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SUMMARY:Identifying 1681e(b) Claims and Knowing when/if to Dispute with the CRAs
DESCRIPTION:If you never (or rarely ever) file stand-alone 1681e(b) claims (or you don’t know what an e(b) claim is)\, you should definitely attend this webinar! \nThis webinar is intended to educate attorneys who are new to Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) litigation or who have not thought about bringing a lawsuit against a credit reporting agency (CRA) without first disputing the inaccurate information. The CRAs have sought to curb 1681e(b) claims by changing the way public records are reported. However\, these changes will not shield them from liability when the information is inaccurate or incomplete. Framing the argument is key! \nAs of July 1\, 2017\, the CRAs stopped reporting public records (judgments\, bankruptcies\, and tax liens) on consumer reports unless those records include certain identifying information. This decision was significantly influenced by the CRAs’ duty to assure maximum possible accuracy under 1681e(b) and by the efforts of consumer litigation practitioners to hold the CRAs accountable over the years when they got it wrong. The changes to public records’ reporting will reduce the number of claims\, but it will not eliminate them. \nWhat You Will Learn\n\nWhat makes a good e(b) claim\nWhat to consider when determining settlement value\nWhat you should do in discovery and when\n\nSpeaker\nDavid Chami is a trial attorney and managing partner of the consumer litigation department at the Price Law Group. Between 2013 and 2015\, David sat first chair in 15 trials. In 2015\, David used that experience to increase the firm’s consumer practice and since March of 2015\, David has either directly or indirectly managed the filing of over 250 consumer litigation cases. Nearly 50% of the firm’s practice is dedicated to the FCRA and in 2017\, David filed a consumer class action against Experian under 1681e(b) for their failure to accurately report the status of judgements on consumer credit reports in Arizona.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/identifying-1681eb-claims-and-knowing-when-if-to-dispute-with-the-cras/
CATEGORIES:Online Training Courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20250129T143804Z
CREATED:20171115T130009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T143804Z
UID:3891-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) 101
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nDecoding the Rules for Electronic Transactions and Electronic Signatures\, Including Applications to the TCPA\nGathering\, Preserving\, and Leveraging Evidence in FDCPA and TCPA Cases\nMaximizing Value of TCPA cases\nStop the Insanity! – Learn how TCPA Can Turn Spam into Cases\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\n\nAre you interested in litigating TCPA claims?\nDo you want to learn how to set up your practice\, find clients\, develop an effective discovery strategy\, and maximize your claims at settlement negotiations and at trial?\nDo you want to learn how to pitch your cases to the judge and jury\n\nThis webinar series is geared to TCPA practitioners of all levels. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to effectively locate and vet TCPA clients and claims\nHow to best gather evidence from your client.\nHow to respond to defendants’ obstructionist tactics and make them provide the crucial information\n\n\nPresenters\nPete Barry is an attorney admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Minnesota and in dozens of other federal courts. He is a partner of Barry & Helwig\, LLC. His national practice is dedicated exclusively to protecting consumers against illegal robocalls and debt collection abuse. \nAlex Burke graduated from Colgate University in 1997 (B.A. International Relations)\, and from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2003 (J.D.). Alex has lived in Chicago\, Manhattan\, Washington DC and Buenos Aires (among others). Alex has focused on individual and class action TCPA cases since approximately 2008\, has nearly 200 TCPA decisions on Westlaw \nTav Gomez graduated from Florida State University in 1997 (B.A. Political Science and History)\, and from Florida State University School of Law in 2000 (J.D.). Tav was the Head of the Consumer protection for Morgan & Morgan specializing in the TCPA\, FDCPA\, FCRA and FCCPA. He has appeared in over one thousand lawsuits filed in Federal Court alone\, nearly all of them Consumer related and over 650 of them being TCPA cases. \nMr. William “Billy” Peerce Howard specializes in fighting robobullies and achieving the maximum financial compensation for his clients. Mr. Howard is the president and co-founder of The Consumer Protection Firm.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa-101/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20250115T192910Z
