Kate’s practice focuses on the areas of Consumer Financial Services and Small Business
Financing. She represents banks, finance companies, private equity and investment bank investors,
merchant cash advance companies, and small business lenders establishing new programs and
products, and conducts due diligence and compliance reviews of consumer lending and business financing
portfolios. Kate is a founding member of the Alternative Finance Bar Association, an organization of
attorneys who represent merchant cash advance companies and lenders providing financing to
small businesses.
Kate’s practice also includes assisting clients with compliance with state and federal consumer
protection and related laws as they develop and maintain mortgage lending, automobile finance and other
credit programs.
Kate has testified before the United States House of Representatives Small Business Subcommittee
regarding improving small business capital access. She recently testified before the Maryland
House Economic Matters Committee and Senate Finance Committee regarding proposed bills to
regulate sales-based business financing transactions and has appeared several times before
the California legislature and New Jersey Senate Committee on Commerce regarding proposed
disclosures for business finance transactions.
Professional Affiliations
- Chair, Subcommittee on Consumer Credit, Maryland State Bar Association
- Founding Member and Treasurer, Alternative Finance Bar Association