AMANDA J. ALLEN

Amanda J. Allen was born and raised in St. Petersburg, FL. She attended Saint Petersburg High school, obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University and earned her Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law. While in law school Amanda clerked for Judge Linda Carpenter in Philadelphia Criminal Court of Commons Pleas, as well as the US EPA Region 3 Headquarters focusing on environmental justice. Through Villanova’s Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic, Amanda represented local migrant workers in a wide variety of issues ranging from wage claim disputes to immigration, and sexual harassment to workers compensation.

Before opening The Consumer Protection Firm with Billy Howard, Ms. Allen worked for several years in Morgan & Morgan’s Consumer Protection department focusing on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). While holding banks, debt collectors, credit card companies and loan servicers accountable for harassing and abusive conduct, Amanda has received countless favorable rulings in federal and state courts.

She successfully brought a class action lawsuit against Walmart and Palmer, Reifler & Associates and achieved a $3.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of class members across the country who received automated calls to their cellular telephones without their consent. Ms. Allen continues to remain on the front lines of developing consumer protection case law.

Amanda proudly and relentlessly represents consumers in Florida, and across the country, against creditors and debt collectors who put corporate bottom lines, before consumer rights. She's also licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Previous Speaking Engagements:

Basics of TCPA: Viable Claims, Litigation and Proof Issues, Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, 2022.
Overview of State and Federal Restraints on Debt Collection, Annual Florida Bar Convention, 2022.
Using NEW and OLD Regulations under the TCPA to Litigate Collection Claims, Fair Debt Conference & TCPA Symposium, 2021.
Introduction into How to Stop Robocalls, Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, 2020.
Protecting Older Adults Against Abusive Telemarketing Scams, National Center for Law and Elder Rights Webinar, 2019.

McCaskill v. Navient and Student Assistance Corporation, 178 F. Supp. 3d 1281 (M.D. Fla. 2016). Order defendants to pay $363,500 on a summary Judgement for robo-calling 727 times without “express consent.”
Williams v. Educational Credit Management, 88 F.Sup.3d 1338 (M.D.Fla. 2015). Order finding the dispute notice provision and illegitimate collection provision of the FCCPA was not preempted by the HEA.
Buchholz v. Valarity, LLC, 2014 WL 5849434 (E.D.Mo). Case of first impression recognizing the availability of oral revocation under the TCPA.
Neptune v. Whetstone Partners, LLC, d/b/a eTitleLoan, 2014 WL 3734549 (S.D.Fla). Order recognizing sufficiency of pleading requirements in TCPA and FCCPA where Defendant called Plaintiff 45 times, using prerecorded messages to collect a debt not yet owed.
Freeman v. SmartPay Leasing, LLC, 771 F. App.x 926 (11th Cir. 2019). Affirmed the District Court’s Order finding the Defendant acted inconsistently with its contractual right to arbitrate, breached its own arbitration agreement and therefore waived its right to proceed in arbitration.
Quinn v. Branch Banking and Trust Company, No. 5:19-CV-433-OC-30PRL, 2019 WL 7567812, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Dec. 20, 2019), report and recommendation adopted,No. 5:19-CV-433-OC-30PRL, 2020 WL 136636 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 13, 2020). Order denying Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss finding that Plaintiff’s Complaint included sufficient allegations to support the claim that the 700 calls at issue were autodialed or prerecorded.
Cook, Bermudez, et al. v. Palmer Reifler & Associates and Walmart Stores, Inc.,No. 3:16-cv-00673-BJD-JRK, (M.D. Fla. June 20, 2020). $3.5 Million dollar settlement on behalf of nation-wide TCPA class.

Florida Bar
Pennsylvania Bar
New Jersey Bar
The United States District Court, District of New Jersey
The United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
The United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
The United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
The United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
The United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

AMANDA J. ALLEN

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