TCPWORLD AFTERDARK: Lord Troutman (II)

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So the merger of Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord is official and I have some thoughts:

  1. What kind of pathetic law firm let’s another law firm have both of its names go before the first name in a merger. Troutman Pepper Locke? Seriously Locke Lord? Ya’ll went out like punks. We know who is in charge of this new firm–the Troutman boys.
  2. No surprise the firm kept “Troutman” as the front name though–continuing to borrow off of my success. Undoubtedly Troutman is the most powerful surname in the legal world right now.
  3. Even though the firm keeps using (leading with) my name there are ZERO Troutmans at Troutman Pepper AND ZERO Troutmans at Locke Lord. So the new Troutman Pepper Locke will NOT have any Troutmans. And as before DO NOT BE CONFUSED ERIC J TROUTMAN DOES NOT WORK AT THIS FIRM! (He can be found at Troutman Amin, LLP– #lookforthelion, and all that)
  4. Big missed opportunity though. “Troutman Lord” or “Lord Troutman” would have been absolutely perfect. Can’t believe they missed out on that opportunity. No vision whatsoever. These biglaw thinkers…
  5. Speaking of which, ever wonder why these firms merged? What’s the benefit one wonders? Obviously its just so that partners at each firm can try to profit off of selling one another to their clients. Real used care salesman gimmicks. “Hey bob you just got sued? Boy oh boy do I have the right lawyer for you. My partner (who I just met) has handled cases like that before (twice, 15 years ago). You should hire him! (They don’t say the part in parenthesis.)
  6. Cracks me up when I see lawyers moving their practice from one big law firm to another. Imagning–as I once did–that things will somehow magically be different at the new place. Good luck. 🙂
  7. Oh and did you hear about Troutman Pepper getting hit with a $54 million MALPRACTICE lawsuit THE SAME DAY they merged with Locke Lord? I mean come on. Most unlucky law firm on Earth– remember that time their partner was on a panel about Infosec and then the NEXT DAY the firm’s servers were shut down by an cyber attack? Not a coincidence. Universe is punishing the firm for using my name without permission (I assume.)
  8. Locke Lord partners– welcome to paradise:

“ALL NETWORK RESOURCES DOWN”: #BigLaw Layoffs Continue as A DIFFERENT Troutman Law Firm Suffers a Major Email Security Event

Sincerely,

Lord Troutman.

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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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  1. Lord-Czar-Almighty Troutman really needs to go back to elementary school to learn spelling and grammar. “Used CARE salesman”? “Imagning?”. “Shut down by AN cyber attack?”. I know what I will be sending the Czar for Christmas… a dictionary! Maybe that is why Big Law firms are so expensive; the overhead of hiring a proof reader to catch and correct all of their spelling mistakes.

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