The Right Kinda DAME: Former Southern Prosecutor Tori Guidry Joins the Troutman Firm and Things Are Really Starting to Take Off

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As anyone who knows the Czar’s hiring criteria knows, I am always looking for performers, TRUE advocates, and former athletes–hard driving competitive folks who really know how to push themselves to achieve greatness.

No surprise, the Czar has a long history of picking great talent. But I may have outdone myself on this one.

Tori Guidry is going to rock the TCPAWorld

Meet Tori.

A tough-as-nails Southern Belle prosecutor who just got done trying an attempted murder suit before shipping her belongings and heading out to California to join the elite complex litigation shop known as the Troutman Firm.

I mean, come on. She’s a character out of a John Grissom novel for goodness sake.

She checks all the boxes. Great trial lawyer– lots of experience with juries. Fantastic confidence and presence. A fierce competitor, former gymnast and competitive cheerleader(!) Tori is no stranger to pushing limits.

And she is BOLD and determined. Zero shrinking violet in this one. (Her and Queenie are going to get along great!!!!) At some shops all of this personality would be frowned upon. But at the Troutman Firm being unrelentingly and unabashedly yourself is a requirement of working here.

Plus she has this fantastic SOUTHERN ACCENT. It is really remarkably powerful. Captivating stuff. You’re going to love her on the podcast.

And of all the royal names she chose DAME!

So Tori is now the DAME of TCPAWorld–my first one of those I’ve ever had– and I just think it is the coolest thing.

I am expecting truly great things out of this DAME and I am really excited to unleash her onto the complex litigation landscape and see what trouble (the good kind) she can cause.

For those going to contact.io you’ll have a chance to meet Tori in person make sure to give her a HUGE TCPAWorld welcome! (Yep, she is hopping on a plane and flying to Denver the first day she started–welcome to the Troutman Firm.) Looking forward to seeing every one there.

 

 

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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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  2. Gee, I’d prefer that she prosecute some of Troutman’s call center clients under the criminal penalties. Get a few of them off the streets and the World will be a better place! The best telemrketers… wear prison jump suits.

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