June D. Coleman

Messer Strickler, Ltd.
Sacramento, CA

June D. Coleman, Managing Attorney for the California Office of Messer Strickler, Ltd., is a defense litigator with about 25 years of experience. Her areas of emphasis include defense of consumer rights actions involving the FDCPA, TCPA, and FCRA. She has a deep understanding of permissible debt collection conduct and how best to defend claims and minimize liability in the collection industry. She is also familiar with governmental investigations and prosecutions, including those conducted by AGs and the CFPB, as well as defending collection attorneys before the California State Bar.

Since 2008, Ms. Coleman has been voted by her peers as one of the top lawyers practicing in Northern California and Sacramento, earning her a spot on the Northern California Super Lawyers list; the “Best of the Bar” list by the Sacramento Business Journal, and the “Top of the Bar” list by the Sacramento Magazine. Ms. Coleman has also been recognized by Accounts Recovery as one of the leading attorneys in the collections field for her defense work. Ms. Coleman is a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent rated attorney.

Peter Dubowsky, Esq. 

Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd.
Las Vegas, NV

Peter Dubowsky, Esq. is an attorney, comedy performer, and history lecturer. He has been a collection litigator in Nevada since his admission to the Nevada Bar in 1993. He frequently speaks and writes throughout the United States on topics including commercial collections, ethics, judgment and foreign judgment enforcement, solo practice, forum selection clauses, and “Pay When Paid” provisions of a construction subcontract, among others.

He is a founding officer of the CREDITOR RIGHTS ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION OF NEVADA, INC. and a Law League member since 1995.

Peter has been serving as a Las Vegas Justice Court Small Claims Judge Pro Tempore since 1998. In 2011, the Nevada Supreme Court appointed Mr. Dubowsky as a mentor to newly admitted attorneys in the “Transition Into Practice” Program.

Peter has also been adjunct law faculty at the College of Southern Nevada Paralegal Degree Program, and a Nevada Certified Collection Agency Manager.

He graduated from Florida International University in Miami, Florida, and attended Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California.

Martin Greenbaum

Greenbaum Law Group, LLP
Newport Beach, CA

Martin B. Greenbaum attended UCLA for both his undergraduate and law degrees. He acquired intensive trial experience while serving as Deputy District Attorney with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office for almost five years. Since then, he has been engaged in collection, enforcement of judgments, debt recovery, and construction cases. Mr. Greenbaum is the senior attorney with the law firm of Greenbaum Law Group, LLP and limits his practice to collection and loss recovery. Mr. Greenbaum is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating given by the most prestigious attorney rating directory in the United States. Mr. Greenbaum has served as an instructor and presenter for seventeen California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) programs on Enforcement of Judgments and Post-Trial Practice. He has served as an instructor for multiple Lorman and NBI seminars, Bar Association seminars, and specialty group presentations. He has served as a University of California Extension Instructor for legal assistance courses concerning Obtaining and Enforcing Money Judgments and Mechanics Liens, at Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego and Santa Barbara campuses. He has been a chairperson of the Orange County Bar Association Creditors’ Rights Section. Mr. Greenbaum has lectured widely to trade and business groups on the topics of credit, collection, and construction collection. He provides expert witness services on collection and collectability issues. He is admitted to practice law in California, Colorado and New York.

Michael Jaeger 

Mayer Brown LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Jaeger represents clients in class actions and complex litigation in state and federal courts across the country with a particular focus on privacy and consumer protection defense. Michael’s experience includes claims brought under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Florida’s Security of Communications Act (FSCA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, among others. Michael also has significant experience in a broad range of business disputes and related litigation, including in the areas of COVID-19 liability, sports and entertainment, false advertising, product liability, labor and employment, RICO, construction defect, ERISA, and franchising.

Michael also counsels clients on compliance and litigation avoidance in the areas of privacy and data protection, online terms and conditions, arbitration provisions, class action waivers, and automatic renewal/continuing subscription programs, is the author of Practical Law’s guidance on state automatic renewal laws, and is a part of the Uniform Law Commission’s Recurring Service Charges Drafting Committee. He has also written and presented on risk management and liability issues related to autonomous vehicles.

