Theodore E. Lorenz, Esquire

Ted Lorenz has been working with the firm on consumer protection matters since January 2005.  He is a partner in the Lundy, Flitter, Beldecos & Berger firm.  Ted has extensive trial and appellate experience.

Ted's practice focuses primarily on bringing actions on behalf of consumers under State and Federal Consumer Protection Laws on an individual and class basis, specifically for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. See Smith v. Hecker, 2005 WL 894812 (E.D. Pa., April 18, 2005); Nelson v. Select Financial Services, 2006 WL 1672889 (E.D. Pa., June 9, 2006).  Ted has been appointed co-class counsel in several consumer class actions, including Rosenau v. Unifund, 646 F. Supp. 2d 743 (E.D. Pa. 2009); McCall v. Drive Fin. Servs., L.P., Phila. Ct. Com. Pleas, No. 0601-00005 (2009); Davis v. Riddle & Associates, P.C. and Jesse Riddle, 579 F.Supp.2d 692 (E.D. Pa. 2008); McCall v. Drive Financial Services, LP and Drive GP, LLC., 236 F.R.D. 246 (E.D. Pa. 2006), Dotson v. M.R.S. Associates, Inc., 06-cv-615 (E.D. Pa. 2006), Weinstock v. InoVision-Medclr Portfolio Group, LLC et.al., 05-cv-6392 (E.D. Pa. 2006), and Townes v. NCO Financial Systems, Inc., 06-cv-1305 (E.D. Pa. 2006). 

Prior to joining LFBB, Ted was a Senior Deputy Attorney General with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, specializing in constitutional and civil rights law.  Ted graduated with honors from the Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, in 1992, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. Ted received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, in 1987. Prior to attending law school, Ted completed Army Basic and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then taught English at the University of Geosciences in Wuhan, China.  Ted is a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves JAG Corps.  From May 2007 to January 2008, Ted was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and served with distinction with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan. Ted served as a Lower Merion School Board Director from December 2005 through December 2009.

Ted is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the New Jersey Supreme Court, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  Ted is a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA).