Setting up your FCRA Case for Success

What You Will Learn

• How to conduct an effective intake, including for clients at risk of bankruptcy
• How to determine what steps you need to take to prepare your case for litigation

Speakers

Penny Hays Cauley (Samford University, J.D.) 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. She was lead counsel in Jamon Brim v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., a §1681s-2(b) claim, which resulted in a jury verdict of $100,000 in compensatory damages and $623,180 in punitive damages for violations of the FCRA.

Mark D. Mailman has concentrated his practice in consumer protection litigation since co-founding his firm, Francis & Mailman, P.C. in 1998. Mark has litigated thousands of FCRA and FDCPA cases. He has been certified to serve as class counsel by state and federal courts in both contested and settlement class actions. In October 2018, Mark was awarded the 2018 Consumer Attorney of the Year award from NACA.

As founder of the Law Office of Adam G. Singer, PLLC, Adam Singer has focused his practice on helping consumers enforce their Fair Credit rights. Most frequently, Adam’s cases involve the defamatory fallout from negative credit reporting that arises from identity theft or mixed files. Adam earned a B.A., summa cum laude, at Washington University and a J.D., cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  Adam began his legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Sidney H. Stein, U.S.D.J. in the S.D.N.Y. and as an associate at the law firms of Skadden Arps and Akin Gump.