Consumer Financial Protection BureauHousing Wire: Could Trump’s Supreme Court nominee mean the end of the CFPB? Posted on July 11, 2018 by Jeff Sovern Here. Jeff Sovern Michael Millemann Professor of Consumer Protection Law University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Mulvaney appoints top aide as CFPB deputy director Will the President’s Consumer Fraud Task Force Itself Turn Out to be a Fraud?