Professional Experience

As a partner in our Washington, DC office, Anastasia represents a range of financial institution clients, including installment lenders, loan servicers, collection agencies, motor vehicle and RV dealers and finance companies, solar finance companies, and national and state banks, in consumer credit and small business finance compliance and enforcement matters. She also counsels investor clients on the risks associated with investments in the consumer credit marketplace.

Anastasia partners with clients to:

 
Anastasia is an active leader in the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee, currently serving as Vice Chair of the Personal Property Finance Subcommittee. She has previously served as the Chair of the Young Lawyers Subcommittee and as a Young Lawyer Liaison to both the Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee and the National Institute on Consumer Financial Services Basics. She is also a member of the Receivables Management Association.

Prior to joining Hudson Cook, Anastasia worked as a compliance attorney in the Regulatory Services group at U.S. Bancorp in Washington, DC, handling bankruptcy and debt collection issues in the aftermath of the Independent Foreclosure Review. During law school, she advocated for legal protections for victims of domestic violence as a Student Attorney in Tulane’s Domestic Violence Clinic.

Anastasia earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane University Law School, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy Studies and History from Duke University.

Her extensive regulatory experience and industry leadership make her a trusted advisor for financial institutions navigating the complex web of state and federal consumer credit compliance issues and regulatory enforcement, particularly in the areas of debt collection and collateral recovery.

A proud native of North Carolina, outside of her legal practice and industry speaking engagements, Anastasia enjoys cheering on the Duke Blue Devils, spending time with her husband, young children, and labradoodle, and visiting beautiful Asheville, North Carolina.