connection with investments, acquisitions, and other transactions related to consumer financial products and services.
- Structuring operations and developing compliance and risk management systems.
- Handling privacy and information security matters for both financial and non-financial companies, including by drafting privacy notices and consumer consents, performing data audits, advising on data breach response obligations, creating information security programs, and handling cross-border data transfer issues.
- Advising clients on a range of consumer protection, advertising, telemarketing, and social media issues, including under the UDAP/UDAAP provisions of the FTC Act and the Dodd-Frank Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the CAN-SPAM Act, the Telephone Sales Rule, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and similar state laws.
- Helping clients to develop e-commerce platforms to facilitate the electronic delivery of financial services.
David co-authored the Mortgage Banker's Association's National Servicing Standards Resource Guide. He has written numerous articles on consumer finance issues and is a frequent lecturer at seminars and conferences sponsored by industry groups on legal issues relating to consumer financial products and services.
Areas of Focus
Perspectives
Events
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February 26 – 282018
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November 172016
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September 152016
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June 132016
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude
Deans List
Macalester College, BA, magna cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Texas
Activities
- Mortgage Bankers Association
- International Association of Privacy Professional