Top Rated Consumer Law Attorney in Narberth, PA

Honors/Awards:

• Pro Bono Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2011
• Martindale, Preeminent 5 out of 5 rated
• Excellence Award, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, 2013
• Outstanding Service Award, Delaware Law School of Widener University, 1998
• President's Award, Montgomery Bar Association, 2017
• AVVO
• Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award, Montgomery Bar Association, 2013
• Alumnus of the Year, Delaware Law School of Widener University, 2011
• SuperLawyers, 2005 - Present 
• Lawyers.com, score of 4.4 out of 5.0.
• Consumer Advocate of the Year, National Association of Consumer Advocates, 2014
• Jeffrey A. Ernico Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2006

Bar/Professional Activity:

• United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1995
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2001
• New York, Appellate Division, Third Department, 2017
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1981
• Pennsylvania Bar
• Board of Directors of Pennsylvania's Montgomery Bar Association
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1981
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1983
• United States Supreme Court, 1999
• New Jersey Bar
• National Association of Consumer Advocates, Member
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1981
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1990
• New York Bar
• Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1981
• Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, co-chair

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Debt Collection Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center, FDCPA Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2013
• Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
• Doing Well While Doing Good: What Makes a Successful & Fulfilling Law Practice, National Consumer Law Center, Portland, OR, 2008
• Consumer Debt Collection Perspectives, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 2013
• Bisel Publishing Co., 2003 Supp. 2016. , Contributing Author, Pennsylvania Consumer Law, 2016
• Teaching Consumer Law, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, TX, 2008
• Comparative U.S. Consumer Protection Laws, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008
• Anatomy of a Debt Buyer Case, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 2013
• National Consumer Law Centers, Boston, MA, Contributor, Consumer Class Actions, 5th Ed.
• FDCPA Developments:  Point – Counterpoint, Debt Buyers Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2008
• Collection of Judgments and Consumer Law Pitfalls, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2013
• Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 2011
• Effective Appellate Advocacy in the 3d Circuit Court of Appeals, Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, Norristown, PA, 2008
• Litigating the TCPA in 2014: Consumer & Defense Perspectives, ABA: Consumer Financial Services Committee, Park City, UT, 2013
• Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, 2010 - 2011
• Statutory Attorney Fees, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2007
• Successful Mediation of Federal Court Cases, Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, Norristown, PA, 2012
• Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT, 2009
• Permissible Uses of Consumer Credit Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FCRA Conference, Denver, CO, 2007
• Consumer Law Practice Pointers, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 2012
• Academic Guest Lecturer, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, TX, 2008
• Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008
• Consumer Credit Litigation Developments, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Allentown, PA, 2007
• FDCPA:  The Impact on Collection Attorneys, ABA, Business Law Section: Consumer Financial Services Committee, Las Vegas, NV, 2012
• Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 2007
• FDCPA Developments:  Ask the Experts, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FDCPA Conference, Tucson, AZ, 2007
• Consumer Law Update:  An Active 12 Months, Montgomery Bar Association: Debtor, Creditor, Bankruptcy Section, Norristown, PA, 2012
• Adjunct Professor, Consumer Law and Litigation, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 2009 - Present
• Workshop on Debt Collection – The Role of Creditors, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2007
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center: FDCPA Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2012
• Adjunct Professor, Consumer Law and Litigation, Delaware Law School of Widener University, 1999 - Present 
• Identity Theft Civil Remedies for Identity Theft, Delaware Law School, Widener University, Wilmington, DE, 2007
• Consumer Credit Law Update, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2011
• Adjunct Professor, Commercial Law, Philadelphia University School of Business, 1991 - 1998
• Impermissible Access to Consumer Credit Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FCRA Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2006
• Consumer Law Developments for Pro Bono Counsel, Berks County Bar Association, Reading, PA, 2011
• Recovering Statutory Attorneys Fees, National Consumer Law Center, Anaheim, CA, 2016
