Cary L. Flitter
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Consumer Law Attorney in Narberth, PA
Narberth, PA 19072
- Consumer Law (70%),
- Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff (30%)
As a steadfast advocate for consumers, Cary L. Flitter has widespread success in cases involving issues such as debt collection. He regularly takes on banks, insurance companies, car dealers, finance companies and credit reporting agencies on behalf of people across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and around the country. Mr. Flitter is a founding partner of Flitter Milz, P.C., bringing more than 30 years of experience to the practice.
In 1976, Mr. Flitter earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, currently known as Jefferson University. He then attended the Delaware Law School of Widener University, receiving a law degree in 1981. Continuing his education, he is a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and the Trial Lawyers College.
Mr. Flitter is highly regarded throughout the legal community. He holds an Avvo “Superb” rating; the Montgomery Bar Association has granted him its President’s Award and its Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award; the National Association of Consumer Advocates honored him as Consumer Advocate of the Year; he has earned the highest peer rating possible, AV Preeminent,* from Martindale-Hubbell; and the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network presented him with its Excellence Award.
The awards pale in comparison, however, to the satisfaction Mr. Flitter gets from helping clients overcome difficult situations. In negotiations, trial and appeals, he consistently recovers compensation for those who have been wronged. Some of his cases have resulted in groundbreaking laws that improve consumer protections.
Outside his practice, Mr. Flitter is an adjunct professor at Delaware Law School of Widener University and Temple University Beasley School of Law. He is also a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Montgomery Bar Association.
* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Consumer Law (70%): Consumer Protection, Fraud, Identity Theft
Class Action/Mass Torts (30%): Class Actions
Consumer Protection, Fraud, Identity Theft, Class Actions
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About Cary Flitter
Admitted: 1981, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: https://www.consumerslaw.com/about-us/meet-our-attorneys/car...
Honors/Awards:
- President's Award, Montgomery Bar Association, 2017
- Consumer Advocate of the Year, National Association of Consumer Advocates, 2014
- Excellence Award, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, 2013
- Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award, Montgomery Bar Association, 2013
- Alumnus of the Year, Delaware Law School of Widener University, 2011
- Jeffrey A. Ernico Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2006
- Outstanding Service Award, Delaware Law School of Widener University, 1998
- Martindale, Preeminent 5 out of 5 rated
- Lawyers.com, score of 4.4 out of 5.0.
- AVVO
- Pro Bono Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2011
- SuperLawyers, 2005 - Present
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Board of Directors of Pennsylvania's Montgomery Bar Association
- National Association of Consumer Advocates, Member
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1981
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1981
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1995
- New York, Appellate Division, Third Department, 2017
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1983
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1990
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2001
- Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1981
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1981
- United States Supreme Court, 1999
- New York Bar
- New Jersey Bar
- Pennsylvania Bar
- Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, co-chair
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Bisel Publishing Co., 2003 Supp. 2016. , Contributing Author, Pennsylvania Consumer Law, 2016
- FDCPA after Brown v. Card Service Center: What is Deceptive?, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Webinar
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Developments: Ask the Experts, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FDCPA Conference, Austin, TX, 2006
- Impermissible Access to Consumer Credit Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FCRA Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2006
- Identity Theft Civil Remedies for Identity Theft, Delaware Law School, Widener University, Wilmington, DE, 2007
- Workshop on Debt Collection – The Role of Creditors, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2007
- FDCPA Developments: Ask the Experts, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FDCPA Conference, Tucson, AZ, 2007
- Consumer Credit Litigation Developments, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Allentown, PA, 2007
- Permissible Uses of Consumer Credit Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates, FCRA Conference, Denver, CO, 2007
- Statutory Attorney Fees, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2007
- Effective Appellate Advocacy in the 3d Circuit Court of Appeals, Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, Norristown, PA, 2008
- FDCPA Developments: Point – Counterpoint, Debt Buyers Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2008
- Comparative U.S. Consumer Protection Laws, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008
- Teaching Consumer Law, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, TX, 2008
- Doing Well While Doing Good: What Makes a Successful & Fulfilling Law Practice, National Consumer Law Center, Portland, OR, 2008
- Federal Court Update, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2009
- Workshop on Debt Collection: Protecting Consumers, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2009
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
- Consumer Debt Litigation, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Simulcast, 2009
- Impermissible Access to Consumer Credit Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Chicago, IL, 2009
- Consumer Law Statutory Attorney Fees, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT, 2009
- Ethical Issues in Class Counsel Fees, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