Deborah A. Wolfe

Wolfe Legal Solutions, PC
La Mesa, CA

Wolfe Legal Solutions, PC, established by Deborah A. Wolfe, a civil trial lawyer in California since 1981, is designed to help attorneys to practice at the highest levels in helping their clients.

Deborah is a Certified Legal Specialist (“CLS”) in two areas of practice: Legal Malpractice Law (State Bar of California) and Civil Trial Law (National Board of Trial Advocates).

Deborah is an experienced trial attorney who has served on the State Bar of California Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission, and has been a member of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Legal Ethics Committee since 2006. She is a past president of CASD, and a two-time recipient of the Trial Lawyer of the Year award, as well as numerous Outstanding Trial Lawyer awards. In 2017, Deborah received the Daniel T. Broderick, III award for civility, integrity and professionalism. She frequently testifies as an expert witness in ethics and standard of care in legal malpractice/breach of fiduciary duty cases, in addition to assisting lawyers with ethics consulting, trial strategy and support.

Christy Young Barger

Cornerstone Support, Inc.
Roswell, GA

Christy Young Barger, Director of Risk Management-Licensing-Cornerstone Support, LLC, professional career began with a passion and talent in the legal profession. Prior to working at Cornerstone, she was a Paralegal who specialized in estate, civil, corporate and real estate law. Through that position she attended and participated in many court proceedings, including civil jury trials against high profile corporate agencies.

In 2005 she started at Cornerstone Support, Inc. as a Renewal Specialist. This position allowed her to work with both clients and regulators directly with each state, to ensure the clients’ business licensing was done correctly and on time. After several promotions within Cornerstone, Christy has become a veteran employee who is today the Director of Risk Management-Licensing.

During the last 17+ years with Cornerstone, Christy has formed and maintained valuable client relationships. In her current role she speaks with the collection industry’s leaders to navigate clients through the following:

• new licensing based on agency activity
• statutory compliance notifications regarding corporate changes
• overall client expansion and development

Her passion to see her clients succeed calls for her to continuously study the latest state licensing requirements and regulations to ensure proper licensing.

June D. Coleman

Messer Strickler, Ltd.
Sacramento, CA

June D. Coleman, Managing Attorney for the California Office of Messer Strickler, Ltd., is a defense litigator with about 25 years of experience. Her areas of emphasis include defense of consumer rights actions involving the FDCPA, TCPA, and FCRA. She has a deep understanding of permissible debt collection conduct and how best to defend claims and minimize liability in the collection industry. She is also familiar with governmental investigations and prosecutions, including those conducted by AGs and the CFPB, as well as defending collection attorneys before the California State Bar.

Since 2008, Ms. Coleman has been voted by her peers as one of the top lawyers practicing in Northern California and Sacramento, earning her a spot on the Northern California Super Lawyers list; the “Best of the Bar” list by the Sacramento Business Journal, and the “Top of the Bar” list by the Sacramento Magazine. Ms. Coleman has also been recognized by Accounts Recovery as one of the leading attorneys in the collections field for her defense work. Ms. Coleman is a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent rated attorney.

Peter Dubowsky, Esq. 

Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd.
Las Vegas, NV

Peter Dubowsky, Esq. is an attorney, comedy performer, and history lecturer. He has been a collection litigator in Nevada since his admission to the Nevada Bar in 1993. He frequently speaks and writes throughout the United States on topics including commercial collections, ethics, judgment and foreign judgment enforcement, solo practice, forum selection clauses, and “Pay When Paid” provisions of a construction subcontract, among others.

He is a founding officer of the CREDITOR RIGHTS ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION OF NEVADA, INC. and a Law League member since 1995.

Peter has been serving as a Las Vegas Justice Court Small Claims Judge Pro Tempore since 1998. In 2011, the Nevada Supreme Court appointed Mr. Dubowsky as a mentor to newly admitted attorneys in the “Transition Into Practice” Program.

Peter has also been adjunct law faculty at the College of Southern Nevada Paralegal Degree Program, and a Nevada Certified Collection Agency Manager.

He graduated from Florida International University in Miami, Florida, and attended Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California.

