The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers has awarded the Senator William Proxmire Lifetime Achievement Award to Tom Hudson

Hanover Maryland. -- Hudson Cook LLP, a nationwide provider of legal compliance services for the financial services industry, announced that the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers has awarded the prestigious Senator William Proxmire Lifetime Achievement Award to one of its founding partners, Tom Hudson.

The award is reserved for attorneys who make only the most significant contributions to the practice of consumer financial services law.  In the history of the award, it has been given to only two other attorneys that are currently in active practice.

The College’s Board of Regents will present the award on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at its annual dinner at the Terminal City Club, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Robert Cook, managing partner of the Firm, said “I’m both proud and pleased that the College has selected Tom Hudson for this award, and this Firm is honored by the selection of its Firm Chairman.  The College’s members are the finest consumer financial services lawyers in the nation.  For Tom to be recognized as a leader by the College is of particular significance.” 

Among his other achievements, Tom created the popular monthly legal reporting services CARLAW and HouseLaw, and Spot Delivery, a monthly newsletter for auto dealers.  Tom has authored and edited three books on the topic of auto sales, finance and leasing.  He is a frequent speaker at industry gatherings, and his articles appear in many industry publications. 

About The American College of Consumer Financial Service Lawyers
Founded in 1996, The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is a professional association of lawyers experienced in consumer financial services matters and dedicated to the improvement and enhancement of the practice of consumer financial services law and the ethics of the profession.  Membership in the College is limited to those lawyers whose principal practice is in the field of consumer financial services law, who have achieved preeminence in the field of consumer financial services law and who have made repeated and substantial contributions to the promotion of learning and scholarship in consumer financial services law through teaching, lecturing and published writings.

About Hudson Cook, LLP
Hudson Cook, LLP is a 39-lawyer consumer financial services law firm with a national practice from offices in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Michigan and Virginia. The firm represents many of the nation’s top banks, savings associations, holding companies, finance companies, auto dealers and others who provide services to auto financing and leasing and mortgage bankers, insurance and securities companies, investment banks and "e-commerce" firms, including several Fortune 500 companies. Hudson Cook's related Internet publishing company, CounselorLibrary.com, offers online compliance database and update services, including industry standards CARLAW and HouseLaw.