Arbitrating and Mediating the Statutory Damage Case

What You Will Learn

• How to set up and litigate statutory damage cases from the onset to mediation/arbitration

Speakers

Craig Rothburd has practiced law for twenty-four years with a focus on class actions, consumer law, complex business, and commercial and health care law and litigation. He is AVä Martindale-Hubbell rated and was recently 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 presently the chairperson of the Florida Bar’s Consumer Protection Law Committee, a member of the National Associate of Consumer Advocates (serving as its membership committee co-chair), a strong supporter of and advocate for legal services (serving as a volunteer pro bono attorney), and has served on the Board of Directors of Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., as well as serving on its Development Council.  He graduated with honors from the University of Florida (UF), College of Law, and receiving his Bachelors of Science from UF.

Brian Warwick has been practicing class action law for more than twenty years and has been appointed Class Counsel by judges across the country. In 2018, Mr. Warwick and his partner, Janet Varnell, received the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Public Justice Foundation in Washington, D.C., for their litigation against tribal payday lenders in Florida. Mr. Warwick is also an experienced appellate advocate and has argued numerous cases before both Federal and State appellate courts. His practice focuses on a variety of class actions including product liability, unfair and deceptive practices, and consumer fraud.