Gregg D. Stevens is a member in the commercial litigation section of the Dallas office where his practice serves the financial services industry, concentrating in the areas of Fair Credit Reporting Act, Truth in Lending Act, Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, litigation and mortgage fraud.
Commercial Litigation
Gregg represents numerous financial services clients in suits involving breach of contract, mortgage fraud and identity theft.
Gregg was also successful in obtaining a 1.2 million dollar judgment against an individual who was operating a debt elimination scam.
Consumer Financial Services Litigation
Gregg also defends many financial services clients in suits involving Fair Credit Reporting Act, Truth in Lending Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Professional Affiliations
· American Bar Association
· Dallas Bar Association
· The Federal Bar Association
· State Bar of Texas
Presentations
· "Update on FDCPA and TCPA," Consumer Credit 2011, October 27, 2011
· "Open-End Credit Issuer Legislation and Trends in Credit Card Litigation," 10th Annual Consumer Finance Legal Conference, October 20, 2011
· "Update on FCRA Issues and Developments," Consumer Credit 2010, October 28, 2010
· "Combating Closing Table Fraud: Tactics for Successful Identification and Reporting," October Research Corporation webinar, October 7, 2010
· "Arbitration: What's Left," Suing, Defending, and Negotiating with Financial Institutions, February 25, 2010
· "Debt Elimination Scams," Suing, Defending, and Negotiating with Banking Institutions, Texas Bar CLE seminar, April 2-3, 2009
· "Other FCRA Developments and Litigation -- Red Flag ID Theft Rules and Issues," Consumer Credit Conference, Dallas, TX, November 7, 2008
· "FCRA Developments and Litigation," Consumer Credit Conference, Dallas, TX, November 9, 2007
· "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act," Dallas, Texas, October 2007
· "Debt Elimination Scams," Houston Bar Association, Houston, TX, October 10, 2007
· "Fair Credit Reporting Act Teleconference," Lorman, Dallas, Texas, September 18, 2007
· "Fair Credit Reporting Act Teleconference," Lorman, Dallas, Texas, March 21, 2007
· "Debt Elimination Scams," Consumer Credit Conference, November 9, 2006
· "Identity Theft," Consumer Credit Update, Fall 2003
Publications
· "Fair Credit Reporting Act Update," Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report, Vol. 65, Nos. 1-2, Spring-Summer 2011
· "Anatomy of a scam: How Chase Bank won injunction, damages against promoter of debt elimination scheme," Consumer Financial Services Law Report, Vol. 12, Iss. 13, December 2008
· "Post-Bankruptcy Credit Reporting: What Should Be Done?" Banking & Financial Services, Volume 27 Number 6, June 2008
· "The Impact of TILA on the Debtor-Creditor Relationship," Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report, Vol. 61 No. 2, Summer 2007
· "Debt-Elimination Scams," The Review of Banking & Financial Services, October 2006
· "Identity Theft," Consumer Credit Update, Fall 2003
Community and Other Activities
· Temple Shalom, Steering Committee, 2006
· Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Membership Committee and Aquatics Committee, 2006