Brett Ashton

Brett Ashton is the Chair of Krieg DeVault’s Financial Institutions Practice Group. Mr. Ashton counsels a wide array of financial services providers, including credit unions, banks, auto lenders, consumer finance companies, small dollar lenders, payment processors, and premium finance companies. He advises financial institutions on complex bank acquisitions, litigation defense and avoidance strategies, strategic planning, new product development, negotiation and defense of regulatory enforcement actions, and general regulatory compliance issues. Mr. Ashton has significant experience with assisting credit unions in their acquisition of banks while navigating the complex regulatory challenges associated with these transactions. Mr. Ashton is actively involved in a number of financial services trade associations, including the American Financial Services Association, where he is Counsel to the association's Personal Loan Committee and Ancillary Products Working Group, the Indiana Financial Services Association, where he serves as Executive Director and Counsel, and the Illinois Financial Services Association, where he serves as Executive Director and General Counsel. He is a frequent author, and speaker on recent developments in the financial services industry, and has been involved in the development of laws impacting the consumer finance industry at the state and federal level for over twenty years. Prior to joining Krieg DeVault, Mr. Ashton served as an Assistant General Counsel for American International Group ("AIG"), where he was responsible for legislative and regulatory matters nationwide on behalf of the company’s multi-billion dollar financial services subsidiary.