Quality Rises: Czarina Named New Co-Chair of Squire’s Vaunted Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation Practice

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Its pretty amazing to be me. I get to be the Czar of a great TCPAWorld, have tons of sophisticated clients who I learn from and am trusted to protect, PLUS I get to work with such a tremendously powerful team here at Squire Patton Boggs.

Its no secret that the brilliant and talented Grand Duchess of the TCPAWorld–Amy Doolittle–has served as Co-Chair of Squire Patton Boggs’ ridiculously-deep class action practice for the last five years. It was such an honor to have her riding along with me on the TCPA defense team while serving in that role.

Well, here’s some cool news. Amy is stepping down, and the Czarina has been asked to step up! That’s right, TCPAWorld’s own Petrina McDaniel will be ascending to the high post of Co-Chair of the Class Action and Multidistrict Litigation practice here at Squire Patton Boggs.

Petrina McDaniel–TCPAWorld Czarina and new Co-Chair of Squire’s entire Class Action and MDL Practice

For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of meeting Petrina she’s as sharp as they come and a simply gifted advocate and architect of complex litigation strategy. She’s the Czarina for a reason! She’s also deeply experienced and stands on a foundation of countless successes in some of the most critical and sophisticated pieces of litigation out there.

Its really neat to have such powerful lawyers at our disposal and incredible to think that with someone as gifted as Amy leaving the post we have someone like Petrina ready to step right in and take the reigns. What a firm. And what a TCPA team.

I should note that the Grand Duchess is absolutely not going anywhere in terms of TCPA work. She–along with the Czarina and the rest of our humble little squad of world-beaters– will keep right on defending TCPA class litigation to keep the TCPAWorld safe for the good guys.

Please join me in congratulating Petrina! And if you ever want an intro, don’t hesitate to ask.

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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.

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