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11 Stanwix Street, Suite 1800, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Bruce E. Mattock is a Shareholder and member of the firm Executive Management Committee at Goldberg Persky & White, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Mattock is a 1981 graduate of King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (cum laude) and a 1984 graduate of Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. He is licensed to practice law in the state courts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Civil Litigation

3838 N Causeway Blvd suite 2800, Metairie, LA 70002, USA

Bryan C. Shartle is one of the two managing partners of the Firm and assists in the management of the Firm’s 10 offices. Bryan specializes in representing collection agencies, debt buyers, student loan servicers, banks, credit issuers, financial institutions, and telemarketers. He has extensive experience in consumer litigation, including claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the myriad of state consumer laws. He has been the lead attorney in several landmark decisions involving the collection industry. Due to his expertise and trial experience, Bryan has been retained by clients to handle consumer cases and arbitrations throughout the United States. He is also approved counsel for several large insurance companies. Following his 2001 graduation from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he was one of only a few whose work was published in the Louisiana Law Review, Bryan served as a law clerk for The Honorable Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll of the Louisiana Supreme Court. After finishing his clerkship, Bryan joined the Firm and helped grow the consumer defense practice group into the largest practice in the country dedicated solely to protecting collection agencies, debt buyers, student loan servicers, banks, credit issuers, financial institutions, and telemarketers. Bryan has special expertise in complex litigation and consumer class actions and has defended hundreds of class actions involving many hundreds of millions of dollars in exposure. He has assisted clients in settling consumer claims on a class-wide basis and is very familiar with the requirements of class certification. He has handled multidistrict litigation and was designated as coordinating counsel for over 150 consumer-related lawsuits filed in California state court. Bryan also assists clients with compliance, regulatory, bankruptcy, and licensing issues. He has represented clients in CFPB readiness assessments and enforcement actions and is familiar with many of the employment issues affecting the collection industry. In addition to leading the Consumer Defense Section and Bankruptcy Law Section, Bryan also leads the Appellate Practice Section. Bryan has significant appellate experience and has represented clients in appeals before 8 of the 13 federal circuit courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Bryan is a regular presenter for ACA International and RMA International, both international trade organizations for credit and collection professionals. Bryan has spoken at numerous conferences throughout the country and often publishes and edits articles through the Firm’s website and alerts. Bryan has served as the Louisiana MAP State Chair Representative for ACA International and on several occasions has been retained by various trade organizations to assist in litigation involving important industry issues. In his spare time, Bryan likes to stay active and enjoys travelling and the outdoors. He has completed several ultra-marathons and difficult hikes and climbs over the years. Recently, Bryan trekked into Everest Base Camp and climbed Mt. Rainier.

Civil Litigation

6480 E. Main St., Suite A, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

Civil Litigation

15279 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 400, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

Buzzi L. Shindler is the Litigation Chair of the Scottsdale office. He has extensive experience and tried-and-true expertise handling a broad range of commercial, transactional and litigation matters, with an emphasis on real estate and business transactions, business formation, governance and operations, estate planning, outside general counsel, and commercial, real estate and construction litigation. With respect to the transactional side of his practice, Mr. Shindler represents a wide variety of clients, including individuals, small and large businesses, banks and financial institutions in diverse business and commercial matters and has vast experience in limited liability company and corporate governance, commercial property acquisitions, retail leasing, asset sales and purchases, loan transactions, financial dispute resolution, and contract drafting and negotiation. Mr. Shindler also handles an array of conservatorship and estate planning matters, including drafting of revocable living trust agreements, wills, durable financial and healthcare powers of attorney, and living wills. With regard to the litigation side of his practice, Mr. Shindler handles primarily commercial, real estate and construction disputes, including breach of contract actions, business torts, creditors’ rights and post-judgment enforcement, landlord/tenant matters, mechanics’ lien, and construction defect claims. Mr. Shindler was recognized and selected by his peers for membership in Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, as well as the Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and Litigation Real Estate, for 2023.

Civil Litigation

12912 Hill Country Blvd, Bee Cave, TX 78738, USA

As a representative in the insurance industry for ten years prior to the practice of law, Mr. Dorsett has extensive knowledge of the needs and expectations in the arena of insurers, risk managers and real estate litigants. His practice history includes national representation of companies in the manufacturing, printing and hospitality industries, regional representation of companies in the insurance, hospitality, chemical and food industries, and local representation of companies in the food, construction and real estate industries, as well as other commercial entities and individuals. Mr. Dorsett combines his insurance, food liability, hospitality, real estate, and toxic tort background with litigation management practices that equate to a trustworthy practice in handling loss volume that save costs for his clients. As a previous litigation representative and claims manager, Mr. Dorsett has understanding of the insurer and risk managers’ need to keep costs to a minimum while providing a competent and efficient defense. As an attorney responsible for managing risk on a national, regional and state level, Mr. Dorsett utilizes resources from the Dorsett Johnson & Swift, LLP national network that facilitates saving clients’ legal expenses while providing a centralized defense. The centralized defense method allows for cost savings in medical reviews, discovery, deposition scheduling and docketing. Furthermore, Dorsett Johnson & Swift’s program of having “a single point of contact” affords the client with accountability that is un-equalled. As a first chair attorney and a trial team member, Mr. Dorsett has experience in taking cases to trial before jury, arguing pre-trial motions, motions for directed verdict, jury charges, motions in limine, motions for summary judgment and arguing disputed discovery issues.