CREATED:20171115T130014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T192910Z
UID:3867-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Debt Defense 101
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nDefending Debtors against First- and Third-Party Creditors\nTurning Debt Defense Cases into a Consumer Practice\nDebt Defense 101 Trial Preparation\nDebt Defense with Peter Holland\nWhat to ask when you don’t know: 30b6 of a debt buyer\nResidential Rental Debt Collection\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\nAre you interested in developing a thriving debt defense practice? This webinar series will help you prepare a consumer debt case for trial\, spot affirmative claims among your current debt cases\, and litigate (from issue spotting to settlement) debt buyer cases. This webinar series is geared to beginner and intermediate debt defense practitioners. \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to develop effective pre-trial negotiations tactics and trial strategies to defend clients against first and third party creditors.\nHow to spot a variety of affirmative claims in your client’s collection case and to decide whether or not to bring counter claims or affirmative claims\nHow to defend a consumer debt collection case at trial\nHow to litigate debt buyer cases\nHow to identify common challenges to the claimed amount of rental debt\n\n\nPresenters\nSuzanne Begnoche represents plaintiffs in matters involving identity theft\, security breaches\, the Fair Credit Reporting Act\, the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act\, and North Carolina’s fair debt collection laws. \nLynn Coleman represents consumers who have debt issues and consumer complaints. She is a federally designated Debt Relief Agency under the United States Bankruptcy Laws. \nWill Geddings is a debtor’s lawyer who has spent the better part of a decade working at Hays Cauley\, P.C. in Florence\, South Carolina. Will Geddings is a debtor’s lawyer who has spent the better part of a decade working at Hays Cauley\, P.C. in Florence\, South Carolina. Will’s main areas of practice center around debt defense and automobile fraud. \nTyler Hickle is a solo practitioner in Austin\, Texas. His practice focuses on consumer law\, particularly the interactions between landlord-tenant and debt collection. He frequently sues apartment debt collectors for violations of state and federal law. He graduated from Texas A&M University and has a law degree from Indiana University – Bloomington. \nPeter Holland is a clinical instructor at the Consumer Protection Clinic of the University of Maryland Law School. Peter is also the author of two articles about debt buyer litigation: “The One Hundred Billion Dollar Problem in Small Claims Court: Robo-Signing and Lack of Proof in Debt Buyer Cases\,” and “Defending Junk Debt Buyer Lawsuits.” \nThomas Papson is a Volunteer Staff Attorney in the Consumer Law Unit of Legal Aid DC\, in Washington\, DC\, where he regularly represents former tenants in rental debt collection actions. He was heavily involved in the recent reforms to DC’s debt collection laws\, which imposes strict pleading and documentation requirements on landlords and debt collectors seeking to collect rental debt. Before joining Legal Aid DC in 2013\, Tom was a partner in a national law firm. He obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/debt-defense-101/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20220128T023205Z
CREATED:20171115T130033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T023205Z
UID:3888-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Student Loans and Bankruptcy
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nManaging Student Loans in Bankruptcy\nStudent Loans: Is Bankruptcy the Right Choice\nHow and When to Discharge Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy\nHow to become a Successful Student Loan Lawyer\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\n\nAre you interested in litigating student loans cases?\nDo you want to learn which cases can be resolved in bankruptcy and which ones can’t?\nDo you want to learn how to use bankruptcy to resolve student loan debt?\n\nThis webinar is geared to anyone interested in handling student loans cases. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nWhen to resolve student loan cases using bankruptcy\nHow undue hardship is not the ONLY avenue to discharge student loans\nHow to find and recognize good potential dischargeability cases\n\n\nPresenters\nChristie Arkovich was former trial counsel for Sallie Mae\, ECMC\, and other student loan servicers and guarantors in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She “switched sides” and now represents student loan borrowers and other debtors both inside and outside of bankruptcy. \nJosh Cohen started his own law firm in 2008 and focuses his practice on helping people with student loan problems. \nJay Fleischman\, a partner at Shaev and Fleischman\, has twenty years’ experience in consumer law\, focusing on student loans\, bankruptcy\, debt collection\, and credit reporting. \nMr. D.J. Rausa worked eight years for a consumer bankruptcy law firm before breaking out on his own in 2002. Mr. Rausa is also an experienced student loan lawyer.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/student-loans-and-bankruptcy/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20260129T153432Z
