THE 132nd CLLA NATIONAL CONVENTION
May 13-15, 2026
CHICAGO MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN MAGNIFICENT MILE
THE 132nd CLLA NATIONAL CONVENTION
May 13-15, 2026
CHICAGO MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN MAGNIFICENT MILE
| Name (First) | Name (Last) | Firm Name | City | State |
| Brett | Alspach | McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff | Cleveland | OH |
| Nicole | Anderson | Millennium Collections Co. | Sebastian | FL |
| Dominique | Angelo | Glassberg, Pollak & Associates | San Rafael | CA |
| Robert | Ash | Radius Global Solutions | Totowa | NJ |
| Christian | Ballard | SCJ Commercial Financial Services | Harrington | DE |
| Mark | Barnett | Law Office of Mark E. Barnett | Brockton | MA |
| Charlotte | Becker | Millennium Collections Co. | Sebastian | FL |
| Eyal | Berger | Akerman LLP | Ft. Lauderdale | FL |
| David | Bevan | CCI Credit Management | Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd | WLS |
| Wanda | Borges | Borges & Associates, LLC | Syosset | NY |
| Niall | Burke | Franklin & O’Brien Attorneys | Montreal | QC |
| Kirk | Burkley | WH Burkley LLP | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Peter | Califano | Niesar & Vestal LLP | San Francisco | CA |
| Annemarie | Case | Case Law Firm, S.C. | Milwaukee | WI |
| Alissa | Castaneda | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Phoenix | AZ |
| Mary | Castillo | Gilbert Garcia Group | Tampa | FL |
| Trey | Cefalu | C2C Resources LLC | Atlanta | GA |
| Dov | Charness | Charness, Charness & Charness LLP | Montreal | QC |
| Andrew | Chigounis | Saldutti Law Group | Moorestown | NJ |
| Keri | Collins | Adler Wallach & Associates | Kollecta.ai | Orange | CA |
| Stuart | Collis | Collis, Griffor & Hendra, PC | Ypsilanti | MI |
| Brad | Council | Slovin & Associates Co., LPA | Cincinnati | OH |
| Chad | Cranfill | The LaSource Group | Scottsdale | AZ |
| Rick | Crowson | Isenberg & Hewitt P.C. | Sandy Springs | GA |
| Sydney | Darling | Crum & Forster | Morristown | NJ |
| Marguerite | DeVoll | Watt Tieder Hoffar and Fitzgerald | Tysons | VA |
| Peter | Dubowsky | Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd | Las Vegas | NV |
| Kara | Eisen | Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd. | Chicago | IL |
| Marc | Ellison | Totz Ellison & Totz, P.C. | Houston | TX |
| Ben | Farrow | Anderson, Williams & Farrow | Montgomery | AL |
| Dawn | Federico | CLLA | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| Judith | Fitzgerald | Tucker Arensberg, PC | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Audrey | Fried-Sheets | Crum & Forster | Morristown | NJ |
| David | Gamache | Kramer & Frank PC | St. Louis | MO |
| Peter | Gannott | Gannott Law Group | Louisville | KY |
| Matthew | Garcia | Barnett & Garcia, PLLC | Austin | TX |
| Victor | Garcia | Garcia Legal, PA | Miami Lakes | FL |
| David | Gengler | Kohner Mann and Kailas SC | Milwaukee | WI |
| Michelle | Gilbert | Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. | Tampa | FL |
| Robert | Girvan | Weiner Law Firm PC | Springfield | MA |
| Warren | Gottlieb | Gottlieb Ostrager LLP | Armonk | NY |
| Jacob | Green | Charness, Charness & Charness LLP | Montreal | QC |
| Nancy | Hamilton | American Lawyers Quarterly | Cleveland | OH |
| Theodore | Hamilton | Wetherington Hamilton, P.A. | Tampa | FL |
| Thomas | Hamilton | American Lawyers Quarterly | Cleveland | OH |
| Chad | Hammons | Jones Walker LLP | Jackson | MS |
| Owen | Hare | Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch LLC | Linthicum Heights | MD |
| Jamie | Hart | Weltman, Weinberg, & Reis Co, L.P.A. | Cincinnati | OH |
| Jessica | Hartmann | International Association of Commercial Collectors | Savage | MN |
