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SUMMARY:Consumer Defense Clinics: Building a Courthouse Clinic from the Ground Up
DESCRIPTION:More than two-thirds of litigants in civil debt collection cases in the U.S. go through the court process unrepresented. As a result\, many unrepresented consumers do not know how to defend themselves and often receive judgments for debts that have viable defenses or counter-claims. The key to addressing this problem is collaboration between pro bono providers\, the judiciary\, and private consumer attorneys. This webinar will give pro bono providers a blueprint for creating a courthouse consumer defense clinic and show private consumer attorneys how volunteering at these clinics can help build their practices and keep them up to date on new trends and abuses in debt collection lawsuits. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to build a courthouse clinic from the ground up\nHow to get buy-in from the judiciary\, bar associations\, and the private bar\nWhat the best practices are for referrals of affirmative claims for both pro bono providers and consumer attorneys\n\n\nSpeakers\nMatt Brooks is an attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services and an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Mintz Levin and Fidelity Investments. His work focuses on consumer law issues\, particularly consumer debt collection issues. Matt helps to run Greater Boston Legal Services’ Debt Collection Lawyer for the Day Program\, which has served hundreds of clients in local Boston courts. \nEllyn Riedl is a staff attorney with Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS)\, the oldest and largest pro bono organization in the state of Maryland. In her role as staff attorney\, she oversees MVLS’ Foreclosure Prevention pro bono program\, which connects low income clients facing foreclosure with pro bono foreclosure attorneys throughout the state. She also runs several ongoing legal clinics\, including the MVLS Consumer Protection Project clinic\, which gives unrepresented consumers brief legal advice on debt collection cases\, including landlord/tenant\, debt buyer\, bail bond\, and original creditor matters. Ms. Riedl graduated with honors from University of Baltimore School of Law in 2012. Prior to joining MVLS\, Ms. Riedl was a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Charles J. Peters in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and then worked for a private firm near Washington D.C. practicing estates and trusts.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/consumer-defense-clinics-building-a-courthouse-clinic-from-the-ground-up/
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SUMMARY:Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc.
DESCRIPTION:More than one-third of the $11.7 billion debt collection industry revenue comes from debt buyers who buy third-party debt for just a few cents on the dollars. The 9–0 Supreme Court’s Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. 2017 WL 2507342 decision now exempts banks that buy third party debt from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). \nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. impacts the interpreting of the FDCPA to not apply to a bank that purchased some bad debts along with a portfolio of auto paper\n\nSpeakers\nDaniel A. Edelman is a member of the Chicago law firm of Edelman\, Combs\, Latturner & Goodwin\, LLC. He is a 1976 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. Virtually all of his thirteen-attorney firm’s practice involves litigation on behalf of consumers\, including individual and class actions under the FDCPA\, FCRA\, TCPA\, ECOA\, TILA\, and debt collection defense. He argued for the consumer in Heintz v. Jenkins\, 514 U.S. 291 (1995)\, establishing FDCPA coverage of attorneys. He also filed the amicus brief filed by NCLC\, NACA\, and other consumer organizations in Henson v. Santander. Mr. Edelman is the author of numerous articles and publications on consumer protection law\, including Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education publications and chapters on the FCPA\, TCPA\, TILA\, and collection defense. \nDavid J. Philipps\, of Philipps & Philipps\, Ltd.\, in southwest suburban Chicago\, is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and Loyola University of Chicago. He served as law clerk to Justice Benjamin K. Miller of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1987–88. David is a founding member of NACA (1995) and is a member of its board of directors. David’s practice consists mainly of litigation\, on a class and/or an individual basis\, on behalf of consumers who have been defrauded or subject to illegal collection activity or improper credit reporting. David has worked on and/or been appointed class counsel in about 195 cases\, which have recovered more than $100\,000\,000 for defrauded or abused consumers. David has taught seminars throughout the country on the FDCPA to numerous consumer\, regulatory\, and debt collector groups.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/henson-v-santander-consumer-usa-inc/
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