Obrea O. Poindexter serves as co-chair of the Financial Services Practice Group at
Morrison & Foerster LLP, heads the firm’s mobile payments group, and is
co-chair of the FinTech group. Clients turn to Ms. Poindexter for her innovative
solutions and critical thinking when it comes to complex regulatory issues.
Ms. Poindexter practices in one of the most well-regarded banking and finance practices
in the U.S. The practice offers financial institution clients a critical combination of
bank regulatory expertise and a deep understanding of the financial markets.
Ms. Poindexter’s practice focuses on financial services regulation. She advises
large financial institutions, retailers and other non-financial card issuers (e.g.,
technology companies) on financial privacy issues relating to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act; consumer lending issues under the CARD Act,
the Truth in Lending Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act; debit cards, prepaid
cards, electronic banking and payment system issues under the Electronic Fund Transfer
Act (Regulation E) and the E-SIGN Act. She also advises clients extensively on issues
related to emerging payments systems such as mobile payment systems and person-to-person
payments. Ms. Poindexter is the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Truth
in Lending Subcommittee and Former Chair of the Privacy Subcommittee and is a nationally
recognized speaker on banking and consumer financial services issues. In addition,
she heads an industry comment group that meets regularly to discuss the implications of
financial services regulations on the industry and provides a forum for practical advice on
compliance. Ms. Poindexter was recently inducted as a fellow of the American College of
Consumer Financial Services. Ms. Poindexter was named to Savoy Magazine’s 2015 Most
Influential Black Lawyers list. She was also recognized by
The National Law Journal
as one of the top 75 “Outstanding Women Lawyers,” and was shortlisted
for Best Regulatory Lawyer of the Year by Women in Compliance 2015.
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association’s Truth in Lending Subcommittee, Chair
- American College of Consumer Financial Services, Fellow