How and When to Discharge Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy
With over $1.5 trillion in student loan debt nationwide, borrowers are seeking solutions to put an end to their high-interest private student loan debt. Consumer bankruptcy attorneys would benefit the most from this webinar, but these arguments can also be used in settlement negotiations outside of bankruptcy. What You Will Learn How to find and…
How to Become a Successful Student Loan Lawyer
There are 1.6 trillion dollars in outstanding student loans in the U.S. that affect forty-four million Americans. As attorneys, we need to have a basic knowledge of how to assist our clients in the handling of this type of debt and how to best explain options. The student loan problem is often very confusing and misunderstood by the…
Student Loans
Webinars Introduction to Student Loan Cases How and When to Discharge Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy How to become a successful Student Loan Lawyer Presenting Winning Defenses in Private Student Loan Collections Actions Understanding the Rapidly Changing Practice of Student Loan Law Why These Videos are Helpful There are 1.6 trillion dollars in outstanding student…
Driving Claim Rates in Class Actions
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and their allies, consumer class actions deliver miniscule percentages of funds to class members. While the U.S. Chamber and its allies often engage in pencil engineering and fuzzy math, we need to be better at returning money to class members. There are multiple reasons why consumer class action…
Fighting for Tenants—Marrying Consumer Protection, Personal Injury, and Landlord Tenant Law
This webinar should be of interest to anyone interested in expanding his or her consumer protection practice by helping a growing and vulnerable population: tenants. We will explore common tenant violations, including illegal charges, dangerous conditions, illegal lock outs, and retaliatory evictions. We will also examine the laws that apply, including common law, state and…
Developing a Private Auto Fraud Practice
Besides purchasing a home, buying a car is the biggest consumer purchase that most individuals will make in their lifetime. Today, there are there are more than 260 million registered vehicles in the United States alone. This number is only growing. The automotive industry is ripe with fraud and pitfalls for unwary consumers. Fortunately, there…
Developing an Auto Fraud Practice: Issue Spotting Auto Claims
Besides purchasing a home, buying a car is the biggest consumer purchase that most individuals will make in their lifetime. Today, there are there are more than 260 million registered vehicles in the United States alone. This number is only growing. The automotive industry is ripe with fraud and pitfalls for unwary consumers. Fortunately, there…
Preventing Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures
Many senior reverse mortgage borrowers and surviving spouses are facing foreclosure on reverse mortgage loans that were intended to provide greater stability to be able to age in place. Some reverse mortgage borrowers are at risk of foreclosure due to alleged default on property taxes and insurance, and they have difficulty accessing loss mitigation options.…
Virtual Depositions
The practice of consumer law is going virtual. Video depositions will become the new norm. Harnessing the power of online platforms will allow you to conduct depositions as if you were there in person. Best of all, you can do all of this from the comfort of your home office. What You Will Learn What…
You Should Teach A Consumer Law Course
In the wake of the great recession of 2008, law schools saw a surge in interest in consumer protection courses, covering issues such as mortgages, debt collection, and credit reporting. In the same way, we anticipate that the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout (job and housing loss, predatory lending, etc.) will lead to another…
Tactics for Punitive Damages
What You Will Learn How to develop your punitive damages case through discovery Speakers Craig Marchiando focuses his practice on representing consumers in lawsuits brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Litigating mainly class action cases, Craig has represented thousands of consumers in successfully obtaining benefits under the FCRA’s broad protections and has been appointed…
Background Screening CRAs: Employment and Tenant Screening
What You Will Learn Learn how to spot common challenges and litigate FCRA cases with background screening violations Speakers Jamie Gullen is a supervising attorney in the Employment Unit and Youth Justice Project at Community Legal Services. Ms. Gullen began her career at CLS as a law student intern in 2010, and was awarded a…
Settlement: When to Hold Em and When to Fold Em
What You Will Learn How to settle your FCRA cases at the appropriate values Speakers Sylvia A. Goldsmith (B.A. and J.D., Ohio State University) is the founder of Goldsmith & Associates, LLC, a consumer protection law practice concentrating on identity theft and credit reporting litigation, debt collection abuses, personal and financial privacy rights, and other…
Discovery Planning and Alternatives to Formal Discovery
What You Will Learn How to create a formal and informal discovery plan to obtain documents and information you need to litigate your case Speakers Matthew Loker is the founder of Loker Law, APC and is Professor of Contracts at the San Luis Obispo College of Law. Prior to moving to California, Matthew attended the…
How to Keep the Lights On
What You Will Learn Develop your practice to handle consumer claims and still have a consistent cash flow Speakers Larry P. Smith is a consumer attorney, handling matters involving the FCRA, FDCPA, and EFTA, as well as state consumer fraud/UDAP matters for over eighteen years. He is the managing partner at SmithMarco, P.C., which he…
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