Mr. Lobell was a past chair of the Section of Banking, Corporation and Business Law of the New York State Bar Association and is a member of that Section's Executive Committee.

In addition, Mr. Lobell is a member of the Committee on Consumer Financial Services and the Committee on Commercial Financial Services, Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law of the American Bar Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and is Counsel to the Credit Research Center at Krannert Graduate School at Purdue University. Mr. Lobell has been a lecturer for Practicing Law Institute; American Bar Association National Institute; New York State Bar Association, Section of Banking, Corporation and Business Law; Banking Law Institute; and the California and Illinois Continuing Legal Education programs. He has written extensively on consumer finance and class actions.