Lauren Saunders is Associate Director and Director of Federal Advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and manages the Washington, D.C. office where she directs NCLC’s federal legislative and regulatory work. Lauren is a recognized expert in a wide variety of consumer protection areas, including fintech, small dollar lending, banking and payments. Lauren is…
Margot Saunders is a senior attorney with the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), where she previously served as managing attorney of NCLC’s Washington, D.C. office from 1991 to 2005. Margot has testified before Congress more than two dozen times regarding a wide range of consumer law issues, including predatory mortgage lending, high cost small loans,…
Abby Shafroth is Managing Director of Advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and the director of NCLC’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project. Abby is an expert on the federal student loan program, as well as on the intersection of criminal and consumer law. She has represented the interests of students and legal aid…
Steve Sharpe is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) focusing on foreclosures and mortgage lending. He leads NCLC’s federal mortgage servicing policy work and frequently presents on mortgage servicing and other housing issues. Steve is a co-author of NCLC’s Mortgage Servicing and Loan Modifications, Home Foreclosures, Too Damn High: How Junk…
Alpha S. Taylor is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) focusing on student loans and other consumer law issues. Alpha authored the report, New Federal Student Loan Servicing Contracts, New Promises: Will it Make a Difference for Borrowers? and co-authored Disproportionately Impacted: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap through Student Loan Cancellation,…
John W. Van Alst is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and is the director of NCLC’s Working Cars for Working Families project. His focus includes deceptive practices law, automobile fraud, rural issues, warranty, and manufactured home issues. John is a co-author of NCLC’s Automobile Fraud, Consumer Warranty Law, and Repossessions.…
Odette Williamson is Director of Racial Justice Advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) promoting sustainable homeownership among low-income consumers. Her efforts include preventing foreclosures, curbing predatory mortgage lending, and preserving the income and assets of consumers of color. Odette directs NCLC’s Racial Justice and Equal Opportunity Project and oversees the Center’s Elder Rights…
Chi Chi Wu is Director of Consumer Reporting and Data Advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) focusing on consumer credit issues, including legislative, administrative, and other advocacy. Her specialties include fair credit reporting, credit cards, and medical debt. Chi Chi is lead author of the legal manual Fair Credit Reporting, and a contributing…
Jeremiah Battle is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) specializing in consumer credit and energy issues. Jeremiah is the author of NCLC’s Credit Discrimination and a contributor to several NCLC treatises, including Consumer Credit Regulation, Collection Actions, Repossessions, and Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices. Previously, he was a staff attorney…
Kyra Taylor is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), focusing on student loan issues. Kyra also coordinates NCLC’s work on behalf of veteran and military families. Kyra recently served as a negotiator at the Department of Education’s winter 2023 negotiated rulemaking on broad based student loan debt relief. She regularly contributes…
Olivia Wein is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), where she has represented consumers for over 20 years. NCLC is a non-profit organization focused on using consumer law to promote economic security for low-income and other disadvantaged people. Ms. Wein focuses on policies and programs that protect low-income consumers’ access to…
Ariel Nelson is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) focusing on credit reporting, tenant and employment screening, consumer protections for renters, and consumer issues affecting justice-involved people and their families. She directs NCLC’s Criminal Justice Debt & Reintegration Project. She is a co-author of NCLC’s Fair Credit Reporting treatise and a…
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