Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Publications & Presentations

• Speaker, "CFPB Proposed Rulemaking Highlights: Debt Collection and the Fair Collection Practices Act," West Virginia State Bar Consumer Law Seminar, May 2019
• "Cuomo v. Clearing House Association: The Muddy Storm," author, American Conference Institute's Ninth Annual Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation, 2010
• "Attorney General Objections to Proposed Class Action Settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005," co-author, American Conference Institute's Ninth Annual Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation, 2010
• "Survey of Recent Attorney General Investigations and Enforcement Actions Relating to the Consumer Finance Industry," American Conference Institute's Eighth Annual Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation, 2009
• "An Overview of Strategies and Unique Issues Involving Consumer Finance Class Actions," American Conference Institute's Sixth Annual National Advanced Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation, 2006
• "Preemption and the National Uniform Credit Reporting Provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003," American Conference Institute's Fifth Annual National Advanced Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation, 2005
• "The Changing Landscape of Firm Offers of Credit Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003," American Conference Institute's Fifth Annual National Advanced Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation, 2005
• "Predatory Lending: An Outline of Issues and Concerns in the Subprime Lending Market," WVCLE, 2003
• Numerous other publications
• Speaker at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce's 30th Annual Legislative Conference