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SUMMARY:NACA-NCLC Facilitator Training Program
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in taking on a leadership role within NACA or NCLC?\nIncreasingly\, both organizations are looking to boost engagement through interactive\, roundtable discussions that take place at in-person and online conferences and workshops. \nThe best roundtable or group discussion experience depends on the discussion leader. A skilled leader brings out the best in everyone in that discussion\, meeting\, or roundtable. You can be that leader. \nNACA and NCLC are launching a Certified Facilitator program for members to hone their skills in leading virtual and in-person discussions. This program will strengthen the capacity of NACA members to facilitate conversations in both virtual and in-person settings. \nThese skills go beyond the conference. You carry them into your professional life. \nThis program will be limited to twenty-five people initially. The program includes: \n\nWritten materials\, including a Facilitation Guide\nVideo interviews with top NACA and NCLC facilitators\nSpring Practicum in which participants facilitate a one-hour Zoom roundtable discussion with fifteen consumer attorneys for peer assessment.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/upcoming/naca-nclc-facilitator-training-program/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Time-Saving Tips in Lemon Law & Auto Fraud Cases
DESCRIPTION:Every trial lawyer is crunched for time. A lawyer’s ability to help potential clients and bring in more business hinges on effectively managing their time. At this virtual round table discussion\, seasoned lemon law and auto fraud attorneys will share their time-saving tips to streamline client intake\, simplify client communications\, effectively manage cases\, and reach speedy resolutions. Some experience handling lemon law and auto fraud cases is recommended. \n\nWhat Will You Learn:\n\nHow to streamline your client intake\nHow to simplify client communications\nHow to save time while managing cases and reaching a resolution\n\n\nFacilitator\nScarlett Stuart is an associate attorney at the Burdge Law Office in Dayton\, OH. Scarlett joined Burdge Law Office in 2016 to combine two of her passions: helping people and cars. She has represented consumers across the country in breach of warranty and auto sales fraud cases. Scarlett has co-authored the chapter of the Baldwin’s Ohio Consumer Law Handbook on arbitration since 2018. The Baldwin’s Ohio Consumer Law Handbook is widely considered to be the leading authority on Consumer Law in Ohio. Scarlett has also been lead counsel on ten jury trials and arbitrations within the past five years involving lemon law and auto fraud claims and has helped hundreds of consumers resolve their claims. Scarlett comes from a family of car enthusiasts. When she was young\, Scarlett enjoyed helping her father work on the family car in the driveway. On ”bring your daughter to work” day\, she learned to wet sand and prepare a vehicle to be painted. These days\, Scarlett enjoys working on and driving her 1965 Chevrolet Corvair.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/virtual-roundtable-time-saving-tips-in-lemon-law-auto-fraud-cases/
CATEGORIES:Online Training Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220310T140000
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SUMMARY:To be or not to be Practical: Strategies and Best Practices in Negotiating and Litigating Your Fees
DESCRIPTION:No one likes to litigate their fees. This is an open conversation to help you avoid doing so or to better leverage your position if you must. This is intended for intermediate to advanced attorneys who have litigated their fee claims before.  \n What You Will Learn \n\nHow to deal with your contested fee claims \nHow others handle contested fee claims \n\n\n About Virtual Roundtables \nNACA is launching a new series of Virtual Roundtables\, each facilitated by a NACA member. These online sessions will consist of conversations to explore a specific topic. These sessions will not include a presentation and will depend on member participation. All attendees will be asked to provide feedback on the session afterwards. Attendance at Virtual Roundtables is capped at fifteen. Please register only if you plan on attending the live session. Unless noted otherwise\, the Virtual Roundtable will be recorded and available in NACA’s Training Library.  \n\nFacilitator \nCraig Rothburd has practiced law for over twenty-six years with a focus on class actions\, consumer law\, complex business\, real estate\, and health care law and litigation. He has been AVä Martindale-Hubbell rated for many years; was recently awarded the Judge Don Castor Justice Award by Bay Area Legal Service in 2019; and was awarded the Consumer Protection Lawyer of the Year for 2017 by the Florida Bar. Since 2000\, Craig has been involved in numerous consumer-based cases and devoted a considerable amount of his practice on consumer law and litigation\, with a special focus on class action litigation including mortgage loan servicing\, truth in lending\, insurance\, deceptive practices\, and consumer statutory violations. He is a past chairperson of the Florida Bar’s Consumer Protection Law Committee and a member of the National Associate of Consumer Advocates\, serving as its membership committee co-chair. Craig has presented at numerous continuing legal education courses both statewide and nationally on issues such as attorneys’ fees\, class actions\, and consumer law. He is double Gator\, having graduated with honors from the University of Florida\, College of Law\, and receiving his Bachelor of Science from UF.   \n 