CREATED:20171115T130040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T153432Z
UID:3864-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) 201
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nDon’t Make this Mistake—Accuracy: Avoiding the Landmine in FCRA Cases\nUnderstanding the Metro 2 Reporting Format\nSuing the Government under the FCRA\nBeating Back Experian’s Attempts to Compel FCRA Claims into Arbitration\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\nDo you want to take on more complex FCRA claims\, including class action claims? Do you want to know how to respond to an accuracy defense from the CRAs? Interested in suing the government for FCRA claims? Want to bring an FCRA case in court rather than in arbitration? This webinar series is geared to intermediate and advanced practitioners who already have a solid understanding of the FCRA. \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nWhat is likely to happen when an accuracy defense is raised\nWhat types of FCRA claims can be brought against federal agencies.\nHow to develop a factual record and lay the groundwork to successfully oppose a motion to compel\nWhat are the basics of the Metro 2 format\n\n\nPresenters\nLeonard Bennett has been a trial attorney and consumer advocate since 1994 in Newport News\, Virginia. Mr. Bennett’s practice is focused on the representation of consumers.  He has litigated individual and class cases throughout the country. \nG. John Cento is an Indiana-based attorney with a national practice who has been practicing credit reporting law since 2000. Cento has litigated hundreds of FCRA cases throughout the country\, and his experience includes trial and appeal. \nNandan Joshi is an appellate attorney in the Litigation Group at Public Citizen\, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization located in Washington\, D.C. Before joining Public Citizen\, he spent seven years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau\, where he defended the agency in various judicial proceedings and served as the director of its amicus program. \nMatt Wessler is a principal at Gupta Wessler LLP\, where he focuses on public interest and plaintiffs’-side appellate and complex litigation. Matt handles high-profile cases at all levels of both state and federal court and regularly appears before the U.S. Supreme Court. \n 
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/fair-credit-reporting-act-fcra-201/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20260129T185559Z
CREATED:20171115T130041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T185559Z
UID:3861-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) 101
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nDiscovering Evidence in Credit Reporting Cases\nHow Much FCRA Cases Are Worth\nFind FCRA Cases within Your Current Client Pool and Spot FCRA Violations\nIdentifying 1681e(b) Claims and Knowing when/if to Dispute with the CRAs\nIdentifying Claims against Furnishers\nSetting up your FCRA Case for Success\nFCRA 101: Documents for Inaccuracy\, ID Theft & Mixed File Cases\nFCRA 101: Issue Spotting\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\nInterested in adding FCRA to your firm? This beginner series will introduce you to the nuts and bolts of litigating FCRA claims. You will learn how to spot and investigate claims\, conduct effect discovery\, value your cases appropriately\, settle your cases for what they are worth\, and figure out the types of claims you should be bringing as a beginner practitioner. \n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to identify the evidence you need to win your case\nHow to value your FCRA claims\nHow to value cases and negotiate effectively\nHow to recognize furnisher claims\n\n\nPresenters\nMicah Adkins focuses on the representation of consumers who have credit or background report errors under the FCRA. He maintains offices in Dallas\, Houston\, Birmingham\, and Nashville. \nLeonard A. Bennett\, a founding partner\, has been a trial attorney and consumer advocate since 1994 in Newport News\, Virginia. He has litigated individual and class cases throughout the country\, bringing as many credit reporting cases before a jury as nearly anyone in the nation and has been approved as Class Counsel in numerous class action cases. \nRobert Brennan began his career in civil litigation in 1988 and opened his own law firm\, The Law Offices of Robert F. Brennan APC\, in 1991. The firm specializes in litigating cases related to violations of consumer protection laws\, including unfair and abusive debt collection\, lemon law\, automotive dealer fraud\, wrongful credit report damage\, and identity theft cases. \nPenny Hays Cauley has been representing consumers for twenty years. In 2006\, she opened Hays Cauley\, P.C.