Anne P. Fortney ’66 has received the Senator William Proxmire Lifetime Achievement Award from the College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
Fortney is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the Hudson Cook law firm. She is a nationally recognized expert on the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other consumer financial privacy laws. She provides legal assistance on the areas of regulatory compliance, legislative developments, and litigation, and has testified as an invited expert before Congress.
She is the immediate past chair of the Conference on Consumer Financial Services Law and has held a number of leadership positions in the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee. She earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center after completing pre-foreign service studies at Mary Washington.
Fortney’s award includes a $3,000 donation to an organization that promotes the public interest in the area of consumer financial services. She named the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society because it provides emergency financial assistance and financial counseling for Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families.