EDUCATION

·        University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, J.D. 1994

·        Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX,  B.A. 1991

·        University of Pittsburgh - Semester at Sea, Fall 1989

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND BAR ADMISSIONS

·        American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Ramsey County Bar Association, 1994 to present

·        Supreme Court State of Minnesota, 1994

·        U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1994

·        U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1994

·        U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1995

·        Federal Bar Association, 1997 to present

·       National Association of Consumer Advocates, 1997 to present 

AREAS OF PRACTICE

·     Founder of the Consumer Justice Center, P.A. in 1996

·        Equal Credit Opportunity Act

·        Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

                Filed over 500 cases against collection agencies and attorneys.

                Recovered in excess of $100,000 in single consumer FDCPA cases

·        Fair Credit Reporting Act

·        Federal Odometer Act

·        Invasion of Privacy

·        Numerous State law litigation including class actions:

Usury, salvaged vehicles, retail installment contract fraud, odometer fraud and consumer fraud.

·        Truth In Lending Act

·       Wrongful Repossession litigation

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

I have been certified as a class counsel in the following cases: 

·        Jade Johnson and Claude MaGee v. Universal Car Credit Co., Inc. and Jim Lupient Oldsmobile Company, USDC, Court File          No. 3-94-1174;

·        Davies v. West Publishing Company, Dakota County District Court, Court File No. 19-C6-99-8478;

·        David Ofert v. Jacques D. Schira, P.C., Law Office, and Jacques D. Schira, Esq., Individually, USDC, CV 98-125;

·        Amy Monson v. Check Guarantee Services, Inc., USDC, Court File No. CV 99-1224 MJD/JGL;

·        In re American Family Publishers Business Practices Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1235, District of New Jersey No. 98 CV 3850        (NHP) and In re American Family Enterprises, et al, Case No. 99-41774(RG) (State of Minnesota class counsel);

·        Byrd v. Metropolitan Corporation, Hennepin County District Court, Court File No.:  CT 00-016055;

·        Reinke v. Harold Chevrolet, Hennepin County District Court, CT 01-001519;

·        Avent and Clay v. Alandale Corporation, Hennepin County District Court, Court File No.:  CT00-7438; and

·         Sheryl Lynn Logan et. al. v. Norwest Bank  of Minnesota, N.A., Hennepin Co. Dist. Court File #94-018688.

PUBLICATIONS

·  Spring 2002, Published “When the Judge Becomes the Consumer,” Minnesota Trial Lawyer Magazine.

Successfully litigated over 200 claims in United States District Court for consumers under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 15 U.S.C. §1692et seq.

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