\, a law firm dedicated to representing consumers\, with a particular focus in fair credit reporting\, fair debt collection practices\, and TCPA claims. \nDavid Chami is a trial attorney and managing partner of the consumer litigation department at the Price Law Group. In 2017\, David filed a consumer class action against Experian under 1681e(b) for their failure to accurately report the status of judgements on consumer credit reports in Arizona. \nKevin Dillon is founder of Voice for Justice Law\, PLLC and proud member of NACA. He litigates under both state and federal consumer protection laws\, including the FCRA\, FDCPA\, TILA\, TCPA\, RESPA\, VCPA\, and other combinations of letters. \nAsa C. Edwards is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of North Carolina. His practice is dedicated to protecting consumers against illegal debt collection and credit reporting. \nJames A. Francis is a partner at Francis and Mailman. He has focused his practice in consumer protection litigation\, with particular concentrations in fair credit reporting\, fair debt collection practices\, and consumer class actions. \nJohn H. Goolsby is the owner of the Goolsby Law Office\, LLC\, in Minneapolis\, MN. After several years of representing consumers in many different kinds of consumer law cases\, John Goolsby began in 2007 to focus his practice almost exclusively on FCRA lawsuits. \nEmily Connor Kennedy is a dedicated attorney at Consumer Litigation Associates\, P.C. and a long-time member of NACA. Emily focuses on consumer protection laws and has experience in a variety of areas. \nJared Lee is the Managing Partner at Jackson Lee. Today he is recognized throughout the country as a top consumer protection attorney\, serving in leadership roles for National Association of Consumer Advocates and The Florida Bar. \nRobert S. Sola has his own practice in Portland\, Oregon\, where he has been handling Fair Credit Reporting Act cases since 1996. Mr. Sola enjoys taking FCRA cases to trial and has obtained jury verdicts against all three major credit reporting agencies. \nA.J. Stecklein\, in his practice\, Stecklein and Rapp\, has turned to helping consumers who fall victim to dishonest businesses\, including matters of creditor and debt collector harassment. \nStephanie Tatar gained extensive litigation and appellate experience before opening her own firm\, The Tatar Law Firm. During her career\, she has successfully fought debt collectors\, credit reporting agencies\, creditors\, manufacturers\, and car dealers\, achieving success at every level. \nSubhan Tariq regularly has successfully helped thousands of consumers exercise their consumer rights against large institutional banks\, debt collectors\, and consumer reporting agencies. \n 
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/fair-credit-reporting-act-fcra-101/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles,Online Training Courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20220128T023204Z
CREATED:20171115T130049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T023204Z
UID:3849-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Bankruptcy and Consumer Cases
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nLitigating Adversary Proceedings in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases\nManaging Student Loans in Bankruptcy\nStudent Loans: Is Bankruptcy the Right Choice\nDischarge Violations\nReimagine Damages: Automatic Stay and Discharge Violation in Bankruptcy Court\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\nAre you interested in handling both consumer cases and bankruptcy cases? Do you want to file adversary proceedings in your consumer practice? Do you want to learn how to use bankruptcy courts to prosecute not only the discharge violation that occurs with post-discharge reporting of an unpaid balance\, but the related FDCPA\, FCRA\, and UDAP claims? Are you curious about how your bankruptcy practice can handle student loan cases? Want to learn how to maximize damage awards in automatic stay and discharge violation cases? This webinar series is geared to beginner and intermediate bankruptcy practitioners who want to spot consumer cases that arise from bankruptcy. \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to file an adversary proceeding pursuant to the Bankruptcy Rules and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure\nHow and when to address student loans in bankruptcy\nHow to address discharge violations in bankruptcy cases\nHow to develop automatic stay cases to maximize damages following the In re Sundquist decision.