Credit Repair lawyers in Virginia

Firm: Consumer Litigation Associates, PC

626 East Broad Street , Richmond , Virginia 23219

Practice Areas: Credit Repair

I am a Virginia lawyer primarily representing consumers against financial institutions and credit reporting agencies. Over my career, I have represented clients in a wide range of matters, including successful appeals to the Supreme Court of Virginia and complex federal litigation. My office is within walking distance of my home, where I reside with my wife, Sara, the firm office manager, our daughter, Francie, and our dog, Sunny. I enjoy running, hiking, fly fishing and spending time with family and friends.

Firm: Krumbein Consumer Legal Services, Inc.

1650 Willow Lawn Drive , Richmond , Virginia 23230

Practice Areas: Identity Theft, Consumer Protection, Credit Repair, Debt Collection, Credit Card Fraud, Bankruptcy

Mr. Krumbein graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA in 1995 with a Bachelors in Criminal Justice. He then went on to Law School at the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University, where he graduated in 1998.  Mr. Krumbein was admitted to the Virginia Supreme Court as well as all state courts in 1999, and the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western District of Virginia, the Federal District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, as well as the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.. Mr. Krumbein limits his practice to representing consumers in State and Federal Courts in collection defense, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Fair Credit Reporting Act claims.  He has previously represented consumers in Bankruptcy court in prosecution of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.. Mr.  Krumbein is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, and Public Justice.

Firm: Kelly | Guzzo, PLC

3925 Chain Bridge Rd , Fairfax , Virginia 22030

Practice Areas: Credit Repair, Consumer Protection, Class Action

Kristi C. Kelly is a consumer protection attorney with a genuine commitment to representing the most vulnerable – and often overlooked – consumers in federal and state courts in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Ms. Kelly is widely acknowledged as a leading expert in consumer law. In 2014, Virginia Lawyers Weekly recognized her as a “Leader in the Law,” an annual award given to attorneys that set the standard in their field, and one of the most prestigious honors a Virginia lawyer can receive. She is described by her peers as someone “who takes – and wins – the cases others won’t touch.”. Kristi specializes in assisting consumers with credit reporting and employment background check mistakes, mortgage servicing errors and abusive debt collection practices. She has successfully litigated hundreds of individual and class action cases against banks, brokers, auto dealers, online lenders, debt collectors, credit card companies, credit bureaus and foreclosure rescue scammers, receiving a $686,000 verdict in her first jury trial, in addition to her attorney fees from a foreclosure rescue scammer in 2010.. Kristi is a regular speaker on credit reporting and mortgage servicing issues for the National Consumer Law Center, National Association of Consumer Advocates, the Virginia Continuing Legal Education program, and various legal aid organizations throughout the country. She frequently volunteers her time to speak to various nonprofit and community organizations to train and educate individual and community stakeholders on their rights as consumers, and has been a presenter at various trainings on the statewide and local level focusing on foreclosure prevention, consumer rights for domestic violence survivors, landlord tenant law, predatory loans, dealing with debt collectors and understanding credit reports. Kristi also regularly volunteers her time to assist consumers and members of the active duty military and veterans in need who are referred from legal aid and other nonprofit organizations.. For over a decade, Kristi has worked with Virginia’s General Assembly to fight predatory loans, and has also testified before the General Assembly regarding various mortgage related and foreclosure reform bills. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Legal Aid Justice Center and National Association of Consumer Advocates. She is also on the Partner’s Council of the National Consumer Law Center.. Kristi was previously a shareholder at Surovell Isaacs Petersen & Levy and a housing and consumer law attorney for Legal Services of Northern Virginia. While at Legal Services, she co-founded the Foreclosure Legal Assistance Program to provide legal advice and housing counseling to prevent foreclosures. In that capacity, she supervised and trained a network of attorneys and staff throughout northern Virginia.. Upon graduating from the University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law, Kristi received the Nina R. Kestin award for her extraordinary contributions to the school, community and profession of law. She received her undergraduate degree cum laude from Dickinson College, where she was a four-year varsity soccer player.. Kristi lives in Oakton, Virginia with her husband, Matt and three sons, Joey, Charlie and Tommy.

Firm: Consumer Litigation Associates

763 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. 1A , Newport News , Virginia 23601

Practice Areas: Identity Theft, Privacy, Class Action, Consumer Protection, Credit Repair, Credit Card Fraud