Ballard Spahr LLP

Senior Counsel

John L. Culhane, Jr., is known for his work advising on interstate direct and indirect consumer and residential mortgage loan and leasing programs, through both traditional brick-and-mortar facilities and e-commerce. Before joining Ballard Spahr, John was associate counsel with Mellon Bank, N.A.; associate counsel with Bank of America NT&SA; and senior attorney (section chief) with the National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency regulating federal credit unions.

John addresses issues involving licensing, advertising and marketing, application processing, privacy, disclosure, pricing, substantive terms, servicing, collection, portfolio sales, and securitization. His regulatory practice includes preparing clients for banking agency and CFPB compliance examinations and assisting in the defense of attorney general investigations and banking agency and CFPB enforcement actions. His clients have ranged from a multibillion-dollar bank holding company, to one of the nation's largest residential mortgage lenders, to a leading provider of financial institution forms and documentation. John co-leads the firm's Debt Collection, Fair Lending, and Military Lending Teams.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association, member, Credit Union Committee and Consumer Financial Services Committee; former Chair, Subcommittee on Fair Access to Services; former Chair, Task Force on Lender Liability Limitation Amendments to State Statutes of Fraud; former Editor, Annual Survey of Consumer Financial Services Law

Pennsylvania Bar Association

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, charter member

Conference on Consumer Finance Law

Admissions

California

Pennsylvania

Virginia

University of Virginia School of Law (J.D. 1978); University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1973)