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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Daniel McKenna
Position
Partner and Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group
Career
Daniel JT McKenna is a litigator who focuses on consumer financial services, privacy and data security, and mortgage banking. He serves as Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group.
In his consumer financial services practice, Dan represents clients in individual and class litigation and arbitration in mortgage, credit card, debt collection, auto loan, and servicing matters. His clients include banks and nonbank lenders, mortgage lenders and servicers, third-party service providers, auto lenders, and repossession companies.
Admissions
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services, Vice Chair of Programming, 2016-present
Temple American Inn of Court, Membership Chair
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, former Executive Committee member
Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, former Executive Committee member
Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, former Executive Committee member, Mentorship Co-Chair, and American Bar Association Liaison
Ballard Spahr Hiring Committee, 2010-present
Ballard Spahr Diversity Committee, 2006-2010
Ballard Spahr Associates’ Committee, Chair, 2006-2008
Wills for Heroes Foundation, President
Clarifi (nonprofit that assists consumers struggling with debt and provides financial literacy programs to help them gain control of their finances)
Temple Law Alumni Association, former Executive Committee member
Variety: The Children’s Charity, Young Variety Division, former Executive Committee member
Education
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004)
Symposium Editor, The Political and Civil Rights Law Review; published major symposium, “Vision and Revision: The Fourteenth Amendment;” Member, National Trial Team (Regional Champion, 2004); President, Student Bar Association
The Catholic University of America (B.A., cum laude, 1999)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
Concentrating on consumer financial services and products, Ballard Spahr LLP has experience representing clients facing CFPB and other regulatory enforcement, as well as advising financial institutions on regulatory due diligence involving consumer finance service companies. The firm also has a focus on payment systems in the fintech sphere. Leading the consumer financial services practice are Daniel McKenna, John Socknat and Joel Tasca. McKenna, based in Philadelphia, is active in class actions, particularly under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, as well as individual litigation regarding consumer finance products on behalf of banks, non-bank lenders, mortgage providers and third-party service providers. Socknat and Tasca are based in Washington DC and Las Vegas respectively. Thomas Burke, in Philadelphia, is another key name to note within the firm for investigations and enforcements by regulatory bodies.
United States > Finance > Financial services regulation
The consumer financial services group at Ballard Spahr LLP offers comprehensive advice covering complex CFPB and agency regulatory, enforcement and litigation matters. The team is also recognized for its knowledge of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, allowing it to attract a variety of payment system providers, fintech firms and private equity firms as clients. Daniel McKenna and John Socknat steers these efforts, working out of the Philadelphia and Washington DC offices, respectively; in Pennsylvania, John Culhane is noted for his student lending law knowledge. Former CFPB official Michael Gordon joined the firm in March 2022, with Mark Furlettti leaving in February 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Financial services litigation United States > Dispute resolution
- Financial services regulation United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense