THE
CLLA NATIONAL CONVENTION
May 14-16, 2025
CHICAGO • SWISSOTEL

Name (First) | Name (Last) | Firm Name | City | State |
Jonathan | Allen | Allen Law, PC | Springfield | MA |
Brett | Alspach | McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff | Bedford Heights | OH |
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 |
Jonathan | Baxter | Garcia Legal, PA | Miami Lakes | FL |
Alex | Becker | Murphy Desmond S.C. | Madison | WI |
Robert | Bernstein | Bernstein & Bernstein, PA | Charleston | SC |
Wanda | Borges | Borges & Associates, LLC | Syosset | NY |
Ed | Brenes | 360 Legal | Sarasota | FL |
Murray | Bristol | Bristol & Dubiel LLP | San Antonio | TX |
Prof. Ralph | Brubaker | Univ. of Illinois College of Law | Champaign | IL |
Niall | Burke | Franklin O’Brien | Montreal | QC |
Kirk | Burkley | Bernstein-Burkley, P.C. | Pittsburgh | PA |
Annemarie | Case | Case Law Firm, S.C. | Milwaukee | WI |
Andrew | Chigounis | Saldutti Law Group | Cherry Hill | NJ |
John | Chotkowski | Commercial Collection Corp. of NY | Tonawanda | NY |
Crystal | Cole | Crystal R. Cole, Attorney at Law | Nashville | TN |
June | Coleman | Messer Strickler Burnette, Ltd. | Sacramento | 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 Specialty Insurance Company | Morristown | NJ |
Robert | DelSignore | Lamont, Hanley & Assoc., Inc. | Manchester | NH |
Aryeh | Derman | Clark Hill, PLC | Chicago | IL |
John | Dubiel | Bristol & Dubiel LLP | Dallas | TX |
Peter | Dubowsky (Donna) | Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd | Las Vegas | NV |
Kara | Eisen | Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd. | Chicago | IL |
Plato | Eliades II (Adrienne George) | The Eliades Law Firm | Chester | VA |
Marc | Ellison (Ellen) | Totz Ellison & Totz, P.C. | Houston | TX |
Ben | Farrow | Anderson, Williams & Farrow | Montgomery | AL |
Dawn | Federico | CLLA | Rolling Meadows | IL |
Judith | Fitzgerald | Tucker Arensberg, PC | Pittsburgh | PA |
Scott | Foeller | Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA | Sarasota | FL |
Lori | Frank | Markoff Law | Southfiled | MI |
Keli | Frazier-Cox | Promote Leaders, LLC | Chicago | 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 |
Joseph | Garcia | Garcia Legal, PA | Miami Lakes | FL |
Matt | Garcia | Barnett & Garcia, PLLC | Austin | TX |
Victor | Garcia | Garcia Legal, PA | Miami Lakes | FL |
Jerzy | Gawel | Gostyński & Partners Law Firm | Krakow | PL |
David | Gengler | Kohner Mann and Kailas SC | Milwaukee | WI |
Michelle | Gilbert (Marcel) | 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 |
Chad | Hammons | Jones Walker LLP | Jackson | MS |
Owen | Hare | Friedman, Framme & Thrush P.A. | Owings Mills | MD |
Jessica | Hartmann | International Association of Commercial Collectors | Eagan | MN |
Beau | Hays (Jane) | Hays & Potter LLP | Peachtree Corners | GA |
Tyler | Hughes | Commercial Collection Corp. of NY | Tonawanda | NY |
Michael | Hynum | Hynum Law | Harrisburg | PA |
Stefanie | Jackman | Troutman Pepper Locke, LLP | Atlanta | GA |
Brandon | James | Tucker Albin & Associates | Richardson | TX |
Rich | Keifer | Keifer Law Firm, LLC | Kingston | PA |
Conor | Kelly | Webster, Chamberlain and Bean | Washington | DC |
Daniel | Kerrick | Hogan McDaniel | Wilmington | DE |
Jason | Khano | Aubrey Thrasher, LLC | Atlanta | GA |
Patrick | Kilburn | Lloyd & McDaniel, PLC | Louisville | KY |
