The Law Office of Robert W. Murphy has represented seniors to recover money lost in a wide variety of scams and cons, many of which were set-up to purposeful target elderly persons. The law-breaking businesses included car dealers who tricked veterans and widows into buying expensive and unnecessary life and disability insurance which would never provide any benefit to the retired seniors when… Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2016
CAR BUYERS RECEIVE HELP FROM FTC
During the last two decades, Attorney Murphy has been litigating against unscrupulous car Florida dealers from the Panhandle to the Keys. The variety of fraudulent conduct has ranged from the commonplace “five-finger fan” practice of hiding the terms of a contract with the spread of a palm to the less common but more extreme misconduct of selling cars hashed… Read More »
Federal Action Against Student Loan Servicing Abuse
In recent months, the public has becoming increasing aware that student loan collectors and servicers have been engaging in unfair practices with the respect to the collection of defaulted student loans. Under the United States Department of Education contracts with third-party debt collectors, the collectors are given the responsibility for both collecting defaulted student loans… Read More »
Attorney Murphy was the faculty chair for “Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics 2016”
Attorney Murphy was the faculty chair for the Practising Law Institute’s “Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics 2016” Program in San Francisco, California on July 22, 2016. Mr. Murphy has chaired the Program since 2009. This years’s agenda covered all aspects of consumer law from automobile fraud to mortgage servicing to debt collection… Read More »
Attorney Robert Murphy presents at the annual Student Legal Services Section Conference
On July 19, 2016, Attorney Murphy presented on the topic of “Assisting Financially Distressed Students” at the annual Student Legal Services Section Conference, National Legal Aid and Public Defenders Association (“NLADA”) in Iverness, Florida. The Section is composed of legal professionals who work in college student legal services offices throughout the country NLADA is America’s… Read More »