Paul Metrey

Paul D. Metrey is the senior vice president of Regulatory Affairs and chief regulatory counsel, financial services, privacy and tax for NADA. In this capacity, he represents dealer interests before, and educates dealers on regulations promulgated by, federal executive branch agencies that oversee dealer operations.

Metrey is the author and editor of numerous NADA publications, including the NADA-NAMAD-AIADA Model Dealership Voluntary Protection Products Policy and the NADA-NAMAD-AIADA Fair Credit Compliance Policy & Program. He frequently speaks to dealers, Automotive Trade Association Executives, dealership compliance professionals, and other industry groups on an array of regulatory topics, including federal developments in the areas of credit, privacy, identity theft, telemarketing, and taxation. Metrey is active in several professional organizations and serves on the Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law.

Metrey joined NADA in 2001 as its director of Regulatory Affairs. He previously served as an attorney with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and as an active duty Army JAG officer, with assignments in Germany, The Netherlands and Fort Meade, Md. He also served in a reserve capacity as the chief of the international law branch of the National Guard Bureau's Legal Support Office. Metrey obtained a Juris Doctorate degree from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law and a B.A. degree from Virginia Tech.