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 Peter
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 Appears on NBC Nightly News
August 24, 2006
- Consumer rights lawyer Pete Barry appeared in and worked
extensively on an abusive debt collection story for the NBC
Nightly News with Brian Williams. Barry provided tape recorded
collection abuse calls as well as appearing in the main body of
the story describing collection abuse. Watch the story to see a
collection industry representative as she unabashedly describes
all of the "thank you notes" debt collectors receive every
day for helping consumers. Has that been your experience?
(Watch the whole story here)
Slade Goes to Battle for Our
Soldiers
Our attorney Nick Slade recently appeared on the 6 o'clock evening
news to comment on his soldier/client's legal battle with Ford
Motor Credit and a local collection firm. It is alleged that Ford
through their attorneys illegally served a lawsuit against this
National Guardsman on active duty fighting for our country in
Iraq, and then later improperly obtained a default judgment
against him. Ford has since returned all of the combat pay it
improperly took from the soldier.
(Watch the whole story here)
Barry Appears in NY Times
Collection Article
July 5th, 2006
- The New York Times reports on the outcry of the rising number of
consumer complaints against abusive debt collectors and
cites Attorney Pete
Barry in their article.
Read the full article here.
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Pete Barry will speak to the National Association of Consumer
Advocates and the NCLC FDCPA Conference on March 28, 2008.
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Pete Barry will speak to the Volunteer Attorneys Program in
Duluth, Minnesota on October 19, 2007, on the topic of abusive
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Barry Featured on ABC's 20/20 & Nightline |
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Pete Barry was featured on ABC’s 20/20 and Nightline for a story about abusive debt collection practices. Click
here to see the segment in QuickTime format from January 19,
2007.
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Pete Barry will speak at the Minnesota State Bar Association's "Military
Legal Assistance Seminar"
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Pete Barry will speak July 13, 2007 at the University of Gonzaga Law
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