\n\n\nPresenters\nJosh Cohen started his own law firm in 2008 and focuses his practice on helping people with student loan problems. \nStephen M. Dunne has been practicing consumer bankruptcy law in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania since 2008 and currently serves as the Pennsylvania chairperson to the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA). \nJay Fleischman\, a partner at Shaev and Fleischman\, has twenty years’ experience in consumer law\, focusing on student loans\, bankruptcy\, debt collection\, and credit reporting. \nBrett Freeman is an associate at Sabatini Law Firm\, LLC\, which has offices in Dunmore and Wilkes-Barre\, PA. He concentrates his practice on representing consumers in cases brought under the TCPA and the FDCPA\, and he also represents consumers in bankruptcy court litigation. \nO. Max Gardner\, III is recognized as one of the leading lawyers in America in the area of predatory mortgage servicing and the standing of mortgage servicers in consumer bankruptcy cases. \nChristina L. Henry is an attorney with Henry & DeGraaff\, PS\, in Seattle\, WA. The litigation focuses on bankruptcy issues under the automatic stay\, violations of the bankruptcy discharge\, and litigation under the FDCPA\, FCRA\, and the Washington State Consumer Protection Act. \nMr. D.J. Rausa worked eight years for a consumer bankruptcy law firm before breaking out on his own in 2002. Mr. Rausa is also an experienced student loan lawyer.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/bankruptcy-and-consumer-cases/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20250115T200515Z
CREATED:20171115T130054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T200515Z
UID:3904-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Legal Services Package
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nConsumer Defense Clinics: Building a Courthouse Clinic from the Ground Up\nHow to Start/Maintain a Consumer Practice within a Legal Services Agency\nStarting a Student Loan Practice for the Legal Services Practitioner\nOnline Roundtable: Auto Fraud in a Legal Aid Setting\nBring the FCRA into Your Legal Aid Practice\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\n\nDo you want to hear about best practices for running a consumer unit in a legal services firm?\nDo you want a blueprint for creating a courthouse consumer defense clinic\, where you can 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?\nWant to add a student loan\, auto or FCRA to your legal service office?\nWant to learn how to work with the private bar?\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to get buy-in from the judiciary\, bar associations\, and the private bar for a consumer debt defense clinic\nHow to use clinics\, hotlines\, and other tools to streamline intake and increase capacity\nHow to balance a large caseload while successfully integrating student loans work into your practice\nWhat are different ways to bring auto fraud cases within a legal aid firm\nHow to use or adapt your existing intake process to screen for and issue spot potential cases under the FCRA that fit within traditional legal aid priorities\n\n\nPresenters\nMatt Brooks is an attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services. 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. \nAngel Rose Kwaterski is the Consumer Law Priority Coordinator at Legal Action of Wisconsin and is currently based in their Oshkosh\, Wisconsin office. Angel provides oversight\, mentorship and training related to all consumer matters that the firm assists with. \nTom Mlakar is the deputy director for advocacy at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland\, where he is responsible for the legal work at the firm. \nHilary Nat is the Assistant Managing Attorney of the Consumer Unit at Northeast NJ Legal Services. She helps oversee the attorneys and paralegals in the unit. Ms. Nat regularly practices in the area of Automobile Fraud. \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. \nJulie K. Robie is a senior attorney in the Consumer Law Practice Group at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland\, and served as the managing attorney of that group for three and a half years. \nAlysson Snow is a senior attorney leading the Consumer Protection Division of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego\, Inc. She provides direct legal assistance to a wide range of consumer-related issues\, including debt defense\, FDCPA and other consumer protection statutes\, mortgage lending issues\, student loans\, auto fraud\, and others. \nAna M. Storey is director of Client & Community Services for Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA). Ana joined LAFLA in 2000 as a staff attorney and served as managing attorney of LAFLA’s West Office\, supervising LAFLA’s former Family Law and Consumer Law Units and\, co-supervising LAFLA’s Self-Help Legal Access Centers. \nShanna Tallarico