TCPAWORLD AFTER DARK: Somos Summit was incredible…

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Have a fairly significant hearing in the morning so I have to make this unduly quick.

Queenie and I adventured to our nation’s capital this week to join the wonderful team at Somos for their incredible annual summit.

The Somos Summut brought together the true leaders in the telecom world and it was absolutely incredible to be a part of it.

First, Puja and I joined the executive director of the FCC’s reassigned numbers database (administered by Somos) on Monday for a panel discussion on the CRITICAL IMPORTANCE of using the RND. (We cannot recommend it highly enough and–in fact–it is a REQUIREMENT for marketers following the vaunted R.E.A.C.H. standards.)

Puja with the Band!

Then a welcome reception followed with the incredible telecom band Harmful Interference taking the stage.

We had a GREAT time. And yes, that is Patrick Halley and the FCC’s chief robocall killer Kristi Thompson (enforcement!) rocking out on stage along with other well-known telecom names.

Puja and I hung out with Kristi a bit afterward (rumors are flying she may attend the summit–but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.)

And we got to know the INCREDIBLE CEO of Somos Gina M. Perini–SUPER cool lady!

If you don’t love your boss this much, maybe its time to switch law firms!

Then a handful of us wandered the beautiful national mall and visited the monuments at night. Such an INCREDIBLE experience. Really very happy to have shared that.

Monstrous panel with the big hitters at the Commission chatting robocalls and telecom

The next day Somos hosted an INCREDIBLE panel with three bureau chiefs of the FCC in attendance. I have never seen anything like it.

Then a FANTASTIC panel with the chief fraud detectors at Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America and PNC all on one panel. Unreal.

So many great people… 

Then we all ran amock at a local watering hole and we had the best time connecting with Josh from US Telecom–who just happens to be testifying at the Senate subcommittee hearing next week (more on that tomorrow).

Puja and Josh

Was an absolutely wonderful time and we love Beth and the Somos team so much and are very grateful to have been invited to participate.

Unrelated, the ORANGE hats were a huge hit at the Irvine Global Village Festival last week. The lines to obtain our swag were incredible–everybody wants to rock the powerful Deserve to Win brand of Troutman Amin, LLP!

Our swag is sweet though!!!

Chat soon!!!!

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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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