Consumer Issues

WPHT 1210AM  "The Big Talker" with Bob Bombera 
4/25/09  Cary Flitter discusses Collection Harassment, Robot Calls, Car Repossession, Identity Theft and Credit Reporting issues. 
thebigtalker1210.com

WPHL-17 TV  IN FOCUS with Steve Highsmith
12/9/06 "Consumer Protection Attorney Cary Flitter discusses Debt Collection Harassment, Credit Reporting Issues, Auto Finance Fraud and Repossession,
Identity Theft."

Debt Collection

NBC-10 TV Tracy Davidson, Consumer Reporter
4/7/09 Cary Flitter comments on tactics used in debt collection.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com

TIME Magazine
10/19/06 Sue Up or Shut Up! by Reynolds Holding. 
Time Magazine covers a case Flitter pursued - and won - against a debt collector in the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals.
www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1548158,00.html

Philadelphia Magazine "The Economy: Don't Pick Up the Phone"
by Jason Fagone
1/2009 Debt Collector, NCO Financial Systems, Horsham, Pennsylvania
www.phillymag.com

The Pottstown Mercury
8/28/07 Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania receives $64K
Cy Pres award from class action suit arising from phony debt collection letters presented to Legal Aid by Consumer Protection Attorney Cary L. Flitter.

Identity Theft & Credit Reporting

FOX29 TV News, Jeff Cole, Investigative Reporter
1/28/09 Pay-day lender disposed of consumers personal and financial documents in a dumpster 
Cary Flitter commented on the potential for identity theft.
 
FOX29 TV News, Jeff Cole, Investigative Reporter
5/22/07 Consumer's Identity Stolen at Car Dealership
Cary Flitter represented three consumers whose identities were all stolen within weeks of buying a car from a Chester County Dodge dealership.

Philadelphia Inquirer 
10/20/03 Montco Auto Dealer to Face Class-Action Suit by Keith Herbert 
In one of the few federal cases to be certified as a class action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the firm helped secure a $2.45 million settlement for Montgomery County area car buyers against a fraudulent dealer.

Philadelphia Inquirer
7/31/04 Taken for a Ride by Identity Theft by Jeff Gelles 
The Inquirer reports on the case of a client whose identity was stolen after a Delaware County car dealer hired an eight-time felon as a salesman.

Automobiles

New York Times
2/10/08 Citing 15-year Delay, Suit Seeks Action on Rebuilt Wrecks 
by Christopher Jensen
The New York Times writes about a widespread problem in the auto sales industry and client's of Flitter who were sold a rebuilt wreck SUV at a Chrysler dealer in the Philadelphia AutoMall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/automobiles/

Courier Post
1/25/06 Car Dealer to Pay $109,000 to Settle Claim of Fraud 
by Renee Winkler
The Courier Post reported on a successful $109,000 award against Cherry Hill Triplex. The Triplex was found to have sold a car to one of Flitter’s clients as new – but evidence showed the car had been sold before, suffered major failure, was returned and repaired.

Academic Lectures

6/2010 Cary Flitter and the Federal Courts Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association host An Afternoon with Our Federal Bench.

Pictured, r to l:  Hon. Anthony J. Scirica Jr and Hon. D.Michael Fisher of the Court of Appeals for the 3d Circuit;  Cary L. Flitter, Esq and Claudia D. McCarron, Esq course planners and co-chairs, federal courts committee; Hon. Harvey Bartle III, Chief Judge U.S.District Court, E.D.Pa;  Mark A. Kearney, Esq., immediate past president, Montgomery Bar Assn.

8/2008 Professor Flitter delivers a guest lecture on Comparative Consumer Law at a leading Buenos Aires law school.
law.widener.edu/News...2009...flitterargentina.aspx

Awards

Pennsylvania Bar Association: 2006 Jeffrey A. Ernico Award
10/2006 Cary Flitter receives a rare, statewide honor by the President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association for his work on behalf of low income consumers.
www.pabar.org/public/news%20releases/pr102606b.asp