is a supervising attorney with the New York Legal Assistance Group’s (NYLAG) Consumer Protection Unit (CPU). Shanna serves as a project attorney for the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) project. Through this program\, she provides legal advice and guidance to OFE financial counselors and assists clients with consumer financial issues with a particular focus on student debt. \nAdam Thoresen is the Division Chief of the Consumer Advocacy and Litigation Unit at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid\, Inc. (JALA). He has a passion for credit reporting and background check issues and currently works in JALA’s main office in downtown Jacksonville. \nJohn Ukegbu is a senior staff attorney at Northeast New Jersey Legal Services\, where he represents low-income consumers.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/legal-services-package/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20260129T190731Z
CREATED:20171115T130057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T190731Z
UID:3870-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) 101
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nBuilding your FDCPA Practice Using your Current Stock of Consumer Debt Work\nMaximizing Damages under the FDCPA\nPowerful FDCPA Intake: Taking Great Cases and Making Great Money\nGathering\, Preserving\, and Leveraging Evidence in FDCPA and TCPA Cases\nFDCPA 101\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\nAre you interested in developing a thriving FDCPA practice? Improve your ability to litigate FDCPA cases by learning how to conduct effective intake\, spot common claims\, better preserve and leverage evidence\, and maximize your case value. This webinar series is geared to beginner and intermediate FDCPA practitioners. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nWho is subject to the FDCPA\, what is prohibited\, and what mistakes to avoid during litigation\nHow to develop FDCPA claims in bankruptcy cases and find simple and common FDCPA claims in debt defense cases\nWhat evidence you need to collect and how to preserve that evidence for trial\nHow to establish the correct standard for determining actual damages and what evidence you will need to prove actual damages and punitive damages\n\n\nPresenters\nPete Barry is a partner of Barry & Helwig\, LLC. His national practice is dedicated exclusively to protecting consumers against illegal robocalls and debt collection abuse. His FDCPA Boot Camps have trained more than 1\,000 lawyers in all fifty states. \nCliff Carlson is a sole practitioner representing consumers in Texas\, Georgia\, and Alabama. His practice focuses primarily on consumer debt. He generally limits his practice to consumer rights issues\, such as Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act Violations. \nAbbas Kazerounian is one of the founding partners at Kazerouni Law Group\, APC\, and the Injury Recovery Group. Mr. Kazerounian’s areas of specialty are personal injury\, consumer rights and class actions. Abbas is licensed to practice law in CA\, TX\, IL\, WA\, DC\, NY\, MI and CO. \nTerry Lawson runs a consumer-focused law firm in Kansas City\, MO. He provides consumers with debt defense and does some consumer bankruptcy work as a complement to his other practice areas. He also has a busy consumer protection practice including FDCPA\, TILA\, FCRA and other federal claims\, state law/UDAP work\, and other plaintiff work. \nJohn Steinkamp has been a practicing lawyer in Indianapolis\, IN for eighteen years. His practice\, John Steinkamp & Associates\, does consumer bankruptcy work and consumer litigation. His office has filed more than 650 FDCPA lawsuits since 2009. \nRon Wilcox sues banks\, debt collectors\, and credit reporting agencies for FDCPA\, TCPA\, FCRA\, and identity theft violations from his office in San Jose\, CA.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/fair-debt-collection-practices-act-fdcpa-101/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20260129T164039Z
CREATED:20220110T164949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T164039Z
UID:3846-1510704000-1510790399@www.consumeradvocates.org
SUMMARY:Auto Fraud 101
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nMastering Wrongful Repossession Cases\nDeveloping an Auto Fraud Practice Part 2\nFinance Company Liability in Auto Fraud Litigation\nHands-On Tools for TILA Closed-End Credit Cases\nHow to Make Money as an Auto Fraud Practitioner\nIntroduction to Auto Fraud Finance\nUsed Car Cases Can Be More Profitable Than You Think\nBeginner’s Guide to Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes in Auto Cases\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\n\nAre you new to auto fraud and want to gain a broad understanding of the major types of claims you can litigate?\nAre you interested in determining whether the cases that walk through your door are litigable with valid\, collectable claims under fee-shifting statutes and attorneys’ fees?