Alan Ritchie
Associate
Alan has extensive experience representing financial institutions in state and federal courts around the country. He’s handled all aspects of litigation, from motion practice to settlement conferences, and participated in a six-week jury trial involving a commercial dispute between an auto finance company and a dealership.
Born in Texas, Alan has lived in Colorado, Iowa, Illinois and California. He spent his formative years in a town called Sandwich, where he cultivated a love of music and sports. He taught himself guitar at a young age, and since then has played with several bands (including two shows at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood), attended hundreds of concerts, and developed a small obsession with vinyl records.
Presentations
Publications
Associations
Speaker, “Cleaning Up Your Credit,” Chicago Public Library “Law at the Library” Series (pro bono) | January 24, 2023
Speaker, “The Fair Credit Billing Act and Credit Card Dispute Litigation,” American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Washington, DC | September 14, 2022
Speaker, “This Just In! News You Need to Know in the Credit Card Space,” Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Chicago, IL | May 20, 2022
Speaker, "Cleaning Up Your Credit," Chicago Public Library "Law at the Library" Series (pro bono) | January 25, 2022
Speaker, “Mortgage Servicing Update,” Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Fort Worth, TX | November 7, 2019
Speaker, "Cleaning Up Your Credit," Chicago Public Library "Law at the Library" Series (pro bono) | January 28, 2019
SHOW MORE + SHOW LESS -“U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Three Cases Affecting the Consumer Financial Services Industry this Month,” ABA Business Law Today (December 2020)
“Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc.: The Second Circuit Weighs in on the TCPA’s Definition of ATDS,” ABA Business Law Today (April 2020)
“Class Action Developments,” 72 Bus. Lawyer 1975 (2020)
“Rotkiske v. Klemm: The FDCPA’s One-Year Limitations Period Runs from the Date of the Alleged Violation, Not Discovery,” ABA Business Law Today (January 2020)
"The (Un)Informed Use of Credit: The Need to Clarify Consumers' Right of Rescission Under the Truth in Lending Act," 47.1 LOY. L.A. L. REV. 831 (2014)
American Bar Association, Consumer Financial Services Committee (Young Lawyer Liaison, Housing Finance Subcommittee, 2021-2022)
Chicago Bar Association (Chair, Consumer Credit Committee 2020-2022)
Mortgage Bankers Association
ACA International, Members Attorney Program
Receivables Management Association International (RMAI)
Illinois State Bar Association
Conference on Consumer Finance Law
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