| Beau | Hays | Hays & Potter LLP | Peachtree Corners | GA |
| Jonathan | Hempfling | Kass Shuler, P.A. | Tampa | FL |
| Lauri | Hudson | Hudson Law Offices, PC | Turnersville | NJ |
| Tyler | Hughes | Commercial Collection Corp. of NY | Tonawanda | NY |
| Brandon | James | Tucker Albin & Associates | Richardson | TX |
| Kerry | Jensen | CLLA | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| Rajani | Katta, MD | Bellaire | TX | |
| Rich | Keifer | Keifer Law Firm, LLC | Falls | PA |
| Ben | Kelly | Ben Kelly Law | Seattle | WA |
| Jason | Khano | Aubrey Thrasher | Atlanta | GA |
| Patrick | Kilburn | Lloyd & McDaniel, PLC | Louisville | KY |
| Richard | Klein | RHK Recovery Group | Plainview | NY |
| Candice | Kline | University of Toledo | Maumee | OH |
| James | Kozelek | Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA | Dublin | OH |
| Carolyn | Lafferty | Hudson Law Offices, PC | Turnersville | NJ |
| Phil | Lattanzio | CLLA | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| Fredric | Lawrence | Nelson & Frankenberger, LLC | Carmel | IN |
| Brinen | LeFevre | Kearns, Brinen, & Monaghan, Inc. | Greensville | SC |
| Walt | Lockhart | STA International | Melville | NY |
| Robert | Lurie | Markoff Law LLC/Teller Levit & Silvertrust PC | Chicago | IL |
| Hon. Thomas | Lynch | US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IL | Rockford | IL |
| Joe | Marino | Marino, Mayers & Jarrach, LLC | Clifton | NJ |
| Noah | Mathews | Rossman P.C. | Troy | MI |
| Salene | Mazur Kraemer | MazurKraemer Business Law | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Mary | McCann | CLLA | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| Jim | McConnville | Radius Global Solutions | Suffern | NY |
| Neeraj | Mendiratta | KnovaOne | Wellington | FL |
| Marc | Miceli | S. Mitnick Law PC | Oldwick | NJ |
| Natalia | Minassian | Hatkoff & Minassian, A Law Corporation | Los Angeles | CA |
| Joseph | Molinaro | Law Offices of Joseph A. Molinaro | Wyckoff | NJ |
| Chris | Moss | SCJ Commercial Financial Services | Harrington | DE |
| Brian | Nagle | McCarthy Burgess & Wolff | Cleveland | OH |
| Chris | Nall | Case Master, Inc. | Jacksonville Beach | FL |
| William | Newland | 360 Legal Inc. | Sarasota | FL |
| Jeffrey | Nicolet | Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd. | Minneapolis | MN |
| Abby | Odneal | NACM Southwest | Coppell | TX |
| David | Ortiz | Goldman Walker DiMarco | Tucson | AZ |
| Alec | Papesch | NCS Credit | Cleveland | OH |
| Richard | Payne | Payne Law | Toronto | ON |
| Bill | Peterson | Miller Cohen Peterson Young, P.C. | Longmont | CO |
| Warren | Pinchuck | The Columbia Directory Co., Inc. | ||
| Pat | Pinto | BeeSeen Legal | Huntington | NY |
| Peter | Pinto | BeeSeen Legal | Huntington | NY |
| Chris | Plunkett | The LaSource Group | Scottsdale | AZ |
| Amy | Pona | Gurstel Law Firm | Golden Valley | MN |
| Darin | Portnoy | Portnoy Schneck | Hamilton Township | NJ |
| Bryan | Press | Metro Group of NY/Metro Group Maritime | Livingston | NJ |
| John | Pucin | Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. | Schaumburg | IL |
| Bob | Rabe | CLLA | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| Bryan | Rafferty | Commercial Collection Corp. of NY | Tonawanda | NY |
| Jeffrey | Ramsey | Blenden Roth Law Firm, PLLC | Louisville | KY |
| Jen | Robbins | Llyod & McDaniel PLC | Jacksonville | FL |
| Anthony | Rodriguez | PaymentVision | Irvine | TX |
| Jason | Rosado | Gaba Law Corporation | Houston | TX |
| Nick | Rosenberg | Gardner Rosenberg PC | Boston | MA |
| Deborah | Rubin | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | Southfield | MI |
| Britt | Rudman | Law Offices of T. Britt Rudman | Tarzana | CA |
