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| | Address | 40 Technology Parkway South Suite 202 | | Norcross, Georgia 30092 | | (Gwinnett Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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(Main Office)
| Franzén and Salzano, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Mortgage Banking Law, Consumer Credit Compliance, Banking Law, Interest and Usury, Automotive Franchises and Dealerships, Creditors Rights, Management Employment Law, Employment Litigation, Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation, Real Estate Litigation. | | Year Established: 1997 | Firm Profile:
Franzén and Salzano, P.C. is a full service law firm, serving the lending and collection industries. We offer our clients skilled counsel combined with innovative approaches to conducting business within the boundaries of the law. Terry Franzén and Loretta Salzano founded the firm in 1997 to respond to the legal needs of the consumer financial services industry. From our inception we have served as compliance and litigation counsel for our clients which now include collection agencies. The firm maintains the highest professional standards while fostering an environment devoted to maintaining a healthy balance among work, family and community. Our firm helps banks, thrifts, mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, consumer finance companies, and others involved in the lending process comply with the laws governing their businesses. We regularly provide advice on multi-state and federal lending and loan servicing compliance, including licensing, documentation, disclosures, usury and fees. We represent lenders, brokers, and others in regulatory enforcement proceedings and in individual and class action litigation. We assist our clients with title insurance claims and negotiate and draft loan purchase and sale agreements, marketing agreements, and other agreements integral to the lending industry. We also counsel our clients on general business, contract, corporate, employment, and litigated bankruptcy matters. Similarly, we assist our collection agency clients with both federal law and multi-state law compliance, litigation, contract and corporate matters, licensing, employment, and litigated bankruptcy proceedings. The firm's practice includes a multi-state and federal legislative monitoring service for its clients. In addition, the firm is compliance counsel for PCi's predatory lending product, Wiz Sentinel, and is the Georgia editor for Houselaw. | | Firm Size: 24 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | Therese G. Franzén (Partner) born Augusta, Georgia, August 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., summa cum laude, 1977; J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Atlanta, Gwinnett County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Mortgage Banking Law; Complex Litigation; Automotive Franchises and Dealerships; Management Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Therese G. Franzén | | Loretta Salzano (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, March 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high distinction, 1984; J.D., 1988). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Mortgage Banking Law; Consumer Credit Compliance; Banking Law; Interest and Usury. Email: Loretta Salzano | | John H. Bedard, Jr. (Partner) born Yonkers, New York, July 14, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Georgia. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Economics, magna cum laude, 1995); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Debtor and Creditor Collections; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Secured Creditors Rights; Fair Credit Reporting Act. Email: John H. Bedard, Jr. | | A. Michelle Canter (Partner) born Kansas City, Kansas, April 28, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Kansas; 1996, Texas; 2003, Georgia. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1989); Washburn University School of Law (J.D., with Dean's honors, 1992). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Kansas Bar Association (inactive); State Bar of Texas (inactive). Practice Areas: Mortgage Banking Law; Banking Law; Complex Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: A. Michelle Canter | | Shannon M. Howe (Partner) born Muskegon, Michigan, December 27, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Michigan; 1998, Georgia. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 1993); Wayne State University (J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Mortgage Banking Law; Consumer Credit Compliance; Interest and Usury. Email: Shannon M. Howe | | Leslie M. Howell (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, February 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Missouri; 1992, Illinois; 1995, Georgia. Education: University of Missouri (B.S.W., 1987); St. Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member: Illinois State Bar Association (Inactive); State Bar of Georgia; The Missouri Bar (Inactive). Practice Areas: Mortgage Banking Law; Consumer Credit Compliance; Banking Law; Interest and Usury. Email: Leslie M. Howell | | ASSOCIATES | | Nathan Bowden (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Georgia; 2002, New York (inactive); 2007, Virginia. Education: Kennesaw State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Mortgages; Lender Law; Banking Law; Regulatory Law; Privacy Law; Consumer Finance; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation; Consumer Law. Email: Nathan Bowden | | Jennifer Dozier (Associate) born Elizabethton, Tennessee, February 7, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., Political Science, 2002); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2005). Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 2002-2005. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Mortgage Banking Law; Consumer Credit Compliance; Banking Law; Interest and Usury. Email: Jennifer Dozier | | Keary Floyd (Associate) born East Point, Georgia, July 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida; 2005, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1999); Georgia State University (J.D., 2002). Member: The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Debtor and Creditor Collections; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Secured Creditors Rights; Fair Credit Reporting Act. Email: Keary Floyd | | Suzanne R. Haley (Associate) born Greenville, North Carolina, April 29, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., International Studies and Spanish, 2000); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 2005). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Mortgage Banking Law; Consumer Credit Compliance; Banking Law; Automotive Franchises and Dealerships; Civil Litigation. Email: Suzanne R. Haley | | Marcus G. Keegan (Associate) born August 5, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Criminology, 1995); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Management Employment Law; Employment Litigation. | | Martha D. Turner (Associate) born Worcester, Massachusetts, November 9, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1986); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Martha D. Turner |
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