Best Practices in Auto Fraud Trials and Arbitration
What You Will Learn Gain insight from your peers on their recent auto trials and arbitration hearings Speakers Andy Milz is a trial lawyer at Flitter Milz, PC (PA, NJ, NY offices). He tries consumer fraud cases against corporate bad actors and has obtained actual and punitive damage jury verdicts for victimized consumers. Andy has…
Discovery in Auto Cases
Learn what information you can get from dealer-management systems and third parties Speakers Known nationwide as a leading Lemon Law attorney, Ronald L. Burdge has represented thousands of consumers in “lemon” vehicle lawsuits and actively co-counsels and coaches other consumer law attorneys on how to win their cases. For over eighteen years, founder Christine A.…
Public-Private Partnering in Auto Fraud Cases
What You Will Learn Learn how private and public attorneys can work together on auto cases • Determine how to handle attorney fees • Drafting effective fee petitions and retainer agreements • Developing efficient systems to handle the intake of auto fraud cases • Identifying clients and cases • Networking in the era of COVID…
Find FCRA Cases within Your Current Client Pool and Spot FCRA Violations
Spot common FCRA violations that are occurring to your current clients Speakers James Brady is a Supervisory Attorney in the Consumer Practice Group at Legal Aid Chicago. Mr. Brady began his legal career as a staff attorney with Legal Aid Chicago in 1991. Mr. Brady’s practice focuses on bankruptcy, homeownership, and consumer fraud. He is…
Setting up your FCRA Case for Success
What You Will Learn How to conduct an effective intake, including for clients at risk of bankruptcy How to determine what steps you need to take to prepare your case for litigation Speakers Penny Hays Cauley (Samford University, J.D.) has been representing consumers for twenty years. In 2006, she opened Hays Cauley, P.C., a law…
Marketing Your Practice to Find FCRA Claims
What You Will Learn How to determine who is your ideal client How to develop a plan to market yourself to ideal client Speakers SaraEllen Hutchison is an experienced consumer protection lawyer, TLC Warrior from the class of July 2012, and a Professional Coach certified by the Life Coach School. When she's not lawyering or…
Identifying Claims against Furnishers
What You Will Learn How to spot FCRA claims against furnishers How to choose which cases are worth litigating Speakers Suzanne Begnoche represents plaintiffs in matters involving identity theft, security breaches, unfair credit reporting, and unfair debt collection. Now in private practice, she was previously a staff attorney handling consumer matters at Legal Aid of…
Considerations for the Inclusion of CRAs in Furnisher Cases
What You Will Learn Determine whom to sue and how to best settle cases that include both CRA and furnisher violations Speakers Barry S. Balmuth was lead counsel for the plaintiffs in cases that resulted in the largest recovery in an inverse condemnation action in Florida ($42 million after a successful liability trial) and the…
Litigating Cases Against Furnishers
What You Will Learn How to take the legal vs. factual dispute dichotomy into consideration, learn how to handle discovery requests, draft motions, and determine damages in furnisher cases Speakers Getting her start in the trenches as a legal aid attorney, Erika Heath has years of experience in seeking justice for employees and consumers against…
Triage Your FCRA Practice
What You Will Learn Learn how to set up your FCRA practice. Speakers James Francis (Muhlenberg College, B.A. 1992; Temple University, J.D. 1995), co-Founder of Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., has focused on consumer protection litigation, concentrating on the FCRA, FDCPA, and consumer class actions. He was trial counsel in the Ramirez case, argued the seminal…
Ethics of Advertising
What You Will Learn How to ethically generate client leads and market your services Speakers Scott Hardy has been in the tech industry for 30 years and was on the internet before the World Wide Web even existed. Scott’s taken this experience and rolled it into Top Class Actions, which he started in 2008. Now…
Tenant Screening and Employment Cases
What You Will Learn How to litigate tenant screening and employment cases Speakers Alexis Lehmann is an attorney at Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., who represents individual consumers’ rights under the FCRA and the FDCPA. Alexis is also an active member on the Executive Board for the Justice Rising Advocates. Prior to joining the firm, Alexis worked…
Common Mistakes Associated with FCRA Cases in Bankruptcy
What You Will Learn Handle challenges that arise before, during, and after client bankruptcy as well as furnisher challenges Speakers Penelope Bach advocates for debtors with complex bankruptcy cases and litigation. Penelope developed a unique and challenging niche by reviewing post-discharge credit and assuring accurate credit files by the removing and correcting of trade-lines and…
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