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Amy Drushal and Lara Roeske Fernandez Author Article for ALM’S The Corporate Counselor

By Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, News
"BEST PRACTICES IN CREDIT REPORTING" 3/3/2017 Amy Drushal and Lara Roeske Fernandez authored an article published in the March 2017 edition of ALM’s The Corporate Counselor discussing an emerging trend in Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) litigation involving Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Under Chapter 13 bankruptcies, the debtor proposes a repayment…
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Communicating and Working With the “Older” Generation

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As seen in Law Practice Today. By: Amy Drushal Below are tips from a Generation X partner with baby boomer tendencies for millennials who work with baby boomers. Many (unfair) stereotypes have been written about millennials and how to “deal” with them. From the standpoint of someone between the millennial and baby boomer generations, the stereotypes…
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The Eleventh Circuit Speaks: The Bankruptcy Code Does Not Preempt the FDCPA

By Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Publications
As seen in The Cramdown, Summer 2016.  By: Amy Drushal After a number of decisions from the District Courts in the Eleventh Circuit post-Crawford v. LVNV Funding, LLC, 758 F.3d 1254, 1261 (11th Cir. 2014), the Eleventh Circuit has now answered the question that it left open and that has been the subject of much discussion: whether…
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Nineteen Trenam Law Attorneys Named to Florida Trend’s Legal Elite: Firm is Ranked #1 With Most Women Named to Legal Elite

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Trenam is pleased to announce that 19 of the firm's attorneys have been named to Florida Trend magazine's 2016 Legal Elite list. The publication's ranking made Trenam the top firm in the state for most women honorees. Additionally, Robert A. Decker was included in Florida Trend's Legal Elite Hall of Fame, which was created to honor…
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Protection for Creditors in Bankruptcy? Judge Steele (M.D. FLA.) Holds That The Bankruptcy Code Precludes an FDCPA Claim For Filing a Proof of Claim on Time-Barred Debt

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As seen in The Cramdown, Spring 2016. By: Amy Drushal The Eleventh Circuit created new precedent (unfavorable precedent from a creditor's perspective) in Crawford v. LVNV Funding LLC, 758 F. 3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2014), when it held that filing a proof of claim on a time-barred debt violated the FDCPA. What the Eleventh Circuit declined to address in Crawford was…
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Forty-Five Trenam Lawyers Named Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Rising Stars

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Trenam Kemker is proud to announce Florida Super Lawyers has named forty-five of our attorneys to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Florida Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. Their patented selection process is rigorous and results in third-party validation of their professional accomplishments. The following Trenam Kemker attorneys are listed:   ADR Creditor…
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