Firm Profiles

Pima County Superior Court.

For the Arizona State Bar, Mr. Ryder served as a member of the Committee for Long Range Planning and as a grader for the Committee on Examinations.

Mr. Ryder's practice has covered many areas, including criminal defense, dissolutions, bankruptcy, creditor's rights, business lawsuits, real estate disputes, probate, foreclosures, insurance bad faith and tax lien foreclosures.

for required that he spend most of his time representing the insurance companies themselves. Therefore, he decided to seek out opportunities to represent consumers in other areas.

In addition to his activities as directing attorney of Lexington Law California, Mr. Fullman is the founding partner of Fullman O'Grady, Attorneys. Fullman O'Grady represents clients in insurance matters, estate planning, personal injury, consumer matters, and business litigation. He also assists parents of special needs children through education and direct representation. It was his experience in obtaining educational services for his autistic son that sparked his interest in helping other parents.

from the Northwestern University School of Law where he was a Note and Comment Editor for the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business.

Mr. Kessel has represented numerous commercial finance clients and financial institutions in consumer and commercial collection cases. He has represented individuals in a variety of litigation, including real estate disputes, employment litigation, creditors' rights, and bankruptcy.

Mr. Kessel is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers. Roy is also the chair of the Chicago Bar Association Sports Law Committee, and a member of the American Bar Association's Sports and Entertainment Forum, The Sports Lawyers Association, and the National Sports Law Institute.

While he represented governmental agencies and corporations, he most enjoyed helping average people resolve the problems that impacted their daily lives, with a particular focus on consumer disputes and debt restructuring. From 1982 to 1993 Robert Marrero served as a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Robert Marrero is also concerned about his state and community. He serves as Vice-Chairman of the 24th Judicial Indigent Defender Board and as an Executive Member of the Alliance for Good Government.

1988 and 1990.

Craig L. Holcomb has been a licensed attorney in the State of Maryland since 1990. In addition, he is a member of the Bars of the State of Florida and the United States District Court for Maryland. He is currently an active member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the Montgomery County Bar Association. He has tried cases in the State District Courts and Circuit Courts in all jurisdictions throughout Maryland, the Court of Special Appeals and Court of Appeals in Maryland, the U.S. District Court for Maryland, Baltimore and Greenbelt Divisions and the Federal Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia.

Currently, Craig L. Holcomb is a founding partner in the firm of Holcomb & Straile, LLC. The firms offices are located in Rockville, Maryland. The firms' areas of practice are diverse and include, but are not limited to the following: creditors and consumer rights; bankruptcy; corporate and business law; insurance matters; civil and criminal litigation; MHIC disputes, federal and state tax hearings; personal injury; real estate transactions and disputes; estates and trusts; and family law.

to the Michigan State Bar in November 1988. Mr. Nathanson is also admitted in the Eastern District of Michigan, the Western District of Michigan, and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

His areas of practice include: Retail and Commercial Collection Work, Business and Consumer Bankruptcy, Real Estate Law, Family Law, Business Transaction Litigation, and FDCPA Litigation.

In 2002, Keith received the Family Law Section Speaker Award and for the past 8 years he has been a participant in the Oakland County Bar Association's "Meet the Lawyer" program. Keith is a member of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity and is also a Licensed Real Estate Agent.

Delivery, Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Adult Intensive Care, Surgery and Post Anesthesia Care (PACU) and later in 1990, was involved in Surgical Administration and specialized in hospital, JCAHO and OSHA policy and procedure development. She also functioned as a member on various hospital committees such as the Surgical Committee, Quality Assurance, Ethics, Benchmarking and Re-engineering Committees.

After obtaining her B.S.N. from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1996, she attended the Mississippi College School of Law and received her Juris Doctorate in 1999. While attending law school she was a medical/legal nurse consultant to local area law firms and worked at the Mississippi Nurses Association (MNA) as a Health Affairs Coordinator and legislative Lobbyist, where she was involved in several state level committees such as the U.S. Attorney's Office Health Care Fraud Task Force and the State Department of Health's - Health Management Organizations Quality Assurance Committee (HMO QA). During this time, she was also chosen as a state (MNA) and national American Nurses Association (ANA) delegate, served as Treasurer in the District #13 Nursing Association and was Chair of the Mississippi Nurses Association Political Action Committee (MNA-PAC).