Robert | Kirk | Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP | Washington | DC |
Richard | Klein | RHK Recovery Group | Plainview | NY |
Candice | Kline | University of Toledo College of Law | Maumee | OH |
James | Kozelek (Maria) | Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA | Columbus | OH |
Salene | Kraemer | MazurKraemer Business Law | Pittsburgh | PA |
Jonathan | Kramer | Whitfield & Eddy, PLC | Des Moines | IA |
Paul | Krause | NACM Southwest | Coppell | TX |
Phil | Lattanzio | CLLA | Rolling Meadows | IL |
Fredric | Lawrence | Nelson & Frankenberger, LLC | Carmel | IN |
Brinen | LeFevre | Kearns Brinen & Monaghan | Greenville | SC |
David | Leigh | Ray Quinney & Nebeker, P.C. | Salt Lake City | UT |
David | Lippman | Lippman Recupero | Tucson | AZ |
Walt | Lockhart | STA International | Melville | NY |
Robert | Lurie | Markoff Law LLC | Chicago | IL |
Beverly | Manne | Tucker Arensberg, P.C. | Pittsburgh | PA |
Joe | Marino (Paula Varsalona) | Marino, Mayers & Jarrach, LLC | Clifton | NJ |
Prof. Bruce | Markell | Northwestern Univ., Pritzker School of Law | Chicago | IL |
Steven | Markoff | Teller Levit & Silvertrust | Chicago | IL |
Noah | Matthews | Rossman P.C. | Troy | MI |
Dawn | Matune | Dress for Success | Chicago | IL |
Mary | McCann | CLLA | Rolling Meadows | IL |
Shawn | McClure | Bernstein-Burkley, P.C. | Pittsburgh | PA |
Jim | McConnville | Radius Global Solutions/AMS Comm. Bus. Div. | Suffern | NY |
Neeraj | Mendiratta | KnovaOne | West Palm Beach | FL |
Gregory | Meyer | Alternative Collections, LLC dba Asset Compliant Solutions | Williamsville | NY |
Natalia | Minassian | Hatkoff & Minassian, A Law Corporation | Tarzana | CA |
Joseph | Molinaro | Law Offices of Joseph A. Molinaro | Wyckoff | NJ |
Robin | Moselle | Robin S Moselle P.A. | Plantation | FL |
Chris | Moss | SCJ Commercial Financial Services | Harrington | DE |
Brian | Nagle | McCarthy Burgess & Wolff | Bedford Heights | OH |
Bill | Newland | 360 Legal Inc. | Sarasota | FL |
Jeffrey | Nicolet | Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd. | Minneapolis | MN |
Ryan | O’Hare | F.H. Cann & Associates | North Andover | MA |
David | Ortiz | Goldman Walker | Tucson | AZ |
Richard | Payne (Lisa) | Payne Law | Toronto | ON |
Nicole | Perri | Brown & Joseph, LLC | Itasca | IL |
Ron | Peterson | Jenner & Block | Lake Forest | IL |
Warren | Pinchuck | The Columbia Directory Co., Inc. | Boca Raton | FL |
Chris | Plunkett | The LaSource Group | Scottsdale | AZ |
Robert | Pollak | Glassberg, Pollak & Associates | San Rafael | CA |
Amy | Pona | Gurstel Law Firm | Golden Valley | MN |
John | Postl | Postl Legal | Quincy | MA |
Emory | Potter | Hays & Potter, LLP | Peachtree Corners | GA |
Bryan | Press | Metro Group Maritime | Livingston | NJ |
John | Pucin | Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. | Sherman Oaks | CA |
Jonathan | Rose | Millennium Collections | Vero Beach | FL |
David | Roth | Blenden Roth Law Firm, PLLC | Bedford | TX |
Deborah | Rubin | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | Southfield | MI |
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 |
Don | Scott | Wright Holmes | Katonah | NY |
Mark | Sheriff | Thomas & Thomas Attorneys | Columbus | OH |
Joseph | Shur | Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP | Rochester | NY |
