My first case in law school dealt with a landlord tenant case.  My client was sued by the landlord trying to evict her, but I was able to keep her in her home.  More rewarding than winning the case was seeing our client’s expression when she realized she had won.  I remember the countless thank you’s as if it were yesterday.

When I established my law practice in 1998, I decided to represent only consumers, and to provide personal attention to each and every client.  That personal service continues today.  When you call our firm, you will not have to identify yourself by a case number or wonder who will answer your questions:  ours is a family practice, and you will speak with my wife and office manager, Tina, or me.  We will make ourselves available at a time convenient for you, including evenings and weekends.  After all, questions arise at all hours of the day, and not just between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Tina and I both believe it is important to give back to the community, so we proudly support and sponsor many charities.  We have volunteered for many charitable groups, including our church, Meals on Wheels, Seminole County Animal Shelter, and several legal services organizations.  Helping Florida Consumers is not just a tag line, it is something we strongly believe in.

I have given many presentations to community groups, and have been interviewed by several news stations and newspapers.  My practice of consumer protection law includes debt collection defense, abusive debt collectors/Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, credit reporting/Fair Credit Reporting Act, auto dealer fraud/lemon law, and defective products, including those that cause personal injury.

When creating my website, I decided it was important to respect our clients’ privacy.  That is why we do not identify any clients by last name or case number; nor do we list the dollar amounts we have recovered on behalf of our clients.  You also won’t see us on a billboard or in a TV commercial, but instead you may hear about us from our past clients.

Unfortunately, some people do not call an attorney because they think they can’t afford one or because they had a bad experience with a prior lawyer.  That is unfortunate, because everyone deserves an experienced attorney they can trust.  Everyone deserves to have their questions answered by an attorney throughout their representation and not just at the initial consultation.  As a consumer protection attorney and former automotive engineer, I am here to assist you from beginning to end.  Don’t go through your lawsuit alone, contact us for a free consultation.  Please feel to feel to also visit my other websites www.CarSafetyLawyer.com and www.TheAirbagBlog.com.

Our client was sued for an alleged credit card debt in Small Claims Court.  The Plaintiff was Hudson & Keyse, LLC (a debt buyer and debt collector) who claimed to have been assigned the debt by Washington Mutual Bank.  The debt collector was represented by Ryan Gesten, of Ryan D. Gesten, P.A. in Davie, Florida.

After conducting discovery, we were able to document that the debt collector had not complied with applicable Florida law.  We filed a motion to dismiss for Hudson & Keyse’s failure to comply with several provisions of Florida law.  Shortly afterward, the debt collector agreed to permanently dismiss its lawsuit against our client.

We were retained to represent a client who  came to us trying to stop a garnishment of their bank account by Capital One, represented by Hayt, Hayt and Landau.  Those debt collection lawyers claimed they were entitled to the garnished money from our client’s bank account because they had signed a Stipulation for Entry of Final Judgment Execution Withheld.

Working with our client, we were able to establish that the money in the bank account was exempt from garnishment, and therefore could not be seized.  We were also able to establish the signed Stipulation did not cover these funds.  Based on the results of our investigation and legal analysis, Capital One agreed to voluntarily dismiss their garnishment.

Our client was sued by LVNV Funding, LLC on an alleged credit card debt here in Central Florida.  LVNV Funding, who is a debt buyer and debt collector well-known here in Central Florida, was represented by the law firm of Pollack & Rosen, P.A. out of Coral Gables, Florida.

Using our knowledge of Florida’s court rules and procedures, we were able to get LVNV Funding to take a position that allowed us to file a motion to win the case on summary judgment, even before trial.  As a result, LVNV Funding dismissed their lawsuit against our client.