| Neil | Sander | Sander Law, LLC | Columbus | OH |
| Gary | Schafkopf | Weisberg Law | Morton | PA |
| Jeffrey | Schatzman | Schatzman & Schatzman, P.A. | Miami | FL |
| Ben | Schiffman | Crum & Forster | Morristown | NJ |
| Joel | Schneck | Portnoy Schneck | Hamilton Township | NJ |
| Don | Scott | Wright Holmes | Katonah | NY |
| Mark | Sheriff | Law Offices of Timothy Sullivan | Columbus | OH |
| Joe | Shur | Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP | Rochester | NY |
| Gil | Singer | Marcadis Singer, PA | Tampa | FL |
| Michael | Sonnhalter | General Bar Inc. | Cleveland | OH |
| Daniel | Spilotro | Spilotro Law Group LLC | Chicago | IL |
| Ari | Stein | Stein & Stein, LLP | Teaneck | NJ |
| Cary | Sternback | Heitner & Breitstein PC | Manalapan | NJ |
| Donna | Sweet | CRF Solutions | Simi Valley | CA |
| Bill | Thrush | Friedman, Framme & Thrush, PA | Owings Mills | MD |
| Gary | Tier | The Forwarders List of Attorneys | Newtown | PA |
| Michael | Tobia | Gottlieb Ostrager LLP | Armonk | NY |
| Michael | Townsend | Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch LLC | Linthicum Heights | MD |
| Alexandra | Trombitas | Ray Quinney & Nebeker PC | Salt Lake City | UT |
| Robert | Tyler | Law Offices of Gary A. Bemis APC | Riverside | CA |
| Rosanna | Wagoner | Bucar Group | Trafford | PA |
| Chris | Walcher | Adler Wallach & Associates | Kollecta.ai | Orange | CA |
| Lorna | Walker | The Law Offices of Sweet & Walker, PC | San Francisco | CA |
| Marc | Wallick | Wallick & Associates | Warwick | RI |
| Timothy | Wan | Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh / Wan Law Group | Smithtown | NY |
| Gary | Weiner | Weiner Law Firm P.C. | Springfield | MA |
| Matthew | Weisberg | Weisberg Law | Morton | PA |
| Jay | Welford | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | Southfield | MI |
| Jason | Wetenhall | Tucker Albin & Associates | Richardson | TX |
| Hon. Mary Ann | Whipple | US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of OH | Toledo | OH |
| Randall | Woolley | Darcy & Devassy PC | Chicago | IL |
| Liam | Worthington | CCI Credit Management | Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd | WLS |
| Chris | Young | BTLG | Columbia | MD |
| Darrell | Zall | Kohner Mann and Kailas SC | Milwaukee | WI |
Brett Alspach
McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff
Cleveland, OH
Nicole Anderson
Millennium Collections Co.
Sebastian, FL
Dominique Angelo
Glassberg, Pollak & Associates
San Rafael, CA
Robert Ash
Radius Global Solutions/AMS Comm. Bus. Div.
Ramsey, NJ
Christian Ballard
SCJ Commercial Financial Services
Harrington, DE
Mark Barnett
Law Office of Mark E. Barnett
Brockton, MA
Charlotte Becker
Millennium Collections Co.
Sebastian, FL
Eyal Berger
Akerman LLP
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
David Bevan
CCI Credit Management
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, WLS
Wanda Borges
Borges & Associates, LLC
Syosset, NY
Niall Burke
Franklin & O’Brien Attorneys
Montreal, QC
Kirk Burkley
WH Burkley LLP
Pittsburgh, PA
Peter Califano
Niesar & Vestal LLP
San Francisco, CA
Annemarie Case
Case Law Firm, S.C.
Milwaukee, WI
Alissa Castaneda
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Phoenix, AZ
Mary Castillo
Gilbert Garcia Group
Tampa, FL
Trey Cefalu
C2C Resources LLC
Atlanta, GA
Dov Charness
Charness, Charness & Charness LLP
Montreal, QC
Andrew Chigounis
Saldutti Law Group
Moorestown, NJ
Keri Collins
Adler Wallach & Associates | Kollecta.ai
Orange, CA
Stuart Collis
Collis, Griffor & Hendra, PC
Ypsilanti, MI
Brad Council
Slovin & Associates Co., LPA
Cincinnati, OH
Chad Cranfill
The LaSource Group
Scottsdale, AZ
Rick Crowson
Isenberg & Hewitt P.C.
