In 2009 there will be more than 8,500 FDCPA lawsuits filed.  And while many of them will be settled out of court, many will require the services of an FDCPA expert witness.   An effective FDCPA expert witness must be familiar with the collection industry, collection practices, debt buyers, credit scoring, credit reporting, the credit bureau investigation processes, and credit bureaus.

“An effective FDCPA expert witness must be able to provide reliable testimony not only on the credit report and credit score impact of a collection account, but also on the reasonableness of procedures taken by collection agencies to investigate, reinvestigate and report debts to the credit bureaus.” John Ulzheimer, Founder FDCPAExpertWitness.com

The FDCPA expert witnesses who are part of our team have been picked from the credit industry.  They are fully qualified to offer strong opinions about credit reports, credit scores, credit damages and reasonable procedures.  They are also fully qualified to offer rebuttal testimony refuting claims made by adversarial expert witnesses.

There are two types of FDCPA experts. There are those who have read about the credit industry, the academic.  And there are those who have actually worked in the credit industry, the true expert.  We have worked at FICO, Experian, Equifax and TransUnion.  We’ve built FICO scorecards, managed the credit bureau data investigation process, trained credit bureau personnel, reviewed countless credit reports, developed FICO score training programs, and have made hundreds of credit presentations.

Please keep us in mind should you ever need an FDCPA expert witness.