Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) 201

Webinars

• Intersection between FCRA, Chapter 7, Mortgages, and Loan Modification
• Don’t Make this Mistake—Accuracy: Avoiding the Landmine in FCRA Cases
• Preparing to Beat the Credit Reporting Agencies in Summary Judgment in Federal Court
• Preparing to Beat a Furnisher Summary Judgment Motion in Federal Court
• Understanding the Metro 2 Reporting Format
• Suing the Government under the FCRA
• Beating Back Experian’s Attempts to Compel FCRA Claims into Arbitration

Why These Videos Are Helpful

Do you want to take on more complex FCRA claims, including class action claims? Do you want to learn what types of FCRA claims are appropriate for class actions? Are you interested in understanding the nexus between mortgage, bankruptcy, and FCRA claims? Are you curious about how to litigate claims against resellers? Do you want to learn effective strategies for taking depositions in FCRA cases? Do you want to know how to respond to an accuracy defense from the CRAs? Interested in beating motions for summary judgement against the CRAs and furnishers? This webinar series is geared to intermediate and advanced practitioners who already have a solid understanding of the FCRA.

What You Will Learn

• How to spot issues for clients with credit problems that have not affirmed mortgages
• How to find unique discoverable information available from a reseller and the CRAs when a tri-merge report is issued
• What strategies to use when deposing witnesses for an FCRA claim
• What is likely to happen when an accuracy defense is raised
• How to prepare your case from the beginning of representation for the inevitable summary judgment
• How to develop a factual record and lay the groundwork to successfully oppose a motion to compel
• What types of FCRA claims can be brought against federal agencies.

Presenters

Leonard Bennett has been a trial attorney and consumer advocate since 1994 in Newport News, Virginia. Mr. Bennett’s practice is focused on the representation of consumers.  He has litigated individual and class cases throughout the country.

Bob Brennan began his career in civil litigation in 1988, and opened his own general practice firm, The Law Offices of Robert F. Brennan, in 1991. The firm specializes in litigating cases related to violations of consumer protection laws, including lemon law, automotive dealer fraud, wrongful credit damage, serious personal injury, and consumer protection class actions.

G. John Cento is an Indiana-based attorney with a national practice who has been practicing credit reporting law since 2000. Cento has litigated hundreds of FCRA cases throughout the country, and his experience includes trial and appeal.

O. Max Gardner III, Esq., is recognized as one of the leading lawyers in America in the area of predatory mortgage servicing and the standing of mortgage servicers in consumer bankruptcy cases.

Nandan Joshi is an appellate attorney in the Litigation Group at Public Citizen, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization located in Washington, D.C. Before joining Public Citizen, he spent seven years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he defended the agency in various judicial proceedings and served as the director of its amicus program.

Larry P. Smith is a consumer attorney, handling matters involving the FCRA, FDCPA, EFTA, and state consumer fraud/UDAP matters for more than nineteen years. He is the managing partner at SmithMarco, P.C., which he established in 2005. Larry has tried dozens of consumer rights cases to verdict in the state and federal courts and has arbitrated more than 700 cases.

Matt Wessler is a principal at Gupta Wessler LLP, where he focuses on public interest and plaintiffs’-side appellate and complex litigation. Matt handles high-profile cases at all levels of both state and federal court and regularly appears before the U.S. Supreme Court.