Elizabeth S. McCall | Professionals

emccall@reedsmith.com

Global Customer Centre
T: +1 412 288 7135

Elizabeth provides firmwide support to the Business & Finance and Litigation Departments - concentrating in credit card accounts, mortgages and other consumer financial products litigation involving claims under TILA, RESPA, HAMP, FCRA, FDCPA, TCPA and consumer protection laws in multiple states. She also assists with due diligence reviews for various clients. For two years, Elizabeth has been seconded to a Fortune 25 financial services client as in-house counsel, and in that capacity, she manages a large portfolio of litigated matters from inception through resolution. This entails developing legal strategy, directing outside counsel, interfacing with numerous client decision-makers, and adhering to applicable legal mandates and company policies. This valuable experience gives her the perspective of in-house counsel and assists her providing client service.

Elizabeth has worked in electronic discovery for complex litigation and regulatory matters in pharmaceutical products liability, insurance coverage claims, regulatory compliance and investigations, general commercial and financial litigation.

Originally from Louisiana, Elizabeth served as an assistant district attorney focusing on criminal appeals and post-conviction relief cases in state and federal courts. She then served for ten years on the central criminal staff for an appellate court. Elizabeth has served as an adjunct instructor for the University of Pittsburgh and McNeese State University (Louisiana).

Elizabeth’s experience with tax-exempt nonprofit organizations led her to obtain a graduate degree in public and nonprofit management from the University of Pittsburgh. At Pitt, she supervised a nonprofit clinical program utilizing teams of students and faculty to provide technical and capacity building assistance to small community-based nonprofits in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware. She remains active with nonprofit organizations - particularly the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline which maintains and operates the historic Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh.

Credentials

Louisiana State University Law Center, 1984, J.D.
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 2002, MPA (Masters of Public Administration)
University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1980, B.A., Legal Studies, cum laude

Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Louisiana

State Supreme Court - Pennsylvania
All State Courts - Pennsylvania
All State Courts - Louisiana
U.S. District Court - Western District of Louisiana

Louisiana State Bar Association – Member (since 1985)
Southwest Louisiana Bar Association – Former member and editor and writer for The Side Bar, quarterly news magazine
Judge Albert M. Tate American Inns of Court, Lake Charles, Louisiana (1998-2000)

Civic and Charitable Affiliations

Society for Preservation of Duquesne Heights Incline – Board of Directors (2008-present); Secretary; Executive Committee; Audit and Compliance Committee
Junior League of Pittsburgh – Sustainer; Fund Development Director (2005-2007); Board of Directors (2005-2007)
Alpha Omicron Pi – Pittsburgh Area Alumnae Chapter

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