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Joel Brown is a partner in the Consumer Law division of the practice.
Joel currently leads the litigation team in lawsuits against major corporations,
banks and credit reporting agencies for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting
Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. He is experienced in
consumer litigation and also workers' compensation litigation where he
previously represented insurance companies but now he focuses only on
representing individuals.
Background
Prior to spearheading the consumer practice, Joel was an insurance
defense attorney representing some of the largest insurers in the state
of Florida. During this time he was able to participate and lead in trials
before he and Robert Friedman left their firm to start the firm of Friedman
& Brown, LLC, in 2000. Since then they have almost exclusively represented
injured workers against insurance companies and employers in workers' compensation
and personal injury cases.
They joined forces with Paul Herman in 2006 to form the Fair Credit Law
Group. Joel has been leading the
litigation team involved in filing federal lawsuits against the credit
reporting agencies, banks, and creditors in actions under the FCRA and FDCPA.
Joel has also been involved a number of class action lawsuits against the CRA's
and large creditors on a national basis.
Joel is an avid Florida Gator fan and has been basking in the back
to back to back national basketball and football championships.
Education
J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1995
B.A., with Honors, University of Florida, 1992
Bar Admissions
Florida Bar
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
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