Gil | Singer | Marcadis Singer, PA | Tampa | FL |
Brittany | Siriann | CLLA | Rolling Meadows | IL |
Regina | Slowey | Barron & Newburger, P.C. | Troy | MI |
Michael | Sonnhalter | General Bar Inc. | Westlake | OH |
Daniel | Spilotro | Spilotro Law Group LLC | Chicago | IL |
Cary | Sternback | Heitner & Breitstein PC | Manalapan | NJ |
Michael | Stillman | Stillman Law Office | Farmington Hills | MI |
Donna | Sweet | CRF Solutions | Simi Valley | CA |
Jonathan | Tanase | CLLA | Rolling Meadows | IL |
Lester | Taroff | Taroff & Taitz LLP | Bohemia | CA |
Robert | Tharnish | ABC-Amega, Inc. | Bufflao | NY |
Gary | Tier | The Forwarders List of Attorneys | Newtown | PA |
Michael | Tobia | Gottlieb Ostrager LLP | Armonk | NY |
Robert | Tyler (Sara Merrill) | Law Offices of Gary A. Bemis APC | Riverside | CA |
Lee | VandenHeuvel | Ross, Stuart & Dawson, Inc. | Allendale | MI |
David | VanDerHeyden | VanDerHeyden Law Office | Rochester | MN |
Ben | Vinci | Vinci Law Office, LLC | Denver | CO |
Themis | Vlahos | CLLA | Rolling Meadows | IL |
Lorna | Walker | The Law Offices of Sweet & Walker, PC | San Francisco | CA |
Marc | Wallick | Wallick & Associates | Warwick | RI |
Timothy | Wan | Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh, P.C. | 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 |
Randall | Woolley | Darcy & Devassy PC | Chicago | IL |
Chris | Young | BTLG | Columbia | MD |
Marco Alcala, Alcala Consulting, Inc., Pasadena, CA
Jonathan Allen, Allen Law, PC, Springfield, MA
Craig Allen (Marika), Craig H. Allen, P.A., Greenville, SC
Coleen Andersen, McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, Cleveland, OH
Robert Ash, Radius Global Solutions/AMS Comm. Bus. Div., Totowa, NJ
Hon. Janet Baer, US Bankruptcy Court, Northern Districr of IL, Chicago, IL
Amy Ball, NACM Southwest, Coppell, TX
Lydia Basanes, Dress for Success, Chicago, IL
Ravi Batta, Rosenfeld Stein Batta P.A., Aventura, FL
Steve Bessenbacher, BARR Credit Services, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Wanda Borges, Borges & Associates, LLC, Syosset, NY
Matthew Brash, Newpoint Advisors Corporation, Schaumburg, IL
George Braun, WA Bureau Chief, Washington, DC
Murray Bristol, Bristol & Dubiel LLP, San Antonio, TX
Kirk Burkley, Bernstein-Burkley, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Peter Califano, Niesar & Vestal LLP, San Francisco, CA
Louis Caracci III, The LaSource Group, Erie, PA
Lawrence Cassidy, Northern California Collection Service, Inc., Sacramento, CA
Trey Cefalu, C2C Resources, Metairie, LA
Andrew Chigounis, Saldutti Law Group, Moorestown, NJ
Greg Cohen, Caine & Weiner, Encino, CA
Matt Cohen, Caine & Weiner, Sherman Oaks, CA
Jake Cohen, Caine & Weiner, Sherman Oaks, CA
Crystal Cole, Crystal R. Cole, Atty at Law, Nashville, TN
Stuart Collis (Nancy), Collis, Griffor & Hendra, PC, Ypsilanti, MI
Brad Council, Slovin & Associates Co., LPA, Cincinnati, OH
Jeremy Crane, Retrievables, New York, NY
Rick Crowson, Isenberg & Hewitt PC, Sandy Springs, GA
Edgar Davison, Davison Law Firm, Memphis, TN
Robert DelSignore, Lamont, Hanley & Associates, Inc., Manchester, NH
Justin DeNiro, The LaSource Group, Erie, PA
Michael DeNiro, The LaSource Group, Erie, PA
Jennifer Dlugolecki, Firefly Legal, Mokena, IL
John Dubiel, Bristol & Dubiel LLP, Dallas, TX
Kara Eisen, Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd., Chicago, IL
