LISTEN OVER LUNCH: Judge Joshua Wolson on the State of Litigation

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Winnow Solutions, LLC

As Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Winnow, Chris Hilliard leads a team of legal, compliance, and technology professionals transforming how financial institutions and lenders navigate state and federal regulatory requirements. Winnow is a powerful online application that enables customers to generate surveys and searches tailored to their specific business type, licensing, products, and geographic scope based on a comprehensive and dynamic database of state and federal laws and regulations. Winnow also provides an AI-powered platform that helps financial institutions navigate complex state and federal regulations, ensuring compliance while improving operational efficiency. Chris Hilliard has over 20 years of industry experience in consumer, commercial, and residential mortgage lending and general banking, with extensive expertise in regulatory compliance, BSA/AML, internal audit, licensing, and legal functions. He is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP), and a California Licensed Life, Accident & Health Agent. He has held executive, senior management, and mid-level management positions at major financial institutions and lenders, where he managed all aspects of compliance, risk, and litigation, as well as product development, management, and design. He is passionate about leveraging technology to create innovative solutions that enhance compliance efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. HousingWire, Finovate, and the US Fintech Awards have recognized him, and he is a HousingWire Tech 100 Trendsetter for 2024.

Co-Chair, Financial Services Litigation, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP

Andrew K. Stutzman is a Philadelphia trial lawyer who founded and chairs the financial services litigation practice at Stradley Ronon. Andrew resolves complex disputes through litigation, especially finance-related matters. He has tried civil cases of diverse subject matters in many state, federal and ADR courts throughout his career and assisted in the defense of government investigations and criminal proceedings. Andrew’s team resolves disputes involving consumer or commercial financial products or services. Andrew is often invited to discuss finance litigation topics, and has been privileged to appear at events of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Mortgage Bankers Association and the Risk Management Association.

United States District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Hon. Joshua D. Wolson Judge Wolson was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in May 2018. He was renominated in May 2019, was confirmed by the Senate on May 2, 2019, and received his commission on May 28, 2019. Judge Wolson earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk for Hon. Jan E. DuBois of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He then maintained a commercial litigation practice, including antitrust, RICO, intellectual property, class action, First Amendment, and commercial contract disputes, first as an associate with Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C., and then as a partner with Dilworth Paxson in Philadelphia.