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/to-be-or-not-to-be-practical-strategies-and-best-practices-in-negotiating-and-litigating-your-fees/
CATEGORIES:Online Training Courses
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SUMMARY:Deposing the Corporate Representative
DESCRIPTION:Are you tired of hearing “I don’t know” to every question you ask? Want to improve your questions\, or better yet\, improve your ability to obtain information from a reluctant witness? Would you like to know how to handle difficult\, obstructionist\, and unprepared witnesses? \nWhat You Will Learn\n• What strategies and techniques you can use to extract information from unwilling\, unprepared\, and uncooperative corporate representative deponent witnesses \n\nAbout Virtual Roundtables\nNACA is launching a new series of Virtual Roundtables\, each facilitated by a NACA member. These online sessions will consist of conversations to explore a specific topic. These sessions will not include a presentation and will depend on member participation. All attendees will be asked to provide feedback on the session afterwards. Attendance at Virtual Roundtables is capped at fifteen. Please register only if you plan on attending the live session. Unless noted otherwise\, the Virtual Roundtable will be recorded and available in NACA’s Training Library. \n\nFacilitator\nChris Donald began his practice of law after a first career working with UNIX and DEC operating systems and software development. His “sideline” work during that time\, and for the past three decades\, has been managing his family’s Alabama forestland for timber growth\, hunting\, and recreation. Boundary line issues encountered in this land work led him to pursue a law degree in mid-life\, taking classes at night and on the weekends\, where\, in keeping with the adage about the blind squirrel\, he somehow managed to graduate first in his class. During his time at law school\, he met and became instant friends with his future law partner\, Mike Parrish\, who teaches Commercial Law. After working on cases together for many years\, Chris formally joined forces with Mike as Parrish and Donald after which they started the firm of Alabama Car Lawyers LLC. Most of their practice is devoted to consumer law issues which usually involve lying\, cheating\, stealing\, and corporate greed in the sale\, warranty and repair of cars\, trucks and recreational vehicles. For the past two years\, Chris has taught Commercial Law as an adjunct professor at Birmingham School of Law. He is an avid outdoorsman\, fisherman\, and hunter\, and he enjoys backpacking\, biking\, and skiing with his sons and his wife Kristi.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/virtual-roundtable-deposing-the-corporate-representative/
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SUMMARY:Centering Racial Justice and Addressing Debt in Black Communities
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to be more intentional about incorporating racial justice in your consumer debt practice? Are you already engaged in the work and want to share best practices you’ve learned? \nWhat Will You Learn\n• How other advocates are working to center racial justice in their practices\n• How to examine your own consumer debt practice—from outreach and intake to case selection and resolution—with a racial equity lens to identify priority areas for improvement \n\nFacilitator\nZenia Laws is a senior staff attorney in the Consumer Law Unit at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. Zenia represents low-income homeowners facing foreclosure and consumers with debt collection matters. She regularly represents individuals who have been sued for the collection of consumer debt and draws on that experience in advocating for systemic change. Prior to joining DC Legal Aid\, Zenia was a staff attorney in the Community Lawyering and Maryland Workforce Legal Services projects at Maryland Legal Aid\, where she assisted jobseekers with expungement\, bankruptcy\, unemployment appeals\, and other civil legal matters.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/virtual-roundtable-centering-racial-justice-and-addressing-debt-in-black-communities/
CATEGORIES:Online Training Courses
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SUMMARY:Valuing your Case: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to learn how to effectively value your consumer litigation cases during all phases of the case (consultation\, complaint drafting\, pre-discovery\, post-discovery\, and trial)? Are you interested in gaining effective strategies for maximizing your attorney fee recovery? This roundtable discussion is geared to attorneys who have some experience seeking damages and would like to share or gain strategies to evaluate consumer cases. \nWhat You Will Learn:\n\nHow to properly evaluate actual damages\, statutory damages\, pattern & practice evidence\, emotional distress damages\, and punitive damages.\n\n\nFacilitator\nAttorney Brian Flick is a managing partner of the Dann Law Firm’s Cincinnati office. He is a tireless advocate for consumers in Ohio\, Kentucky\, and across the United States. His practice is focused on bankruptcy\, foreclosure defense\, appellate litigation\, and other areas of consumer law. Brian earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science at Adrian College and received his Juris Doctorate from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law. He serves as the 6th Circuit Community Moderator for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and is the Ohio Chair of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/virtual-roundtable-valuing-your-case-a-primer/
CATEGORIES:Online Training Courses
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