THIS is why International Women’s Day Still Matters…

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The Baroness, Queenie, Dame and Duchess!! Four incredible legal professionals at Troutman Amin, LLP!

So today’s international woman’s day and I had this whole nice post dreamed up to commemorate it.

You all might recall that one year ago today we announced the creation of Troutman Amin, LLP:

NOW THIS IS HOW YOU MARK INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY: Queenie Elevated to Named Partner– Troutman Firm will become Troutman Amin, LLP Effective May 1, 2023

You will recall I had started Troutman Firm less than a year prior and it was a ROARING success. But Puja had shown so much loyalty and worked so hard that I just knew giving her an equity stake and putting her name on the door was the right thing to do!!!

So many folks out there pay lip service to advancing women and assisting them with their professional development–but how many put their name on their door? How many treat them fairly and correctly?

Did you know of the top 100 law firms NONE had a woman named partner until very recently? And only because she was ADDED by the firm at the end of a long list of MALE PARTNER names, and presumably just to make a headline.

Sad.

As Troutman Amin, LLP grows you will know you are supporting firm that was co-founded by a woman and was always co-owned by a woman. Plus the firm has a bunch of other fantastic women lawyers right in line behind Puja.

Now that’s not to say guys are bad–we just added the powerful John Henson because we love dudes too, of course– but you will be hard pressed to find a firm more dedicated to the advancement of women attorneys and professionals than Troutman Amin, LLP.

And it STILL MATTERS FOLKS. Trust me.

Just today we learned that the Mobile Ecosystem Forum had kicked Puja off a panel and it would never have happened in my opinion if it wasn’t for my recent work exposing The Campaign Registry.

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The pressure I created–not even intentionally BTW–was too much and the MEF guys (TJ and Dario Betti) to handle. SO THEY TOOK IT OUT ON PUJA.

You see how this works right?

The Czar is too hard a target. So they attack women.

This is how it is in business. This is how it STILL IS out there. Woman professionals are STILL perceived as weak. Woman professionals are STILL perceived as fungible.

This is why international woman’s day still matters folks.

You will always find me a steadfast supporter of Puja, and each and every one of the other INCREDIBLE and powerful women that work here at Troutman Amin, LLP.

And make no mistake. This isn’t paternalism. Puja can handle her own affairs.

But that doesn’t mean the Czar isn’t going to handle his own business as well.

And advancing women and correcting injustice is my business (along with protecting truth, beauty and the American way baby…)

At bottom–Happy International Woman’s day folks. Do something MEANINGFUL with it today. 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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