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Eric Troutman

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The Czar of TCPAland. Eric is one of the country’s prominent class action defense attorneys and is nationally-recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 50 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems.

Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis, and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multi-billion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles—delivering consistently excellent results —while never losing sight of the client experience.

While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail.

Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small—or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure.

Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, Eric has been at the forefront of industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense.

In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.

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Statement a Company Used an “Autodialer” Not Sufficient To Win TCPA Suit Appellate Court Holds

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Florida State Court of Appeals Holds No Standing to Sue for Receipt of Single Unwanted Text Message

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TCPAWorld’s (Second Annual) Definitive List of the Top 10 Most Dangerous Plaintiff’s Firms Out There

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TCPA Rulings Confirms Criminal Penalties for Failing to Register in Rhode Island

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FCC Chairwoman Just Asked Congress to Expand the TCPA’s Autodialer Definition and its Worth Paying Attention to

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Text Messages Are Still Not Voices

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“Routine Practice Evidence” Carries the Day for TCPA Defendant on Summary Judgment

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Court Finds Servicer’s Neutrally-Worded Voicemail Advising of Payment Options Does Not Constitute Debt Collection

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Just For Fun? Power Rankings: Here is TCPA.World’s (First Annual) Definitive List of the Top 10 Most Dangerous Plaintiff’s Shops Out There

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Cleared Out: Court Orders Enormous Set of Discovery to Be Produced–but Why?

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Recycled Number Blues: Good Faith Defense Rejected Again as Liberty University Trapped in TCPA Suit

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$195,000 in Damages on 26 Calls?: New Decision Shows Just How Extreme TCPA Damages Can Get

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Reserved: Clever Trick by Plaintiff’s Lawyers is Getting TCPA Auto-dialer Allegations Past the Pleadings Stage in Spades

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Owners Sued After Company Dissolved: New Ruling Highlights Why TCPA Liability Doesn’t Always Die With Company Making Calls

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Ninth Circuit Holds LiveVox HCI is not an ATDS in Unpublished Decision

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POWER LESS: Court Holds Mojo “Power Dialer” May Be an ATDS in Latest Facebook Setback

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The FCC’s New Recycled Number Spotting Database is Live—Here’s How to Use It

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Vindication!: Court Reconsiders Anti-Facebook Pleadings Decision–Says Facebook Matters at the Pleadings Stage After All

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CEO Escapes Personal TCPA Liability: “Ownership… is not enough to sustain personal liability for individuals”

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Meanwhile in Massachusetts…..New Bill Would Outlaw Using Local Area Codes Unless Caller is In State–$10K in Damages Available