Hanover, Md. - Hudson Cook, LLP, a nationwide provider of legal compliance services for the financial services industry, announces that it has added as partners two nationally-recognized collections attorneys, Gary Becker and Barbara Sinsley, to its existing collections practice. Gary and Barbara will join current Hudson Cook attorneys in creating a new practice group to focus on lender oversight and regulatory compliance for third-party debt collectors, debt buyers, collections law firms, and creditors collecting their own debts.
Gary W. Becker is an attorney and entrepreneur who has worked in the collections industry for nearly 30 years. He is the former CEO, Chairman and General Counsel of national collection agency DCM Services; a founding partner of Balogh Becker, one of the nation’s largest collection law firms; and a founding board member of the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys. Gary is an innovator in the application of technology to collections and a recognized leader in applying legally compliant customer-centric approaches in collections and recovery. He received his law degree in 1978 from Ohio State University College of Law.
Barbara A. Sinsley is considered one of the nation’s leading attorneys in the area of debt sales and consumer collections regulatory preparedness and compliance, with over 24 years of experience. She previously served as General Counsel of DBA International (formerly the Debt Buyers Association). Over the course of her career, both as an outside attorney and in-house counsel, Barb has assisted dozens of large and small collections businesses in coming into compliance with state and federal laws, and has represented numerous industry members before the CFPB, Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and in the courts. She received her law degree in 1989 from South Texas College of Law.