- Ethical Issues in Consumer Class Action Practice, National Consumer Law Center: FDCPA Conference, San Diego, CA, 2009
- An Afternoon with our Federal Bench, Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, Norristown, PA, 2010
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center, Jacksonville, FL, 2010
- 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
- FDCPA & FCRA: Understanding Consumer Laws, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, 2010
- Consumer Credit Law Developments – Federal & Pennsylvania, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2010
- Telephone Technologies: Dialing, Talking & Texting in an Age of Enhanced Mobility, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2011
- Holding Abusive Debt Collectors Accountable, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2011
- What your Collectors and Law Firms Do Can Hurt You, ALI-ABA, Webinar, 2011
- Debt Collection 2.0: Protecting Consumers as Technologies Change, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 2011
- Anatomy of a Debt Buyer Case, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 2011
- Advocating for Justice on Consumer Matters, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
- Training Legal Aid to Spot Consumer Law Violations, Neighborhood Legal Services, Pittsburgh, PA; Northwest Legal Services, Erie, PA, 2011
- Consumer Law Developments for Pro Bono Counsel, Berks County Bar Association, Reading, PA, 2011
- Consumer Credit Law Update, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2011
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center: FDCPA Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2012
- Consumer Law Update: An Active 12 Months, Montgomery Bar Association: Debtor, Creditor, Bankruptcy Section, Norristown, PA, 2012
- FDCPA: The Impact on Collection Attorneys, ABA, Business Law Section: Consumer Financial Services Committee, Las Vegas, NV, 2012
- Consumer Law Practice Pointers, National Consumer Law Center Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 2012
- Successful Mediation of Federal Court Cases, Montgomery Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, Norristown, PA, 2012
- Litigating the TCPA in 2014: Consumer & Defense Perspectives, ABA: Consumer Financial Services Committee, Park City, UT, 2013
- Collection of Judgments and Consumer Law Pitfalls, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2013
- Anatomy of a Debt Buyer Case, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 2013
- Consumer Debt Collection Perspectives, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 2013
- Debt Collection Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Ask the Experts, National Consumer Law Center, FDCPA Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2013
- Credit Reporting Fair Credit Reporting Act Basics, Burlington County Bar Association, Mt. Holly, NJ, 2013
- Communication with your Class Representative, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Washington, DC, 2013
- Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection Update, Bucks County Bar Association, Doylestown, PA, 2014
- Credit Reporting, Debt Collection & Repossession - Identifying Claims, Lycoming Law Association, Williamsport, PA, 2014
- Statutory Attorney Fees, Southern Maine Community College, Portland, ME, 2014
- Consumer Law for the Legal Aid Lawyer, Southern Maine Community College, Portland, ME, 2014
- Statutory Attorney Fees, Berks County Bar Association, Reading, PA, 2014
- Consumer Law for the Pro Bono Practitioner, Berks County Bar Association, Reading, PA, 2014
- Consumer Protection Litigation for the Bankruptcy Petitioner, PBI 19th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
- Consumer Law for the Bankruptcy Practitioner, Berks County Bankruptcy Committee, Reading, PA, 2014
- View from the Trenches, Symposium for Professors of Consumer Law, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Santa Fe, NM, 2014
- Consumer Law Claims in Bankruptcy, Eastern District Bankruptcy Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
- Police Liability and Breach of Peace in Vehicle Repossessions, National Consumer Law Center, San Antonio, TX, 2015
- Fair Debt Developments in Federal Courts of Appeal, National Consumer Law Center, FDCPA Conference, Washington, DC, 2015
- How to Build a Successful Consumer Law Practice, National Consumer Law Center, San Antonio, TX, 2015
- Consumer Law Training, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2015
- Doing Well While Doing Good: A Practice Makeover, National Consumer Law Center, FDCPA Conference, Miami, FL, 2016
- Appellate Advocacy in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Hon. Cheryl Krause and Hon. Marcia Waldron, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2016
- Consumer Law Training, Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, PA, 2016
- Recovering Statutory Attorneys Fees, National Consumer Law Center, Anaheim, CA, 2016
- Adjunct Professor, Commercial Law, Philadelphia University School of Business, 1991 - 1998
- Adjunct Professor, Consumer Law and Litigation, Delaware Law School of Widener University, 1999 - Present
- Adjunct Professor, Consumer Law and Litigation, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 2009 - Present
- Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 2007
- Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008
- Academic Guest Lecturer, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, TX, 2008
- Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT, 2009
- Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA, 2010 - 2011
- Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD, 2011
- Academic Guest Lecturer in Consumer Law, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
- National Consumer Law Centers, Boston, MA, Contributor, Consumer Class Actions, 5th Ed.
Verdicts/Settlements:
- Lesher v. Law Office of Mitchell N. Kay, 2011 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
- Douglass v. ER Solutions, 2014 (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:
- Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, WY, 2009
- 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
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Federal and State Court Motion Practice – University of Denver, 1990
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Trial Skills and Methods – University of Pennsylvania, 1986
Industry Groups
- National Assoc Of Consumer Advocates
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Last Updated: 10/4/2018