Walter Buzzetta concentrates his practice on consumer lending and financial services litigation, with a primary focus on claims against financial services companies, including claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), as well as class action, civil RICO, deceptive trade practices, fraud and antitrust challenges. He is experienced in counseling financial services companies on strategic planning, risk assessment, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution. Walter also represents clients in resolving contested lien priorities, chain of title issues and title insurance disputes.
Prior to joining Stradley Ronon, Walter was senior counsel at MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., where he focused on financial services, mortgage and lending litigation and regulatory compliance. At MERSCORP Holdings, he litigated disputes on behalf of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems and the nation’s largest mortgage lenders and servicers nationwide, including directing numerous successful appeals to U.S. Circuit Courts and State Supreme Courts.
Walter also has extensive experience in representing institutions in reinsurance and insurance coverage actions in both court and arbitration. Walter has experience litigating coverage disputes involving property & casualty, asbestos, silica, mass tort, environmental pollution, health care, commercial accident and products liability. This experience includes litigating the number of occurrences, exclusionary provisions, documentation requirements, allocation, notice, intermediary roles, underwriting intent, misrepresentation, material non-disclosure and rescission.
He graduated from Duke University School of Law and earned his B.A. in Political Science from Southern Methodist University.