Sandy Springs, GA
Sydney Darling
Crum & Forster
Morristown, NJ
Marguerite DeVoll
Watt Tieder Hoffar and Fitzgerald
Tysons, VA
Peter Dubowsky
Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd
Las Vega, NV
Kara Eisen
Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd.
Chicago, IL
Marc Ellison
Totz Ellison & Totz, P.C.
Houston, TX
Ben Farrow
Anderson, Williams & Farrow
Montgomery, AL
Dawn Federico
CLLA
Hoffman Estates, IL
Judith Fitzgerald
Tucker Arensberg, PC
Pittsburgh, PA
Audrey Fried-Sheets
Crum & Forster
Morristown, NJ
David Gamache (Ree Politte)
Kramer & Frank PC
St. Louis, MO
Peter Gannott
Gannott Law Group
Louisville, KY
Matthew Garcia
Barnett & Garcia, PLLC
Austin, TX
Victor Garcia
Garcia Legal, PA
Miami Lakes, FL
David Gengler
Kohner Mann and Kailas SC
Milwaukee, WI
Michelle Gilbert
Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A.
Tampa, FL
Timothy Grimes
BARR Credit Services
Tucson, AZ
Todd Gurstel
Gurstel Law Firm PC
Golden Valley, MN
Nancy Hamilton
American Lawyers Quarterly
Cleveland, OH
Theodore Hamilton (Sarah)
Wetherington Hamilton, P.A.
Tampa, FL
Thomas Hamilton
American Lawyers Quarterly
Cleveland, OH
Owen Hare
Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch LLC
Linthicum Heights, MD
Jamie Hart
Weltman, Weinberg, & Reis Co, L.P.A.
Cincinnati, OH
Jessica Hartmann
International Association of Commercial Collectors
Savage, MN
Beau Hays (Jane)
Hays & Potter LLP
Peachtree Corners, GA
Jonathan Hempfling
Kass Shuler, P.A.
Tampa, FL
Laurie Hudson
Hudson Law Offices, PC
Turnersville, NJ
Tyler Hughes
Commercial Collection Corp. of NY
Tonawanda, NY
Brandon James
Tucker Albin & Associates
Richardson, TX
Kerry Jensen
CLLA
Hoffman Estates, IL
Rajani Katta, MD
Bellaire, TX
Rich Keifer
Keifer Law Firm, LLC
Falls, PA
Ben Kelly
Ben Kelly Law
Seattle, WA
Jason Khano
Aubrey Thrasher
Atlanta, GA
Patrick Kilburn
Lloyd & McDaniel, PLC
Louisville, KY
Richard Klein
RHK Recovery Group
Plainview, NY
Candice Kline
University of Toledo
Maumee, OH
James Kozelek
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA
Dublin, OH
Carolyn Lafferty
Hudson Law Offices, PC
Turnersville, NJ
Phil Lattanzio
CLLA
Hoffman Estates, IL
Fredric Lawrence
Nelson & Frankenberger, LLC
Carmel, IN
Brinen LeFevre
Kearns Brinen & Monaghan
Greenville, SC
Walter Lockhart
STA International
Melville, NY
Robert Lurie
Markoff Law LLC/Teller Levit & Silvertrust PC
Chicago, IL
Hon. Thomas Lynch
US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IL
Rockford, IL
Joe Marino
Marino, Mayers & Jarrach, LLC
Clifton, NJ
Noah Mathews
Rossman P.C.
Troy, MI
Salene Mazur Kraemer
MazurKraemer Business Law
Pittsburgh, PA
Mary McCann
CLLA
Hoffman Estates, IL
Shawn McClure
Bernstein-Burkley, P.C.
Pittsburgh, PA
Jim McConnville
Radius Global Solutions
Suffern, NY
Neeraj Mendiratta
KnovaOne
Wellington, FL
Marc Miceli
S. Mitnick Law PC
Oldwick, NJ
Natalia Minassian
Hatkoff & Minassian, ALC
Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Molinaro
Law Offices of Joseph A. Molinaro, LLC
Wyckoff, NJ
Chris Moss
SCJ Commercial Financial Services
Harrington, DE
Brian Nagle
McCarthy Burgess & Wolff
Cleveland, OH
Chris Nall
Case Master, Inc.
