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

CLLA Event Attendance Policy: CLLA members and registered guests, with badges, are permitted to attend CLLA convention events.

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
David Beiss Hunter Herman Beiss PLLC New York NY
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 (Nancy) 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
Jennifer Dlugolecki Proceed Legal Mokena IL
Peter (Donna) Dubowsky Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd Las Vegas NV
Kara Eisen Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd. Chicago IL
Marc (Ellen) Ellison Totz Ellison & Totz, P.C. Houston TX
Lawrence Falli Barnett & Garcia, PLLC Austin TX
Ben (Maya Fischer) Farrow Anderson, Williams & Farrow Montgomery AL
Dawn Federico CLLA Hoffman Estates IL
Audrey Fried-Sheets Crum & Forster Morristown NJ
David (Ree Politte) 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
Jacob Green Charness, Charness & Charness LLP Montreal QC
Nancy Hamilton American Lawyers Quarterly Cleveland OH
Theodore (Sarah) Hamilton 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 (Jane) 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 Clinical Faculty Member, Baylor College of Medicine & McGovern Medical School 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
Hon. David H. Leigh US Bankruptcy Court, District of Utah Salt Lake City UT
David Lippman Lippman Recupero Tucson AZ
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 McConville 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
Blake Morris Law Offices of L. Blake Morris Brooklyn NY
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 (Lisa) Payne Payne Law Toronto ON
Bill Peterson Miller Cohen Peterson Young, P.C. Longmont CO
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 Lloyd & 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
Ted Sandler Sandler Law P. A. North Miami Beach FL
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 (Sonja) Sheriff Law Offices of Timothy Sullivan Columbus OH
Joe Shur Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP Rochester NY
Gil (Betsy) Singer Kass Shuler, P. A. Tampa FL
Michael Sonnhalter General Bar Inc. Cleveland OH
Daniel Spilotro Spilotro Law Group LLC Chicago IL
Ari (Zeevyah Benoff) Stein Stein & Stein, LLP Teaneck NJ
Donna Sweet CRF Solutions Simi Valley CA
Bill (Nancy) 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 (Sarah Merrill) Tyler Law Offices of Gary A. Bemis APC Riverside CA
Ben Vinci Vinci Law Office, LLC Denver 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
Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff (ret.) US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IL Chicago IL
Gary Weiner Weiner Law Firm P.C. Springfield MA
Matthew Weisberg Weisberg Law Morton PA
Jay Welford Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Southfield MI
Scott Wells Rushing & Guice PLLC Biloxi MS
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

CLLA Event Attendance Policy: CLLA members and registered guests, with badges, are permitted to attend CLLA convention events.

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

David Beiss
Hunter Herman Beiss PLLC
New York, NY

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 (Nancy)
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

Jennifer Dlugolecki
Proceed Legal
Mokena, IL

Peter Dubowsky (Donna)
Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd
Las Vega, NV

Kara Eisen
Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd.
Chicago, IL

Marc Ellison (Ellen)
Totz Ellison & Totz, P.C.
Houston, TX

Lawrence Falli
Barnett & Garcia, PLLC
Austin, TX

Ben Farrow (Maya Fischer)
Anderson, Williams & Farrow
Montgomery, AL

Dawn Federico
CLLA
Hoffman Estates, IL

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

Robert Girvan
Weiner Law Firm, PC
Springfield, MA

Jacob Green
Charness, Charness & Charness LLP
Montreal, QC

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
Clinical Faculty Member,
Baylor College of Medicine & McGovern Medical School
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

Hon. David H. Leigh
US Bankruptcy Court, District of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

David Lippman
Lippman Recupero
Tucson, AZ

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

Jim McConville
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

Blake Morris
Law Offices of L. Blake Morris
Brooklyn, NY

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 (Lisa)
Payne Law
Toronto, ON

Bill Peterson
Miller Cohen Peterson Young, P.C.
Longmont, CO

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
Lloyd & 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

Ted Sandler
Sandler Law P. A.
North Miami Beach, FL

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 (Sonja)
Law Offices of Timothy Sullivan
Columbus, OH

Joe Shur
Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP
Rochester, NY

Gil Singer (Betsy)
Kass Shuler, P. A.
Tampa, FL

Michael Sonnhalter
General Bar Inc.
Cleveland, OH

Daniel Spilotro
Spilotro Law Group LLC
Chicago, IL

Ari Stein (Zeevyah Benoff)
Stein & Stein, LLP
Teaneck, NJ

Donna Sweet
CRF Solutions
Simi Valley, CA

Bill Thrush (Nancy)
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 (Sarah Merrill)
Law Offices of Gary A. Bemis APC
Riverside, CA

Ben Vinci
Vinci Law Office, LLC
Denver, CO

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

Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff (ret.)
US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IL
Chicago, IL

Gary Weiner
Weiner Law Firm P.C.
Springfield MA

Matthew Weisberg
Weisberg Law
Morton, PA

Jay Welford
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Southfield, MI

Scott Wells
Rushing & Guice PLLC
Biloxi, MS

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