Michael T. Bates, Esq.

Michael T. Bates is a vice president and assistant general counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Dallas, where he provides legal advice to Chase’s mortgage banking bankruptcy group. Prior to joining Chase, he was a partner in the law firm of Fox Rothschild, LLP, where he provided legal advice to the consumer financial services industry on regulatory and legal compliance issues related to bankruptcy, consumer collections and other default-related servicing issues. He also served for more than 21 years as a senior vice president and senior company counsel for Wells Fargo & Co., where he provided legal advice to all of Wells Fargo’s consumer bankruptcy groups. Mr. Bates is admitted to practice in Minnesota and Iowa. He is an active member of NACTT and currently co-chairs its Mortgage Committee. Mr. Bates served as a commissioner on ABI’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy. He received his undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and his J.D. with honors from Hamline University School of Law.