We are pleased to announce the promotion of Abigail M. Lyle to counsel. A member of the firm’s financial services litigation and compliance group, Lyle focuses her practice on regulatory compliance and defending financial institutions in enforcement actions and litigation related to consumer protection laws.

She regularly defends financial institutions in litigation involving lending practices and federal and state consumer financial services laws, and advises clients on a variety of compliance issues, including the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Housing Act, Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and its state counterparts, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Unfair Deceptive or Abusive Acts or Practices, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering, and flood insurance issues.

Lyle, who joined Hunton & Williams in 2007, received her undergraduate degree from Furman University and law degree from University of Miami School of Law.  Lyle served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable William P. Dimitrouleas of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 2009-2011.

The financial services litigation and compliance practice has decades of experience representing financial institutions and other clients in all areas of consumer finance compliance and related litigation. In helping clients prevent and resolve disputes, Lyle draws on the firm’s knowledge of the financial services industry and extensive representation of an array of financial institutions, mortgage lenders and servicers, credit card lenders, auto lenders, student loan lenders, collection agencies, marketplace lenders, FinTech companies, and third party service providers across the country in navigating the federal and state laws that govern consumer lending activities.