Eileen Bitterman

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA

Eileen Bitterman is a shareholder and the compliance officer at Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA. She leads Weltman’s compliance audit department and is also a member of the firm’s management committee.

Eileen and the compliance audit team ensures that processes, procedures, and technology match the needs of the firm and the firm’s clients, as well as the demands of an increasingly regulatory environment. As part of the firm’s compliance management system, the firm developed and maintains hundreds of standard operating procedures, a document review program, a complaint analysis   and   response   system,   sophisticated   tracking   and   reporting tools, and dozens of proprietary training programs. Celebrating over 25 years of service with the firm, she is a frequent lecturer on regulatory and federal laws that impact the debt collection industry.

Eileen is AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest available rating for legal ability and professional ethics. She is extremely active within the industry, serving in a leadership role on a number of committees, including past Chair of the Member Attorneys Program (MAP) Committee, member of   the   Education   Council   for   ACA International, Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Board of Visitors Member, Cleveland Bar Association Joint Bar Admissions Committee and Appeals Subcommittee, and the Ohio State Bar Association Council of Delegates.