Attorney Gretchen Jones to Present on Revisions to Reg E and Foreclosure Laws
Skelton, Taintor, and Abbott, P.A. attorney Gretchen L. Jones is a featured speaker at two upcoming seminars.
Gretchen will participate in a session entitled “Significant Developments in Consumer & Financial Institution Law: Mortgages, Credit Cards, Overdraft Services & More” at the Maine State Bar Association’s (MSBA) Summer Meeting on June 17-19. She will address recent revisions to Federal Reserve Board Regulations E which become effective July 1.
Gretchen will also participate in the Maine Association of Community Bankers’ (MECB) 2010 Legislative Recap Seminar on June 30. In addition to addressing the Reg E revisions, she will also discuss changes to Maine’s foreclosure laws which became effective during the last Legislative Session.
Gretchen L. Jones is a shareholder and director at the law firm of Skelton, Taintor and Abbott in Auburn, Maine. Gretchen earned her law degree from the University of Maine School of Law and her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Bowdoin College.
Gretchen’s practice is focused on representing and counseling financial institutions and other businesses. She has extensive experience in legislative and regulatory advocacy on behalf of clients before the Maine Legislature, members of Congress, federal financial regulators and state agencies. Her expertise encompasses all areas of business and commercial representation, including regulatory compliance; consumer, commercial and municipal finance; charter conversions; and mergers and acquisitions, from planning stages through consummation. She is also a frequent speaker on financial institution regulatory matters.
Gretchen is a member of the Maine and New Hampshire State and Androscoggin County Bar Associations. She serves as Chair of the Maine Bar Association’s Consumer and Financial Institution Law Section and is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Corporations, Business and Banking Law Section. She also serves on the Central Maine Healthcare Corporation Institutional Review Board; the Board of Directors of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce; and the Red Mass Committee.