\nWant to identify the cases when revoking acceptance is an appropriate remedy for your clients?\n\nThis webinar series will give you an overview of litigable cases dealing with used car cases\, financing\, repo deficiency\, rebuilt wrecks\, dealer and title fraud\, and lemon vehicles. This webinar series is geared to beginner and intermediate auto fraud practitioners. \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to spot cost-effective used car claims with good intake and simple research and determine which dealers are more likely to settle quickly and more likely to pay\nHow to use the Holder Rule and state holder liability statutes to expand client’s claims and finance company liability for wrongful actions.\nHow to make a living by defending automobile deficiency cases\nHow to litigate cases dealing with rebuilt wrecked vehicles\, vehicle title fraud\, dealer fraud\, and Truth in Lending violations\n\n\nPresenters\nElliot Conn is the founder of Conn Law\, PC\, headquartered in San Francisco. Elliot has successfully litigated hundreds of consumer cases\, both individual cases and class actions. Through his class actions and other complex cases\, Elliot has been successful in eliminating over $1 billion in consumer debt on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Californians. \n\nBlaine Elliot received his J.D. from the University of Missouri Kansas City in 1996 and is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Missouri and Kansas.  He describes his practice a small town\, general practice\, a place where those in a small town can find a variety of the legal services they need\, but his passion is consumer law\, with his focus primarily on autofraud.  He took his first autofraud case in 1996 and has been a NACA member since 2004. \n\nRichard N. Feferman is the founding partner of Feferman & Warren. Most of the firm’s cases are federal lawsuits against car dealers\, credit reporting agencies\, debt collectors\, and lenders. The firm handles a wide variety of individual and class action consumer cases throughout New Mexico\, as well as Colorado and Arizona. \nJohn Cole Gayle\, Jr. is a nationally known expert on Consumer Law. His practice primarily involves Lemon Law\, fraudulently induced contracts\, debt settlement\, and the FCRA. \nScott R. Kaufman has worked on well over 1\,000 auto fraud cases and achieved a positive outcome for the client in virtually all of them. He is also a regular lecturer at Santa Clara University School of Law’s Alexander Community Law Center\, on the topic of consumer law. \nSebastian Korth is a consumer rights litigator specializing in automobile law and debtors’ rights in Massachusetts. His accomplishments include achieving a major recovery for consumers in a class action settlement against a sub-prime auto lender in partnership with the National Consumer Law Center and also winning the first-ever ruling that Massachusetts used card dealer bond statute requires coverage for court awarded attorneys’ fees. \nPeter T. Lane is a consumer advocate in Massachusetts and New York focusing on auto fraud\, consumer debt\, and employee and other civil rights. A large part of his practice involves state and federal litigation of UDAP\, TILA\, FDCPA\, and RICO claims. \nNicholas Mattison is a partner in the firm Feferman\, Warren & Mattison. He practices exclusively on behalf of consumers in individual and class action cases. He has litigated numerous TILA cases\, including multiple TILA class actions through settlement and trial. \nGregory S. Reichenbach is a trial attorney representing primarily poor and working-class Ohio consumers. He focuses on litigation of collection defense cases and bringing individual and class claims against debt collectors\, used automobile dealers\, financial institutions\, and other businesses who engage in unfair and deceptive acts. \nChristina Gill Roseman\, represents consumers at Roseman Law Firm\, PLLC\, with offices in Pittsburgh\, PA and Morgantown\, WV. She has successfully tried numerous cases against automobile manufacturers and dealerships. \nDaniel A. Schlanger is a consumer lawyer focused on class action and other significant affirmative consumer litigation\, predominantly in federal court. Since 2007\, Daniel has headed the consumer protection practice at Schlanger & Schlanger\, LLP. \nAdam G. Taub is the co-founder of Adam G. Taub & Associates Consumer Law Group\, PLC\, a Michigan consumer protection law practice. His practice focuses exclusively on representing consumers against car dealers\, banks\, credit card companies\, mortgage lenders\, credit reporting agencies\, and debt collectors. \nTashia Zeigler practices in Georgia.  She worked for over a decade as a public interest lawyer in State government and now practices with The Zeigler Firm in Atlanta\, Georgia.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/auto-fraud-101/
