Practice Areas - Bankruptcy
- Debtor and Creditor Rights
- Class Actions
| - Consumer Law
- Lender Liability
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| University | University of Georgia, A.B., 1981 |
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| Law School | University of Georgia, J.D., 1984 |
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| Admitted | 1984, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit |
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| Memberships | State Bar of Georgia; Atlanta Bar Association; Cobb County Bar Association. |
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| Languages | Spanish |
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| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, August 12, 1959 |
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| Biography | Member, Board of Advisors, Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Recipient, Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976. (Also at Atlanta Office)
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| Reported Cases | Darden v. Ford Consumer Fin. Co., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 200 F.3d 753 (2000). |
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| ISLN | 901980128 |
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| Transactions | Represented class action plaintiffs in Lillie Mae Starr, et al. vs. Fleet Finance, Inc., et al., Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, alleging that a consumer finance subsidiary of the fourteenth largest U. S. bank holding company overcharged borrowers and used abusive collection practices. The case, filed under Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute and the Federal Extortionate Extension of Credit statute, benefited twenty thousand Georgia borrowers, paid cash benefits, provided credit reporting corrections, and contributed to nationwide industry reforms. Represented class action plaintiffs in Winfred L. Wood, et al. v. Associates Financial Life Insurance Company and Associates Financial Services of America, Inc., Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, and Ralph C. Darden, et al. v. Ford Consumer Finance Company, Inc. and Associates Financial Life Insurance Company, Inc., U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, alleging subsidiaries of Associates First Capital, largest U. S. subprime mortgage lender, unlawfully sold credit life insurance in a predatory lending scheme in violation of Georgia's Insurance Code and Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, benefited 1500 Georgia borrowers, paid cash benefits, and contributed to nationwide industry reforms. |
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