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