Utah's Credit Unions

eTrain: Dealing with Class Action Lawsuits

Presented by Bruce Pearson, Partner and Karen White, Associate at the Law Firm of Styskal, Wiese & Melchione
Class action lawsuits are rampant.  Although no one is talking about it, many credit unions have been named as defendants in recent years.  Class actions are ever more popular with the plaintiff’s bar.  Why?  Because plaintiffs’ lawyers collect large fees and financial institutions are easy targets. 

How can you protect your credit union?  Tune in to learn:

• What the most common class action suits are against financial institutions
• How to evaluate your credit union’s products, procedures, services, and agreements, to minimize your credit union’s exposure
• How to lessen your credit union’s risk of being named as a defendant in the most common  types of class action lawsuits against financial institutions  
• Key steps to strategically limit a credit union’s financial exposure after a class action has been filed   
• Important questions to ask - right up front – to litigation (panel) counsel defending the credit union in a class action lawsuit

Who Should Attend?

• CEO
• Board of Directors
• CFO
• Senior Management

Meet the presenters:
Bruce  Pearson is a partner at the Law Firm of Styskal, Wiese & Melchione.  Bruce’s representation of the firm’s credit union clients focuses on corporate governance, fiduciary responsibilities, credit union regulatory examination matters, real estate related issues, and negotiable instruments laws.  Mr. Pearson’s past credit union work experience provides the firm’s clients with a valuable “in the trenches” perspective.

Karen White is an associate at the Law Firm of Styskal, Wiese & Melchione.  Karen’s representation of the firm’s credit union clients focuses on contract drafting and negotiation, developing litigation strategy, analyzing insurance coverage issues, and regulatory compliance.   Prior to joining Styskal, Wiese & Melchione, Karen was a litigator at Sedwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold in Los Angeles, CA where she specialized in defending class actions and insurance matters.  Her extensive litigation experience has proven valuable to Styskal, Wiese & Melchione’s clients.

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