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Developments: Ask the Experts, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FDCPA Conference, Austin, TX, 2006
• Training Legal Aid to Spot Consumer Law Violations, Neighborhood Legal Services, Pittsburgh, PA; Northwest Legal Services, Erie, PA, 2011
• Consumer Law Training, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2016
• FDCPA after Brown v. Card Service Center:  What is Deceptive?, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Webinar
• Advocating for Justice on Consumer Matters, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
• Anatomy of a Debt Buyer Case, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 2011
• Appellate Advocacy in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Hon. Cheryl Krause and Hon. Marcia Waldron, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2016
• Debt Collection 2.0: Protecting Consumers as Technologies Change, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2011
• Doing Well While Doing Good:  A Practice Makeover, National Consumer Law Center, FDCPA Conference, Miami, FL, 2016
• What your Collectors and Law Firms Do Can Hurt You, ALI-ABA, Webinar, 2011
• Consumer Law Training, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2015
• Holding Abusive Debt Collectors Accountable, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2011
• How to Build a Successful Consumer Law Practice, National Consumer Law Center, San Antonio, TX, 2015
• Telephone Technologies: Dialing, Talking & Texting in an Age of Enhanced Mobility, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2011
• Fair Debt Developments in Federal Courts of Appeal, National Consumer Law Center, FDCPA Conference, Washington, DC, 2015
• Consumer Credit Law Developments – Federal & Pennsylvania, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2010
• Police Liability and Breach of Peace in Vehicle Repossessions, National Consumer Law Center, San Antonio, TX, 2015
• FDCPA & FCRA: Understanding Consumer Laws, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, 2010
• Consumer Law Claims in Bankruptcy, Eastern District Bankruptcy Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
• Consumer Law Strategies for the Legal Aid Advisor, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, PA, Mid-Penn Legal Services, Harrisburg, PA, Neighborhood Legal Services, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010
• View from the Trenches, Symposium for Professors of Consumer Law, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Santa Fe, NM, 2014
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center, Jacksonville, FL, 2010
• Consumer Law for the Bankruptcy Practitioner, Berks County Bankruptcy Committee, Reading, PA, 2014
• An Afternoon with our Federal Bench, Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, Norristown, PA, 2010
• Consumer Protection Litigation for the Bankruptcy Petitioner, PBI 19th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
• Ethical Issues in Consumer Class Action Practice, National Consumer Law Center: FDCPA Conference, San Diego, CA, 2009
• Consumer Law for the Pro Bono Practitioner, Berks County Bar Association, Reading, PA, 2014
• Ethical Issues in Class Counsel Fees, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
• Statutory Attorney Fees, Berks County Bar Association, Reading, PA, 2014
• Consumer Law for the Legal Aid Lawyer, Southern Maine Community College, Portland, ME, 2014
• Consumer Law Statutory Attorney Fees, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT, 2009
• Statutory Attorney Fees, Southern Maine Community College, Portland, ME, 2014
• Impermissible Access to Consumer Credit Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Chicago, IL, 2009
• Credit Reporting, Debt Collection & Repossession - Identifying Claims, Lycoming Law Association, Williamsport, PA, 2014
• Consumer Debt Litigation, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Simulcast, 2009
• Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection Update, Bucks County Bar Association, Doylestown, PA, 2014
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
• Communication with your Class Representative, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Washington, DC, 2013
• Workshop on Debt Collection: Protecting Consumers, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2009
• Credit Reporting Fair Credit Reporting Act Basics, Burlington County Bar Association, Mt. Holly, NJ, 2013
• Federal Court Update, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2009

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Douglass v. ER Solutions, 2014 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
• Lesher v. Law Office of Mitchell N. Kay, 2011 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
• Gager v. Dell Financial Services, 2013 (Telephone Consumer Protection Act)

Videos:

• Meet Cary Flitter https://youtu.be/jY5GFAe1r9I

Educational Background:

• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Trial Skills and Methods – University of Pennsylvania, 1986
• Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, WY, 2009
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Federal and State Court Motion Practice – University of Denver, 1990
• Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA, BS Finance, Honors: Recipient, 1997 Hughes Award for the Advancement of Scholarship, President, Alumni Board 1990-1992, Member, College Board of Trustees, 1990-1992, 1976