George Eliades (Adrienne), The Eliades Law Firm, Chester, VA
Marc Ellison, Totz Ellison & Totz, P.C., Houston, TX
Ben Farrow, Anderson, Williams & Farrow, LLC, Montgomery, AL
Tom Fawkes, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL
Dawn Federico, CLLA, Rolling Meadows, IL
Judith Fitzgerald (Barry), Tucker Arensberg, PC, Pittsburgh, PA
Scott Foeller, Hodges Avrutis & Foeller, Sarasota, FL
David Gamache, Gamache & Myers, PC, St. Louis, MO
Victor Garcia, Garcia Legal, PA, Miami Lakes, FL
Joseph Garcia, Garcia Legal, PA, Miami Lakes, FL
Matias Garcia, Barnett & Garcia, PLLC, Austin, TX
Julie Gelderblom, Julie G., Consultant, New Orleans, LA
David Gengler, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, SC, Milwaukee, WI
Michelle Gilbert (Marcel), Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A., Tampa, FL
Warren Gottlieb, Gottlieb Ostrager LLP, Armonk, NY
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
Chad Hammons, Jones Walker LLP, Jackson, MS
Sabrina Hart, Dress for Success, Chicago, IL
Owen Hare, Friedman, Framme & Thrush P.A., Owings Mills, MD
Jamie Hart, Weltman, Weinberg & Reise Co., LPA, Cincinnati, OH
Jessica Hartmann, International Association of Commercial Collectors, Eagan, MN
Beau Hays (Jane), Hays & Potter LLP, Peachtree Corners, GA
Jonathan Hempfling, Marcadis Singer, Tampa, FL
Jonathan Herron, Sklar Law LLC, Havertown, PA
Lauri Hudson, Hudson Law Offices, PC, Turnersville, NJ
Tyler Hughes, CCC of NY, Tonawanda, NY
Brandon James, Tucker Albin & Associates, Richardson, TX
Kerry Jensen, CLLA, Rolling Meadows, IL
Richard Keifer, Keifer Law Firm, LLC, Kingston, PA
Conor Kelly, Webster, Chamberlain and Bean, Washington, DC
Dan Kerrick, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE
Jason Khano, Aubrey Thrasher, LLC, Marietta, GA
Patrick Kilburn, Lloyd & McDaniel, PLC, Louisville, KY
Jason Kirkorsky, Law Offices of Mark A. Kirkorsky, P.C., Mesa, AZ
Mark Kirkorsky, Law Offices of Mark A. Kirkorsky, P.C., Mesa, AZ
Richard Klein, RHK Recovery Group, Plainview, NY
Candice Kline, Saul Ewing LLP, Maumee, OH
James Kozelek (Maria), Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, Dublin, OH
Salene Kraemer, MazurKraemer Law Group, Pittsburgh, PA
Jonathan Kramer, Whitfield & Eddy, PLC, Des Moines, IA
Phil Lattanzio, CLLA, Rolling Meadows, IL
Brinen LeFevre, Kearns Brinen & Monaghan, Greenville, SC
David Leigh, Ray Quinney & Nebeker, PC, Salt Lake City, UT
Graham Liccardi, Teller Levit & Silvertrust, P.C., Chicago, IL
Marc Lichtman, Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd., Chicago, IL
David Lippman, Lippman Recupero, Tucson, AZ
Walt Lockhart, STA International, Melville, NY
Eric Logvin, Law Office of James R. Vaughan, P.C., Scottsdale, AZ
Robert Lurie, Reisenfeld and Associates, Cincinnati, OH
Hon. Thomas Lynch, US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of IL, Rockford, IL
Sarah Malmquist, McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, Cleveland, OH
Richard Maner, Richard B Maner PC, Atlanta, GA
Beverly Manne, Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph Marino, Marino Mayers & Jarrach, LLC, Clifton, NJ
Steven Markoff, Markoff Law LLC, Chicago, IL
Dawn Matune, Dress for Success, Chicago, IL
Mary McCann, CLLA, Rolling Meadows, IL
Ian McCarthy, Barnett & Garcia, Austin, TX
Jim McConnville, Radius Global Solutions, Ramsey, NJ
