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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
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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
Ballard Spahr LLP’s consumer financial services practice offers representation and counseling for matters including class actions, regulatory enforcement matters put forward by the CFPB, and compliance. The group is also active in emerging areas such as the fintech space. Co-leading the team are Daniel McKenna and John Socknat. McKenna, based in Philadelphia, specializes in consumer financial services, privacy and data security, and mortgage banking, offering extensive trial experience representing clients in class actions relating to statutes such as the TCPA, FCRA, and UDAAP. Other key names to note in the firm are Thomas Burke, based in Philadelphia, Joel Tasca, based between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and John Grugan, based in Pennsylvania.
United States > Finance > Financial services regulation
Noted for its experience in defending clients facing regulatory enforcement action from the CFPB and other agencies, Ballard Spahr LLP advises investment banks and private equity houses across a range of matters, with a growing caseload of crypto asset-related litigation. Payment systems and other fintechs also form a core part of the firm’s varied client base, which the practice advises on buy now, pay later, earned wage access and income sharing agreement products. Co-heading the team are Washington DC-based John Socknat, who assists clients in the run-up to compliance audits by state and federal regulators, and Daniel McKenna, a litigation specialist who takes on class actions and arbitration hearings in relation to mortgage, auto and credit card loans. John Culhane Jr. specializes in student loan regulations, with further expertise in mortgage loan and leasing plans. All lawyers are Philadelphia-based unless otherwise specified. Lisa Lanham left the firm in April 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Financial services regulation United States > Finance
- Financial services litigation United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense