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SUMMARY:Medical Debt Defense— Defenses and Aggressive Counterclaims You Can Use in your State (2025)
DESCRIPTION:Medical debt is the wild west of debt collection. Every debt collector wants in on it and consumer attorneys often find themselves without the tools to fight back.  This seminar will give you those tools so that you can both vigorously defend medical debt collection as well as go on the offensive. \nThis webinar will appeal to both private practitioners and legal service attorneys who need defenses against medical claims and want to explore counterclaims that can range from single counterclaims to possible class actions. \nPlease note this session will include a one-hour webinar and a one-hour online conversation. \n\nWhat You Will Learn \n\nWhat the central aspects of medical debt collection are\, including an explanation of the “Chargemaster\,” your rights to access the hospital’s pricing schedule\, and items you should be demanding in the discovery process.\nWhich affirmative defenses will give you a fighting chance\, open up discovery even where a counterclaim isn’t available\, and increase your standing with regards to settlement.\nHow to use FDCPA and UDAAP statutes to challenge the fairness of the hospital’s billing practice and the debt collector’s actions.\nWhat discovery items you should request and how they will help you defend and prosecute cases.\nHow to follow the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services and their ever-evolving rules for hospital billing.\n\n\nSpeakers \nKeith Hagan practices consumer law as a partner at Hofer Hagan LLP\, in Indianapolis\, Indiana. He has been on the front line of defending medical debt cases since 2018. \nBerneta L. Haynes is a senior attorney who focuses on consumer energy policy and medical debt. At NCLC\, she recently authored Protecting Older Adults from Surprise Medical Bills and The Racial Health and Wealth Gap: Impact of Medical Debt on Black Families. She is also a contributing author to the medical debt chapter of NCLC’s Collection Actions practice manual and NCLC’s Surviving Debt consumer guide. \n\nPlease note that this webinar is free to members and non-members. Click here to watch the live webinar.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/medical-debt-defense-defenses-and-aggressive-counterclaims-you-can-use-in-your-state-2025/
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SUMMARY:Consumer Law Meet-Up
DESCRIPTION:Join colleagues for a fun get-together and light refreshments at Bailey Glasser’s offices in Washington DC. All NACA members\, attorneys advocating on behalf of consumers\, legal aid attorneys and law students studying consumer law are encouraged to attend!
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/upcoming/consumer-law-meet-up/
LOCATION:Bailey Glasser LLP\, 1055 Thomas Jefferson St NW\, Ste 540\, Washington\, DC\, 20007
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SUMMARY:Ask the FDCPA Experts: Stacy Bardo and Angie Robertson
DESCRIPTION:Do you have an FDCPA practice\, or are you considering adding FDCPA to your practice areas? Want to get help with spotting\, valuing or litigating your FDCPA cases? Interested in getting feedback from one of the most experienced FDCPA attorneys in the consumer law community? Stacy Bardo and Angie Robertson will be available for an online question and answer session on all topics related to determining viable FDCPA claims or defenses. \nNACA is continuing its webinar series entitled Ask the Expert. This series will include an hour-long online question and answer session with leading attorneys in the field. We welcome questions in advance. Please note there will be no written materials associated with this webinar\, so there will be no CLEs awarded for attendance. Please send questions to training@consumeradvocates.org. \n\nSpeakers \nStacy Bardo has dedicated her law practice for the last 20+ years to the protection of everyday people. Based in Chicago\, Stacy files suits for consumers who have been the victims of unlawful business practices\, consumer fraud\, wrongful repossessions\, automobile fraud\, identity theft\, and false credit reporting. She has been appointed class counsel in numerous national and statewide class actions certified in IL\, NY\, CA\, MI\, MN\, and WA. Stacy is a past co-chair of NACA’s Board of Directors and currently serves on the NCLC/NACA Conference Steering Committee. Stacy is a graduate of Northwestern University and Loyola University Chicago School of Law. \nAngie Robertson is a Partner at Philipps & Philipps\, Ltd. Since joining Philipps & Philipps\, Ltd.\, in 2012\, she has represented over 1\,000 consumers in federal district and appellate courts\, securing significant victories in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases. With extensive experience in class action litigation\, complex discovery\, and appellate briefing\, Angie is dedicated to navigating complex consumer protection statutes to holding financial entities — like debt collectors\, credit reporting agencies\, and banks — accountable. In addition to her litigation work\, she currently serves as the Board Co-Chair of the National Association of Consumer Advocates\, actively shaping policy and legal strategies that support consumer advocates and consumer rights nationwide. Angie is a 2010 graduate of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. \n\nPlease note that all live webinars are free to NACA members. Since there will be no CLEs awarded. All who register for the webinar will have access to the recording. \nYou can access the live webinar here.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/ask-the-fdcpa-experts-stacy-bardo-and-angie-robertson/
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