Leonard A. Bennett. Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1965. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia: B.S. 1989, Business Administration (Finance); George Mason University School of Law and Economics, Arlington, Virginia: J.D. 1994. International Committee on Discussion and Debate (ICDD), United States delegation to Russia, 1994. Admitted to Virginia State Bar 1994. Admitted to North Carolina State Bar 1995. Overman, Cowardin & Martin, P.C. 1994-1998, Newport News, Virginia. Leonard A. Bennett, P.C. 1998-present, Newport News, Virginia. Admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1994. Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002. Admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2003. Admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2003. Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, 2005. Admitted to multiple other courts pro hac vice.
Member National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), Virginia State Bar Association, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Newport News Bar Association.
Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Landlord-Tenant Law 2000, Norfolk, Virginia; Speaker, Virginia CLE Legal Aid Hotline 2002, Hampton, Virginia; Speaker and Panelist, NACA Fair Credit Reporting Act National Conference 2003, Orlando, Florida; Speaker, Autofraud CLE, Norfolk Naval Base, Navy Legal Services, January 2004; Speaker, Consumer Law, Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island, March 2004; Speaker, Virginia CLE, Consumer Protection Law, April 2004; Member Steering Committee, Speaker and Panelist, NACA Fair Credit Reporting Act National Conference 2004; Identity Theft CLE, Oklahoma State Bar, May 2004; Speaker, Consumer Law Section, Michigan State Bar, October 2004; Identity Theft CLE, Virginia State Bar, November 2004; Speaker and Panelist, "Changing Faces of Consumer Law" CLE Seminar, American Bar Association, December 2004; Speaker, Consumer Law, Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island, March 2005.
Presented NACA's Congressional Testimony before House Committee on Financial Services, "Fair Credit Reporting Act: How it Functions for Consumers and the Economy", June 4, 2003, Proposed Amendments to the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act,
http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/060403lb.pdf.
Practice is limited to the representation of consumers. Litigated cases throughout the country and am currently involved in cases throughout Virginia and in California, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Arizona. Litigated multiple class actions in South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and California.
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