Ellen Traupman Berge is a Partner at Venable LLP, where she co-chairs the firm’s Financial Services and Payments & Fintech Practice Groups, advising many of the world’s most recognized brands on advertising and marketing compliance, consumer protection, and payments regulation. Her cross-disciplinary practice spans federal and state regulatory frameworks, government investigations by agencies such as the FTC, CFPB, and state attorneys general, and counseling fintechs, payment processors, and banks on merchant onboarding, money transmission licensing, and banking-as-a-service structures. A recognized thought leader and frequent speaker on advertising law, subscription marketing, and payment processing, Ellen also co-chairs the Government Relations Strategic Interest Group of the Association of Payment Professionals and serves as a member of the Venable Board.
