Business eCourse 102: Building and Optimizing Your Consumer Law Practice

Heidi N. Miller is a solo practitioner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  She is licensed in both California and Wisconsin.  For over ten years, she has focused on consumer law, specifically representing consumers in claims involving improper debt collection actions, unlawful repossessions, credit reporting errors, and auto sales fraud. She enjoys traveling and has visited all seven continents and 125 countries.

Matt Vocci is a partner at Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC. The majority of his work relates in some way to housing. He represents tenants against landlords and property managers on a variety of cases, such as consumer protection and consumer debt collection issues, habitability, Fair Housing Act violations, illegal evictions, and personal injuries. Matt has served as class counsel on several class actions, including a recent case that resolved favorably for tenants against a large, out-of-state property management company. He is a member of the MSBA’s Delivery of Legal Services Committee Council and the ACLU of Maryland Committee on Litigation and Legal Priorities. Matt deeply believes in Santoni, Vocci & Ortega’s mission to provide high-quality legal representation to low-income Marylanders. He graduated cum laude from Temple University, Beasley School of Law in 2006.

Minal Gahlot is a private consumer protection attorney based in Oklahoma City with over a decade of experience advocating for individuals harmed by unfair and deceptive business practices. As the founder of Oklahoma Consumer Law Firm, she represents clients in a wide range of matters, including auto dealer fraud, lemon law violations, solar panel scams, wrongful repossession, credit reporting inaccuracies, abusive debt collection, and identity theft.  Minal has achieved successful outcomes for her clients through jury trials, bench verdicts, arbitration awards, and negotiated settlements. She currently serves as the Oklahoma State Chair for the National Association of Consumer Advocates and has been repeatedly recognized by 405 Magazine as a Top Attorney in Consumer Law.  A frequent speaker at both national and regional conferences, Minal is a passionate advocate for consumer rights and access to justice, dedicating time to volunteer and pro bono efforts across Oklahoma.

Duran Keller is a trial lawyer. He is a graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College and is admitted to practice in Indiana, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. Most of Duran’s attention is devoted to consumer law, but he often takes cases to support a good cause. Duran fights against all types of injustices, ranging from unfair charges/collection attempts and credit reporting to egregious police brutality cases. He is the chair of the NACA Indiana Chapter, a Super Lawyers Rising Star with multiple consumer appellate victories and record-breaking verdicts, and he has tried multiple cases to jury verdict, including State and Federal court.

Ron Wilcox is a former NACA Co-Chair of the Board of Directors. He is a graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College and has tried more than 12 cases to a Final Arbitration Award, where in many of them the consumers were awarded punitive and/or treble damages.

Christina Gill Roseman, represents consumers at Roseman Law Firm, PLLC, with offices in Pittsburgh, PA and Morgantown, WV. She has successfully tried numerous cases against automobile manufacturers and dealerships. She is rated as an AV Preeminent attorney, the highest ranking, by her peers through Martindale Hubbell, has been selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2014, 2016, and 2017 and is NACA’s West Virginia state co-chair.

David J. McGlothlin is a partner at the Kazerouni Law Group, APC. He was born in Mildenhall, England, and was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Northern Arizona University where he received a Bachelor of Science in American Political Studies and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He graduated University of San Diego School of Law in May 2007.David is a licensed attorney in the State of California, the state of Oregon, and the State of Arizona. He is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the Maricopa County Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the National Association of Consumer Advocates.