Marc Miceli, S. Mitnick Law PC, Oldwick, NJ
Natalia Minassian, Hatkoff & Minassian, A Law Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Johnnie Mister, Dress for Success, Chicago, IL
Joseph Molinaro, Law Offices of Joseph A. Molinaro, LLC, Wyckoff, NJ
Robin Moselle, Robin S Moselle, P.A., Plantation, FL
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
Christopher Nixon, American Lawyers Quarterly, Cleveland, OH
John Parker, Park Law Firm, PLC, Phoenix, AZ
Richard Payne, Morrison and Payne, Toronto, ON
Joseph Peiffer, Ag & Business Legal Strategies, Cedar Rapids, IA
Nikki Perri, Brown & Joseph, LLC, Itasca, IL
Bill Peterson, Miller Cohen Peterson Young, P.C., Longmont, CO
Ron Peterson, Jenner & Block, Lake Forest, IL
Warren Pinchuck, The Columbia Directory Co., Inc., Boca Raton, FL
Robert Pohl, Pohl, PA, Greenville, SC
Amy Pona, Gurstel Law Firm, Golden Valley, MN
Kevin Posen, Teller Levit & Silvertrust, P.C., Chicago, IL
Bryan Press, Esq., Metro Group of NY, Inc., Livingston, NJ
John Pucin, Caine & Weiner Company, Inc., Schaumburg, IL
Bryan Rafferty, CCC of NY, Tonawanda, NY
Peter Ragan, Ragan & Ragan, PC, Wall, NJ
Jeffrey Ramsey, Lloyd & McDaniel, Louisville, KY
Jack Rose, Jack Rose Law, Larchmont, NY
David Roth, Blenden Roth Law Firm, PLLC, Bedford, TX
Deborah Rubin, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Southfield, MI
T Britt Rudman, Law Offices of T. Britt Rudman, Beverly Hills, CA
Neil Sander, Sander Law, LLC, Columbus, OH
Greg Sargent, Lamont, Hanley & Associates, Inc., Manchester, NH
Robert Scanlon, Dellwo Roberts & Scanlon P.S., Spokane, WA
Gary Schafkopf, Weisberg Law, Morton, PA
Jeffrey Schatzman (Lisa), Schatzman & Schatzman, P.A., Miami, FL
Don Scott, Wright Holmes, Katonah, NY
Zach Shelomith, LSS Law, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Joe Shur, Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP, Rochester, NY
Gilbert Singer, Marcadis Singer PA, Tampa, FL
Regina Slowey, Orland PC, Troy, MI
Michael Sonnhalter, General Bar Inc., Cleveland, OH
Daniel Spil
Cary Sternback, Heitner & Breitstein PC, Manalapan, NJ
Michael Stillman, Stillman Law Office, Farmington Hills, MI
William Sturm, Rausch Sturm LLP (ret.), Brookfield, WI
Steven Taitz, Taroff & Taitz LLP, Bohemia, NY
Matt Tabloff, Hilco Real Estate, LLC, Northbrook, IL
Carlos Tabora, CLLA, Rolling Meadows, IL
Jonathan Tanase, CLLA, Rolling Meadows, IL
Tony Terry, CRF Solutions, Simi Valley, CA
Bob Tharnish, ABC-Amega, Inc., Elma, NY
Maribeth Thomas, Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
William 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
Robert Tyler, Law Offices of Gary A. Bemis, Riverside, CA
Themis Vlahos, CLLA, Rolling Meadows, IL
Lorna Walker, Sweet & Walker PC, San Francisco, CA
Marc Wallick, Wallick & Associates, Warwick, RI
Timothy Wan, Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh, Smithtown, NY
Lee VandenHeuvel, Ross, Stuart & Dawson, Clawson, MI
Ben Vinci, Vinci Law Office, LLC, Denver, CO
John Wanderer (Elizabeth Foyt), Wanderer Law (ret.), Las Vegas, NV
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
Richard D. White Jr. (Judy), Barber & Bartz, Tulsa, OK
Katie Whitmore, Atradius Collections, Inc., Downers Grove, IL
Tony Williams, Williams & Williams, Inc., Louisville, KY
Jeffrey Wilson, Jeffrey S. Wilson, Attorney at Law, Philadelphia, PA
Randall Woolley, Darcy & Devassy PC, Chicago, IL