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SUMMARY:Developing a Consumer Law Practice
DESCRIPTION:Webinars\n\nBuilding your FDCPA Practice Using your Current Stock of Consumer Debt Work\nDeveloping an Auto Fraud Practice Part 1\nDeveloping an Auto Fraud Practice Part 2\nHow to Become a Successful Student Loan Lawyer\nHow Consumer Law Specialties Choose You\nHow to Set Up a Successful Mortgage Practice\nTriage Your FCRA Practice\n\n\nWhy These Videos Are Helpful\n\nAre you considering starting your own consumer law firm or have you just recently started your firm?\nAre you thinking about transitioning into another sub-specialty of consumer protection law?\n\nIn this webinar series\, you will learn what factors to consider when deciding which practice areas to choose when expanding your consumer practice. You will also learn the basics of setting up a mortgage\, auto\, FDCPA\, and FCRA practice. This webinar series is geared to beginners in consumer law. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to determine which consumer law practice area best fits your budget and your lifestyle\nHow to perfect client selection\, price cases appropriately\, secure attorney fees\, and take advantage of developments in the law under Dodd-Frank and Chapter 13 in mortgage cases\nHow to develop FDCPA claims in bankruptcy cases and find simple and common FDCPA claims in debt defense cases\nHow to spot good cases\, create great cases\, and prepare your practice and business for a growing FCRA caseload\nHow to set up an auto fraud practice and find viable cases\n\n\nPresenters\nRobert Brennan began his career in civil litigation in 1988 and opened his own law firm\, The Law Offices of Robert F. Brennan APC\, in 1991. The firm specializes in litigating consumer cases\, including unfair and abusive debt collection\, lemon law\, automotive dealer fraud\, wrongful credit report damage\, and identity theft cases. \nElliot Conn is the founder of Conn Law\, PC\, headquartered in San Francisco. Elliot has successfully litigated hundreds of consumer cases\, both individual cases and class actions. Through his class actions and other complex cases\, Elliot has been successful in eliminating over $1 billion in consumer debt on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Californians. \nCary Flitter is a highly respected expert in consumer law. Cary is founding partner in Flitter Milz P.C. Cary has built his practice around litigating cases on behalf of consumers against debt collectors\, banks and finance companies\, insurance companies\, car dealers and credit reporting agencies. \nSaraEllen M. Hutchison is a Seattle-Tacoma consumer lawyer who opened her solo practice in 2010. She is a trial lawyer whose sole focus is to protect consumers against the abusive and unfair acts of debt collectors\, collection agencies\, and credit reporting agencies. \nDana Karni founded Karni Law Firm\, P.C. in 2007. Her professional legal experience includes actions in federal and state debt collection violations\, defense of credit card suits\, auto warranty and title situations\, and deceptive trade practice issues. She has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center. \nTerry Lawson runs a consumer-focused law firm in Kansas City\, MO. He provides consumers with debt defense and does some consumer bankruptcy work as a complement to his other practice areas. He also has a busy consumer protection practice including FDCPA\, TILA\, FCRA and other federal claims\, state law/UDAP work\, and other plaintiff work. \nAdam Singer leverages his expertise in civil litigation together with his knowledge of consumer laws to seek justice under the law for victims of credit report errors\, identity theft\, telemarketer harassment\, unfair debt collection\, and other deceptive business practices. \nLarry 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 established in 2005. \nJohn Steinkamp has been a practicing lawyer in Indianapolis\, IN for eighteen years. His practice\, John Steinkamp & Associates\, does consumer bankruptcy work and consumer litigation. His office has filed more than 650 FDCPA lawsuits since 2009. \nAdam G. Taub is the co-founder of Adam G. Taub & Associates Consumer Law Group\, PLC\, a Michigan consumer protection law practice. Adam has represented hundreds of victims of auto Fraud since 1998. His practice focuses exclusively on representing consumers against car dealers\, banks\, credit card companies\, mortgage lenders\, credit reporting agencies\, and debt collectors. \nChristine Wolk has been practicing law in the state of Wisconsin since 1983. In 1995\, she left her law firm and forged her own trail in bankruptcy. In 2003\, Ms. Wolk added consumer mortgage defense to her portfolio.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/webinar-bundles/developing-a-consumer-law-practice/
CATEGORIES:Curated Webinar Bundles
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