Howard D. Rothbloom, Bankruptcy, Debtor and Creditor Rights, and Consumer Law Attorney, The Rothbloom Law Firm

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Bankruptcy
Debtor and Creditor Rights
Consumer Law
Class Actions and Lender Liability

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Howard D. Rothbloom

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Practice Areas

Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Consumer Law; Lender Liability; Class Actions

Admitted	1984, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School	University of Georgia, J.D.
College	University of Georgia, A.B., 1981.
Member	State Bar of Georgia; Atlanta Bar Association; Cobb County Bar Association.
Biography	Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Recipient, Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976. Howard D. Rothbloom is the principal in his Marietta, Georgia based law firm. Mr. Rothbloom provides a single point of contact for clients with bankruptcy and other financial distress issues in a "boutique", low volume, professional environment. Mr. Rothbloom is a bankruptcy courtt litigator experienced in resolving complex matters regarding objections to discharge and dischargeability, mortgage balance disputes, income tax liabilities, and preferential and fraudulent transfers. Further, Mr. Rothbloom has pioneered and won multi-million dollar mortgage lending abuse cases on behalf of thousands of poor people against some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful financial institutions.
Born	Baltimore, Maryland, August 12, 1959
Languages	Spanish
Reported Cases	Darden v. Ford Consumer Fin. Co., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 200 F.3d 753 (2000).
Transactions	Represented class action plaintiffs in Lillie Mae Starr, et al. vs. Fleet Finance, Inc., et al., Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, alleging that a consumer finance subsidiary of the fourteenth largest U. S. bank holding company overcharged borrowers and used abusive collection practices. The case, filed under Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute and the Federal Extortionate Extension of Credit statute, benefited twenty thousand Georgia borrowers, paid cash benefits, provided credit reporting corrections, and contributed to nationwide industry reforms. Represented class action plaintiffs in Winfred L. Wood, et al. v. Associates Financial Life Insurance Company and Associates Financial Services of America, Inc., Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, and Ralph C. Darden, et al. v. Ford Consumer Finance Company, Inc. and Associates Financial Life Insurance Company, Inc., U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, alleging subsidiaries of Associates First Capital, largest U. S. subprime mortgage lender, unlawfully sold credit life insurance in a predatory lending scheme in violation of Georgia's Insurance Code and Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, benefited 1500 Georgia borrowers, paid cash benefits, and contributed to nationwide industry reforms.
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History

Admitted to practice before the Georgia Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia and United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Represented class action plaintiffs in Lillie Mae Starr, et al. vs. Fleet Finance, Inc., et al., Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, alleging that a consumer finance subsidiary of the fourteenth largest U. S. bank holding company overcharged borrowers and used abusive collection practices. The case, filed under Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute and the Federal Extortionate Extension of Credit statute, benefited twenty thousand Georgia borrowers, paid cash benefits, provided credit reporting corrections, and contributed to nationwide industry reforms.

Represented class action plaintiffs in Winfred L. Wood, et al. v. Associates Financial Life Insurance Company and Associates Financial Services of America, Inc., Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, and Ralph C. Darden, et al. v. Ford Consumer Finance Company, Inc. and Associates Financial Life Insurance Company, Inc., U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, alleging subsidiaries of Associates First Capital, largest U. S. subprime mortgage lender, unlawfully sold credit life insurance in a predatory lending scheme in violation of Georgia?s Insurance Code and Georgia?s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, benefited 1500 Georgia borrowers, paid cash benefits, and contributed to nationwide industry reforms.

Cases have received national media coverage on 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (Eye on America), NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw (Fleecing of America), ABC World News Tonight, Consumer Reports Magazine and The Wall Street Journal.

Member of the board of directors of Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.; Member of National Association of Consumer Advocates.

Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976.