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F. Barry stands with Honorable United States Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg at his swearing in ceremony before the Supreme
Court on May 27, 2003, in Washington, D.C.
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Barry Named Consumer Lawyer of The
Year By National Association of Consumer Advocates
October 28, 2005
- Pete Barry addresses the National Association of Consumer
Advocates during his award acceptance speech at the Hyatt-Regency
Hotel in Minneapolis.
Attorney Pete Barry
was named the 2005 Consumer Lawyer of the Year by the National
Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) at the organization's
national conference held in Minneapolis on October 28, 2005.
NACA's Executive Director Ira Rheingold cited Pete's extensive
involvement in training consumer attorneys nationwide, as well his
involvement in helping to develop an annual Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act conference in giving him Pete the prestigious award.
Michigan Attorney Ian Lyngklip introduced him to a rousing
reception by consumer lawyers from all over the United States.
Pete accepted the award with humility, and called on all consumer
lawyers to first do what it right for their clients, and by doing
so, to do what is right for themselves. More information about
NACA can be found at
www.naca.net.
Annual Washington D.C. Lobbying
Trip to
Protect Consumer Rights
March 13-15, 2005
- Consumer rights lawyer Pete Barry lobbied several Members of Congress on consumer rights issues
like fair debt collections, binding mandatory arbitration, predatory lending
and related consumer issues. Barry, along with two dozen
other consumer lawyers from across the country, descended on the
Capitol to push for national legislative reforms to protect
consumers. The organized lobbying was part of the
National Association of Consumer Advocates (www.naca.net)
annual lobbying effort. Barry also spoke at the National
Consumer Law Center's FDCPA Conference at the Crystal City Hilton
on a variety of fair debt collection topics.
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