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Bill Newland
360 Legal Inc.
Sarasota, FL
Jeffrey Nicolet
Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd.
Minneapolis, MN
Abby Odneal
NACM Southwest
Coppell, TX
David Ortiz
Goldman Walker DiMarco
Tucson, AZ
Alec Papesch
NCS Credit
Cleveland, OH
Richard Payne
Payne Law
Toronto, ON
Bill Peterson
Miller Cohen Peterson Young, P.C.
Longmont, CO
Warren Pinchuck
The Columbia Directory Co., Inc.
Peter Pinto
BeeSeen Legal
Huntington, NY
Pat Pinto
BeeSeen Legal
Huntington, NY
Chris Plunkett
The LaSource Group
Scottsdale, AZ
Amy Pona
Gurstel Law Firm
Golden Valley, MN
Darin Portnoy
Portnoy Schneck
Hamilton Township, NJ
Bryan Press
Metro Group of NY/Metro Group Maritime
Livingston, NJ
John Pucin
Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
Bob Rabe
CLLA
Hoffman Estates, IL
Bryan Rafferty
Commercial Collection Corp. of NY
Tonawanda, NY
Jeffrey Ramsey
Llyod & McDaniel PLC
Louisville, KY
Jen Robbins
PaymentVision
Jacksonville, FL
Anthony Rodriguez
Gaba Law Corporation
Irvine, CA
Jason Rosado
Greenberg, Grant & Richards, Inc.
Houston, TX
Nick Rosenberg
Gardner Rosenberg PC
Boston, MA
Deborah Rubin
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Southfield, MI
Britt Rudman
Law Offices of T. Britt Rudman
Tarzana, CA
Neil Sander
Sander Law, LLC
Columbus, OH
Gary Schafkopf
Weisberg Law
Morton, PA
Jeffrey Schatzman
Schatzman & Schatzman, P.A.
Miami, FL
Ben Schiffman
Crum & Forster
Morristown, NJ
Joel Schneck
Portnoy Schneck
Hamilton Township, NJ
Don Scott
Wright Holmes
Katonah, NY
Mark Sheriff
Law Offices of Timothy Sullivan
Columbus, OH
Joe Shur
Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP
Rochester, NY
Gil Singer
Marcadis Singer, PA
Tampa, FL
Michael Sonnhalter
General Bar Inc.
Cleveland, OH
Daniel Spilotro
Spilotro Law Group LLC
Chicago, IL
Ari Stein
Stein & Stein, LLP
Teaneck, NJ
Cary Sternback
Heitner & Breitstein PC
Manalapan, NJ
Donna Sweet
CRF Solutions
Simi Valley, CA
Bill Thrush
Friedman, Framme & Thrush, PA
Owings Mills, MD
Gary Tier
The Forwarders List of Attorneys
Newtown, PA
Michael Tobia
Gottlieb Ostrager LLP
Armonk, NY
Michael Townsend
Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch LLC
Linthicum Heights, MD
Alexandra Trombitas
Ray Quinney & Nebeker PC
Salt Lake City, UT
Robert Tyler
Law Offices of Gary A. Bemis APC
Riverside, CA
Rosanna Wagoner
Bucar Group
Trafford, CA
Chris Walcher
Adler Wallach & Associates | Kollecta.ai
Orange, CA
Lorna Walker
The Law Offices of Sweet & Walker, PC
San Francisco, CA
Marc Wallick
Wallick & Associates
Warwick, RI
Timothy Wan
Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh / Wan Law Group
Smithtown, NY
Gary Weiner
Weiner Law Firm P.C.
Springfield MA
Matthew Weisberg
Weisberg Law
Morton, PA
Jay Welford
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Southfield, MI
Jason Wetenhall
Tucker Albin & Associates
Richardson, TX
Hon. Mary Ann Whipple
US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of OH
Toledo, OH
Randall Woolley
Darcy & Devassy PC
Chicago, IL
Liam Worthington
CCI Credit Management
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, WLS
Chris Young
BTLG
Columbia, MD
Darrell Zall
Kohner Mann and Kailas SC
Milwaukee, WI