Martin Greenbaum

Greenbaum Law Group, LLP
Newport Beach, CA

Martin B. Greenbaum attended UCLA for both his undergraduate and law degrees. He acquired intensive trial experience while serving as Deputy District Attorney with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office for almost five years. Since then, he has been engaged in collection, enforcement of judgments, debt recovery, and construction cases. Mr. Greenbaum is the senior attorney with the law firm of Greenbaum Law Group, LLP and limits his practice to collection and loss recovery. Mr. Greenbaum is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating given by the most prestigious attorney rating directory in the United States. Mr. Greenbaum has served as an instructor and presenter for seventeen California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) programs on Enforcement of Judgments and Post-Trial Practice. He has served as an instructor for multiple Lorman and NBI seminars, Bar Association seminars, and specialty group presentations. He has served as a University of California Extension Instructor for legal assistance courses concerning Obtaining and Enforcing Money Judgments and Mechanics Liens, at Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego and Santa Barbara campuses. He has been a chairperson of the Orange County Bar Association Creditors’ Rights Section. Mr. Greenbaum has lectured widely to trade and business groups on the topics of credit, collection, and construction collection. He provides expert witness services on collection and collectability issues. He is admitted to practice law in California, Colorado and New York.

Michael Jaeger

Mayer Brown LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Jaeger represents clients in class actions and complex litigation in state and federal courts across the country with a particular focus on privacy and consumer protection defense. Michael’s experience includes claims brought under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Florida’s Security of Communications Act (FSCA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, among others. Michael also has significant experience in a broad range of business disputes and related litigation, including in the areas of COVID-19 liability, sports and entertainment, false advertising, product liability, labor and employment, RICO, construction defect, ERISA, and franchising.

Michael also counsels clients on compliance and litigation avoidance in the areas of privacy and data protection, online terms and conditions, arbitration provisions, class action waivers, and automatic renewal/continuing subscription programs, is the author of Practical Law’s guidance on state automatic renewal laws, and is a part of the Uniform Law Commission’s Recurring Service Charges Drafting Committee. He has also written and presented on risk management and liability issues related to autonomous vehicles.

Deborah A. Wolfe

Wolfe Legal Solutions, PC
La Mesa, CA

Wolfe Legal Solutions, PC, established by Deborah A. Wolfe, a civil trial lawyer in California since 1981, is designed to help attorneys to practice at the highest levels in helping their clients.

Deborah is a Certified Legal Specialist (“CLS”) in two areas of practice: Legal Malpractice Law (State Bar of California) and Civil Trial Law (National Board of Trial Advocates).

Deborah is an experienced trial attorney who has served on the State Bar of California Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission, and has been a member of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Legal Ethics Committee since 2006. She is a past president of CASD, and a two-time recipient of the Trial Lawyer of the Year award, as well as numerous Outstanding Trial Lawyer awards. In 2017, Deborah received the Daniel T. Broderick, III award for civility, integrity and professionalism. She frequently testifies as an expert witness in ethics and standard of care in legal malpractice/breach of fiduciary duty cases, in addition to assisting lawyers with ethics consulting, trial strategy and support.

Christy Young Barger

Cornerstone Support, Inc.
Roswell, GA

Christy Young Barger, Director of Risk Management-Licensing-Cornerstone Support, LLC, professional career began with a passion and talent in the legal profession. Prior to working at Cornerstone, she was a Paralegal who specialized in estate, civil, corporate and real estate law. Through that position she attended and participated in many court proceedings, including civil jury trials against high profile corporate agencies.

In 2005 she started at Cornerstone Support, Inc. as a Renewal Specialist. This position allowed her to work with both clients and regulators directly with each state, to ensure the clients’ business licensing was done correctly and on time. After several promotions within Cornerstone, Christy has become a veteran employee who is today the Director of Risk Management-Licensing.

During the last 17+ years with Cornerstone, Christy has formed and maintained valuable client relationships. In her current role she speaks with the collection industry’s leaders to navigate clients through the following:

• new licensing based on agency activity
• statutory compliance notifications regarding corporate changes
• overall client expansion and development

Her passion to see her clients succeed calls for her to continuously study the latest state licensing requirements and regulations to ensure proper licensing.