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Friday January 19
2024
 Intro to the FDCPA and Common Violations in Consumer Debt Collection Lawsuits (Zoom Webinar)

This training is an introduction to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). In this training, instructors will review common FDCPA violations in consumer debt collection lawsuits in the New York Civil Courts. After taking this training, participants will walk away with tools to provide basic advice to unrepresented litigants and be able to identify cases which warrant referral for potential affirmative litigation.

While this training is geared towards CLARO volunteer attorneys who provide limited-scope legal services to unrepresented consumer-defendants, it is also well-suited for and open to all civil legal services attorneys looking for an introduction to the FDCPA.

 

CLE Credits:

Areas of Professional Practice - 1.0

 

CLE Suitability:

Content appropriate for both experienced and new attorneys.

 

Instructors:

 - Ahmad Keshavarz (he, him) - The Law Office of Ahmad Keshavarz - Principle

 - Emma Caterine (she, her) - The Law Office of Ahmad Keshavarz - Partner

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  • When
    Friday, January 19, 2024
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  • CLE Credits
    Areas of Professional Practice: 1.00
  • Format
    Webinar: Questions Allowed During Program
  • Practice Area(s)
    Consumer/Bankruptcy Law
  • Price: $0

About the Faculty

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    AHMAD KESHAVARZ (Speaker)

    Ahmad (he, him) established his law firm, The Law Office of Ahmad Keshavarz in 2000. His practice is devoted entirely to consumer protection. The large majority of his practice is devoted filing FDCPA lawsuits holding debt collectors accountable for executing on vacated or sewer service judgments; seizing exempt social security or unemployment benefits; suing tenants for rent not owed; or suing family members of nursing home residents for nursing home debt they do not owe. Along with legal services co-counsel, Ahmad obtained the historic decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Arias v. Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt LLP et al., 875 F.3d 128 (2017) which held that debt collectors unduly prolonging debt collection legal proceedings violated the FDCPA. Ahmad and his law partner Emma Caterine also bring suit for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. Ahmad Keshavarz has a B.A. with Honors from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, and a Masters in Public Policy from the L.B.J. School of Public Affairs.
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    Johanna Ocana (Moderator)

    Johanna Ocana (she, her, hers) is the Senior Coordinating Attorney of Pro Bono Initiatives at the Feerick Center, where she coordinates limited scope legal services clinics for unrepresented New Yorkers facing debt collection through the courts or CLARO clinics. Johanna comes to the Feerick Center from Bronx Legal Services, where she represented tenants and tenant associations organizing to better their living conditions and enforce their tenant and Fair Housing rights. Johanna received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Columbia University and her law degree from CUNY School of Law.