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SUMMARY:Life Coaching\, Business Coaching & Self-Help Scams: Consumer Rights & Remedies
DESCRIPTION:Life coaching is a $2 billion dollar industry that has grown by over a third since 2015. The global wellness industry is estimated to be worth $1.5 trillion. Online marketing is expected to continue to grow at an estimated nine percent per year. The self-help industry is not going away anytime soon. \nWhile these statistics reflect innovative and legitimate solutions to meet consumers’ needs for more optimal lives\, it’s still a wild west where wellness and coaching businesses are not specifically regulated. \nThis makes it very difficult for even educated consumers to discern legitimate personal development programs from quacks\, grifters\, and price gougers. Consumers are getting ripped off in the tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars and have been groomed to blame themselves when they don’t get their money’s worth. \nNACA lawyers are in the best position to help them\, and today you’ll find out how. \n\nWhat You Will Learn \n• What is wrong with the self-help industry and how we got here\n• How to spot common coaching & wellness rip-offs\n• Which claims to plead to best solve your clients’ problems \n\nSpeakers \nSaraEllen Hutchison is a consumer rights trial lawyer and a NACA member since 2011. She stands up for the rights of individuals who are victims of false credit reporting or otherwise have significant emotional and economic injuries\, resulting in significant relief to her clients and the clients of her colleagues and collaborators. Her most notable trial cases include Sedric Ward v. Shelby County\, Western District of Tennessee Case No. 2:20-cv-2407-JPM-cgc; jury finding that Shelby County’s USERRA violations were willfully affirmed by Court. See\, 2:20-cv-2407-JPM-cgc Dkt. 191\, and Brandt v. Columbia Credit Servs.\,Western District of Washington Case No. 2:17-cv-703-RSM (judgment against debt collector Woehler under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; see also 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164445). SaraEllen is also a lifelong personal development geek with two life coaching certifications\, and knows the good\, the bad\, and the ugly in the wellness world. SaraEllen is licensed in Washington State and Alaska. She is a December 2004 graduate of Georgia State University College of Law. Law Office of SaraEllen Hutchison\, PLLC is her solo firm based in Tacoma\, Washington. You can find her at lifecoachlawsuit.com and saraellenhutchison.com. \nRachel Bentley has dedicated her practice to advocating on behalf of consumers who have been victims of corporate wrongdoing and scams. Ms. Bentley is an attorney with Gordon and Partners class action team and litigates consumer protection cases\, mass torts\, and complex consumer fraud class action cases. Prior to joining the firm\, Ms. Bentley prosecuted violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act as an Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division of the Florida Attorney General’s Office. Before serving as an Assistant Attorney General\, Ms. Bentley was the Senior Staff Attorney of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County\, Inc.’s Consumer Advocacy Unit\, where she protected the rights of disadvantaged members of the community and represented indigent consumers who were wronged by businesses and fraudsters. Ms. Bentley is a Vice-Chair of the Florida Bar’s Consumer Protection Law Committee and serves as Chair of the Palm Beach County Justice Association Young Lawyers Board of Directors.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/life-coaching-business-coaching-self-help-scams-consumer-rights-remedies/
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SUMMARY:Win Your Auto Case Through Written Discovery and Advanced Discovery Topics
DESCRIPTION:Interested in improving your discovery skills in your auto cases? This seminar will address pre- and post-filing discovery techniques and provide tools to maximize the chance of success. This webinar is geared to attorneys with at least an intermediate level of experience in auto cases. \nFollowing the one-hour webinar\, attorneys are invited to join an online discussion on discovery. Meet your fellow attorneys and discuss best practices on auto discovery. \n\nWhat You Will Learn \n\nHow to use pre suit discovery and investigation\nWhen to send third party subpoenas\nWhat questions to ask car dealer reps in depositions\nHow to amass pattern and practice evidence and net worth discovery\nWhen to use motions to compel\nHow to time discovery requests\nHow to handle discovery abuse\nHow to seek sanctions\n\n\nSpeakers \nElliot Conn is the founder of Conn Law\, PC\, a California consumer protection law practice headquartered in San Francisco. Elliot has successfully litigated hundreds of consumer cases\, both individual 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. Elliot’s cases have also put millions of dollars back in consumers’ pockets nationwide. Elliot is AV Martindale-Hubbell rated. Elliot is a graduate of the University of California\, Berkeley\, School of Law and received his Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University. \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. He is author of the 1988\, 1990\, 1998\, and 2022 legislative amendments of the Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act (Virginia’s lemon law)\, and he has been involved in amendments to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. He has authored articles on Virginia’s Lemon Law for various periodicals\, wrote the chapter on Consumer Statutory Remedies in the Virginia Product Liability Treatise (to be published). He was chair of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Legislative Subcommittee on Consumer Law and is the past Virginia State Chair of NACA. He received his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College\, cum laude\, and his J.D. from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 1979\, where he was on the National Moot Court team. He is past vestryman of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church\, was instrumental in initiating and developing St. Stephens’ Prison Ministry to the Richmond City Jail\, and he has facilitated adult Christian education classes.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/win-your-auto-case-through-written-discovery-and-advanced-discovery-topics/
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SUMMARY:Make an Impact as a Conference Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in becoming a better presenter for NACA and NCLC conferences?  Do you want people to remember both what you had to say and who you are? Conferences offer a unique moment in time where attendees focus on their career and gain knowledge\, skills and connections that help them succeed as a consumer attorney. Done right\, a conference presentation can be transformative. \nNACA and NCLC want to help.  This webinar is geared to attorneys of all levels who want to improve their conference presentations. \nPlease note that attendance is free to all members of the consumer law community. Non-members will need to get their account verified before they will be able to register for the webinar. \n\nWhat You Will Learn \n\n\n\nHow to increase audience engagement\nHow to create a useful PowerPoint presentation\nHow to translate best practices for adult learning into your presentation\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker \nRebecca Smolar is the Associate Director of Education at NACA. She is responsible for partnering with NACA members to develop and strengthen NACA’s education and training offerings and to ensure that members are kept abreast of trends in the field. Before joining NACA\, she created continuing education programs for high school teachers and college professors through the State University of New York and Washington-DC area think tanks. She started her career as an Officer of Public Affairs at the Embassy of Israel where she gave hundreds of speeches about Israel and U.S.-Israel relations. Ms. Smolar received a M.A. in International Communications from American University and her B.S. in Psychobiology from SUNY Binghamton.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/make-an-impact-as-a-conference-speaker/
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