The SUPER TEAM is REAL: BakerHostetler’s Privacy Head Alan Friel Leaves to Join Forces With TCPAWorld, CPW and Squire Patton Boggs

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So remember how I’ve been teasing that BIG news I wasn’t allowed to talk about?

Well now you know what it is.

One of the biggest names in data privacy just teamed up with one of the nation’s premier consumer class litigation shops–i.e. this one–to form the dreaded super team.

(I mean, dreaded for our opponents. Not dreaded for you.)

Alan Friel, who’s lengthy experience and spectacular tenure heading up BakerHostetler’s (now why is that all one word?) US Consumer privacy practice have earned him nationwide recognition, just joined Squire Patton Boggs’ Los Angeles office to work alongside the Czar as we continue our efforts to defend and protect the Firm’s data privacy clients.

I mean obviously this is huge. Squire has essentially set out to dominate the privacy litigation space ever since I joined the firm two years ago now. With the launch of consumerprivacyworld.com last year it was clear that the Firm had tremendous momentum and now– this. A stunning message-sending “get” establishing Squire as THE premier data privacy and class action litigation team.

The story is making waves all over the legal news sites–I love how law360 lead off by referring to our team as “diverse” and championing equality–and for good reason. This must be the biggest lateral move in the data privacy and litigation space in 2021.

I wonder if I had anything to do with it? 😉

Look, Squire is absolutely crushing in this space right now and I know all you other privacy litigators out there are feeling a bit nervous. And you should be. And that’s ok to admit. But if you can’t beat us, why not JOIN US?

Give us a call and see if you can join this tremendous machine to help us continue providing outstanding defense and protection for our (and your) clients.

And, of course, if you’re a business with consumer data privacy legal needs–and what business isn’t?–especially here in California give us a shout. We already have Lydia de La Torre–just one of California’s 20 best cyber attorneys-– some guy named the Czar, that other guy Elliot Golding who is just a genius, that other guy Keith Bradley who used to work at something called the CFPB and was a supreme court clerk, oh and did I mention the ENTIRE TCPA royal court and that itty bitty LITIGATION MONSTER comprised of the CPW team?

And now we have Alan–and I suspect he’ll have a few members of his team around shortly as well– to help run this apparatus.

My goodness. What a remarkable thing to be a part of.

I know the TCPAWorld faithful are bound to have some questions about what Alan brings to the table and how you can leverage his experience. Give me a buzz and we can set up some meetings. And don’t worry I’ll be introducing Alan to all of you through a webinar or podcast shortly.

Keep winning TCPAWorld.

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Published by Eric J. Troutman

The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.