David I. Monteiro

As a government attorney, David conducted investigations into fair lending and UDAP matters, including cases involving major national mortgage lenders, and led the FTC’s Equal Credit Opportunity Act target selection program. Since entering private practice, he has counseled clients on, and defended government investigations into, a range of consumer protection issues arising in the financial services industry, including the UDAAP provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and Dodd-Frank Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Truth in Lending Act, and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. David has assisted banks, broker-dealers, mortgage servicers, residential and commercial lenders, among others, in responding to investigations, examinations, and audits by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, FINRA, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, federal agency inspectors general, and state financial regulators and attorneys general. David also routinely conducts internal investigations into potential compliance failures and assists clients in developing remediation plans and navigating the self-disclosure process.

David served for two years as a judicial law clerk to Judge Catharina Haynes of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He continues to maintain an active appellate litigation and complex motions practice, representing depository and non-depository financial institutions, among other clients, before state and federal trial and appellate courts as well as arbitration panels.