AMANDA J. MOLLO

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EXPERIENCE

ALSTON & BIRD, LLP Washington, D.C.

Senior Associate, Financial Services and Payments Practice Group June2018- Present

● Advise clients on legal and regulatory matters relating to payments and FinTech innovation, including research and analysis of EFTA, ACH and card network rules, money transmission rules, E-SIGN, FCRA, SCRA, ECOA, EFAA, Regulation II, BSA/AML rules, advertising rules, ECCHO Rules, and UCC Article 4A.

● Manage enforcement responses, including discovery productions and PARR letter responses.

● Draft comprehensive survey of legislative, regulatory, and litigation payments law developments monthly.

● Deliver monthly presentations regarding payments law developments to counsel from 25 largest U.S. banks.

● Conduct diligence in connection with acquisitions as subject-matter expert in payments regulation. MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP Washington, D.C.

Associate, Financial Services Practice Group October 2013 - May 2018

● Advised clients on legal and regulatory matters relating to payments and consumer financial products and services, including mobile payments, debit, credit, and prepaid cards; mortgage loans; and installment loans.

● Analyzed client inquiries and counsel clients through compliance evaluations, supervisory matters and enforcement actions in connection with consumer protections laws, such as ECOA, TILA, EFTA, FDCPA, FCRA, Section 1031 of the Dodd-Frank Act (UDAAP), state licensing laws, and privacy.

● Served as Senior Counsel for credit card operations in six-month secondment to mid-size national bank.

● Analyzed regulatory developments and enforcement actions of interest to financial services providers.

● Facilitated EFTA enforcement action and managed enterprise-wide Regulation E gap analysis for large bank.

● Managed two overall consumer protection compliance reviews in connection with card portfolio acquisitions. NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER Washington, D.C.

Legal Intern, Family Economic Security Program Summer 2012

● Drafted memoranda analyzing administrative procedures for reversal of midnight regulations, efficacy of the Louisiana School Readiness Child Care tax credit, and unionization of home-based child care providers.

● Analyzed legislative history of Bush-era tax cuts and congressional hearings on tax policy. CONFERENCE OF STATE BANK SUPERVISORS Washington, D.C. Legal Extern, Regulatory Spring 2012

● Drafted memoranda analyzing proposed regulations by the CFPB and Federal Reserve, the validity of Director Cordray’s appointment, bank stress testing and debt-to-equity limits, and CCAR Methodologies.

● Led working group meeting on Federal Reserve’s proposed rules for Enhanced Prudential Standards. U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT, DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT New Haven, CT Judicial Extern to Chief Judge Lorraine Murphy Weil Summer 2011

● Drafted memoranda regarding Bankruptcy Rule 9024, fraud, duress, due process, and collateral attack. EDUCATION

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL Washington, D.C. J.D. with honors, John Howard Earle Merit Scholarship recipient May 2013 Senior Member – Federal Circuit Bar Journal

Clinic: Small Business and Community Economic Development (Fall 2012) Best Brief winner and semi-finalist – Pamela Spanogle International Commercial Arbitration Competition Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Board; Law Association for Women (President); Law Revue Banking and Securities Law Society; Law Students for Reproductive Justice; Equal Justice Foundation TULANE UNIVERSITY New Orleans, LA

B.A., summa cum laude, English and Italian May 2007 Phi Beta Kappa; Distinguished Scholar Award (four year merit scholarship) Newcomb Scholar (independent research award recognizing honors thesis) Resident Advisor; Ten-month, full-immersion program at Italian university in Florence, Italy Volunteer reading buddy at public elementary school; Intern for Newcomb Student Programs

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