UH OH: Dobronski Just Sued Rocket Mortgage for Unwanted Autodialed Calls And is this the Start of a Trend?

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When TCPAWorld reported on the ATDS case surviving the pleadings stage recently I had a bad feeling we were about to see more of these arguments.

And now– in a classic canary-coalmine moment– serial litigator and famed “Sherriff” of TCPAWorld Mark Dobronski has sued Rocket Mortgage claiming it called his phone using an ATDS.

This feels watershedy because Rocket Mortgage is regularly sued under the TCPA for allegedly aggressive telemarketing practices an, of course, Dobronski has made himself into he next Diana Mey, bringing TCPA suits and outgunning #biglaw shops all by his lonesome.

We will have to wait and see how this turns out, but where Dobronski goes the plaintiff’s bar likely isn’t far behind.

Complaint is here: Dobronski Rocket Complaint

Also did you hear about that other lawyer who claims to know about the TCPA who published an article saying you DON’T have to register in Texas if you have consent for marketing calls? CRAZY WRONG.

COMPLIANCE ALERT!: Troutman Amin, LLP Issues One-Sheeter Compliance Alert Respecting New Texas Telemarketing Law

Get the facts and get it straight, request a copy of the Troutman Amin, LLP compliance alert and keep yourself safe. Have to know who you can rely on in this crazy TCPAWorld,

Chat soon.

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Published by Eric "Czar" 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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  1. Pro se. Check.
    Still uses (at) Yahoo email address. Check. (cuz his @aol is reserved for real work, lol)…
    Knows when a case has hit the docket even sooner than getting registered mail receipt mailed back because he reads tcpaworld.com? Check mate!
    Does the guest of honor have anything to say? Mark? Am I missing anything?

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    1. Not sure what you are missing. 20 calls over 9 days, all hang ups. Aaron, what is wrong with a Yahoo email address?

      And, dear Czar, SHERIFF only has one ‘r’. At $6,000 per hour, one would think that you could afford a dictionary. Alas, I know what to send you for Christmas.

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      1. Hey, you outed me, Mark! The “A” was meant to be anonymous. Now they’re gonna connect my sassy comment with the real me. lol. Look, I totally respect and dig the @ yahoo email address. Make America (Online) Great Again! Thanks for the laugh.

        Troutman’s charging $6,000 an hour now? Man, he’s got some serious stadium signage to pay for. I’d probably pay that for a good TCPA attorney, but the only person who might sue me under the TCPA is the girl I dated years ago and sent twenty messages in an unsolicited manner.

        And I’m afraid that Eric doesn’t get involved in these sorts of emotionally charged disputes. Besides, we dated. It was implicit consent.

        -A. 😉

  2. I think its interesting that Mark has included a claim for the abandoned calls. This is something I have not seen before. Will be interesting to see how Rocket responds. Good on Eric for supporting Cal Bears. The placement in center field is a big improvement over the banner near the Spirit gate at John Wayne.

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