HANOVER, Md. — Hudson Cook LLP, a nationwide provider of legal compliance services for the financial services industry, has announced the addition of Thomas J. Buiteweg as a partner at the firm’s Ann Arbor, Mich. office. Buiteweg will focus his practice on federal and state consumer financial services laws with particular emphasis in automotive financing.

Before joining Hudson Cook, Buiteweg worked as legal counsel for General Motors Acceptance Corporation and its servicing subsidiary. He was a member of the Electronic Contracting Working Group that developed the ANSI standards for Motor Vehicle Retail Sale and Lease Electronic Contracting. He is the current co-chair of the Personal Property Financing Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee. He is also a member of the Governing Committee for the Conference on Consumer Finance Law.

Buiteweg is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He received his Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, graduating summa cum laude. He is also a certified public accountant.

”Tom brings skills and experience that will fit perfectly in the Firm’s automotive compliance practice“, said Tom Hudson, partner at the firm's Hanover, Md. office. “We are pleased to add a partner to the firm who is so widely recognized as an expert in automotive finance law.”

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