Francis “Trip” Riley is co-chair of the Consumer Financial
Services Litigation Practice at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. Trip’s
broad practice, which draws on nearly 25 years of experience, includes
representations of clients in consumer financial services and other
consumer facing services and products, such as real estate settlement
services, retail and hospitality. He also represents companies in complex,
high exposure single plaintiff and class action litigation.
Trip’s consumer protection regulatory compliance work focuses on
helping service and product companies comply with federal and state consumer
protection laws, regulations and guidance, including those enforced by the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
and the Consumer Protection Divisions of State AG’s offices. Trip
also defends these clients in single plaintiff and class actions against
claims of consumer protections law violations. These claims have included
asserted violations of the FCRA, TCPA, FDCPA, RESPA, and TILA, along with state
unfair, deceptive and abusive practices statutes and regulations. His
representations of financial services clients encompass a wide variety
of actions, including class actions that arise from complex commercial
transactions and relationships, in state and federal courts
throughout the United States and before arbitrators. He has also been
involved in a variety of statutory and common law fraud, civil RICO,
and civil conspiracy actions. Trip’s work in the real estate
settlement services industry includes defense in civil litigation/class
actions, government investigations and enforcement actions, as well
as regulatory/compliance counseling.
Trip is a thought leader in the consumer financial services industry, speaking
regularly at industry conferences put on by RESPRO, October Research, the
MBA, ALTA, State Land Title Associations, and title underwriters. Trip also
co-leads the firm’s blog, Consumer Finance Litigation Bulletin, that has
been quoted in numerous articles, and has authored articles for industry
publications such as the Conference on Consumer Finance Law Quarterly
Report and InsideARM.
Professional Affiliations
- Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section and Business
Torts Group
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Associate member, Mortgage Bankers Association
- Associate member, American Land Title Association and New Jersey Land
Title Association