Upon her graduation from Law School, Mrs. Frascogna created a quarterly newsletter, The Mississippi Nursing Law Review, that provided legal information and education to nurses throughout Mississippi and also became a Contributing Editor/Legal Column Coordinator for the national official nursing journal of the American Nurses Association, the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), which had a circulation of over 350,000 subscribers. She joined forces soon thereafter with her husband, J. Patrick Frascogna and early in her legal career gained legal knowledge and experience in multi-district class action Pharmaceutical defense work, Administrative and Elder Law litigation, which included issues involving Medicaid/Medicare, Social Security, disability and mental health issues and federal regulations including administrative appeals and hearings, eligibility analysis, special needs trust and elder abuse issues. Currently, her legal practice consists mainly of Consumer Credit litigation, specializing in federal regulatory issues, including class action litigation, based on violations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA), Unfair and Deceptive Practice Act (UDPA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and the federal Truth-In-Lending Act (TILA).

Licensed in both Nevada and California, his extensive experience over the past 18 years includes representing consumers in bankruptcy, estate planning, and small businesses. He has also served as a Child Support Master, Truancy Master and a temporary judge before Family Court which has proven invaluable in his practice in the area of family law.

Rogue, Louisiana. In 1980, he followed suit, due to the admiration and inspiration he drew from her achievement. In 1983 he received his law degree from the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The years Mr. Simmons worked in Louisiana were spent as a defense attorney for insurance companies and later as a district attorney. He currently holds bar admissions in both Louisiana and North Carolina, and he has established a private practice in North Carolina. He has more than 23 years of experience representing clients in many areas of law, with a primary focus on real estate and criminal law.

personal injury firm, and finally established his own private practice in Manhattan in 1987.

Initially concentrating in the field of criminal law, Mr. Johnson is now engaged in a general practice, with an emphasis on criminal and civil litigation. He represents clients in many areas of law, including business litigation, landlord-tenant, and consumer matters.

Mr. Johnson's office is located at 225 Broadway, Suite 3800, New York, New York 10007. The toll-free number is (800) 341-8441.

Mr. Mullen has served on various volunteer boards and committees including the Akron Bar Association, the Mental Health Board and the Legal Aide for Summit County, and Massilon State Hospital.

After starting as a prosecutor in Boston Heights, OH, Mr. Mullen began his own practice in 1987. Thomas T. Mullen & Co. covers many areas of law including complex personal injury, nursing home matters, business litigation, divorce custody, real estate, criminal, consumer, and bankruptcy matters.

community. Ed currently assists Shepherd's Heart Veterans Home, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless veterans. Ed served as a Councilman for Allegheny County and was the honorary chairman for the first annual Shepherd's Heart Veterans Home fundraiser in 2006. Ed also is a business member of his local volunteer fire company and a member of the Kiwanis Club.

J.D. from the University of San Diego in 1992.

Regina's practice areas include commercial and residential real estate transactions, including equity lines of credit, refinances, purchases and sales, contract preparation, ß 1031 tax deferred exchanges, business closings and corporate work. In addition, Regina handles simple estate planning and probate matters. Regina is a frequent speaker at the Lowcountry Community Development Corporation's First Time Homebuyer class and has spoken at Attorney Roundtables coordinated by the Hilton Head Island Association of Realtors. She is also a frequent contributor to House Hound magazine. Regina is the President-Elect of the Zonta International Club of Bluffton.

Prior to earning his degrees Mr. Brennan served in Vietnam as a member of the United States Army where he was awarded the Purple Heart as well as the Bronze Star for Heroism.

Mr. Brennan has been an active member of the Vienna-Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce since 1995, holding several positions including Director of Government Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Brennan is also active in the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce as a member of the Public Policy Committee, and has been an active member in the Vienna Rotary Club since 1995.

The law firm of Brennan & Waite, P.L.C. is dedicated to serving the needs of businesses, both large and small, and provides legal services in the areas of general civil litigation, debtor/creditor law, and general business law. Mr. Brennan's professional experience includes complex commercial litigation and intensive bankruptcy experience. He has also served as general counsel to a regional corporation for which he managed corporate litigation and provided legal advice regarding operations.