16 May 2018
Lawsuit Lending
Legislative Office BuildingVan Buren Hearing Room A, 2nd Flr LOB 182 State Street, Van Buren Hearing Room A, Albany, NY, 12247
12:00 PM to 04:00 PM Archived Video
Senate Standing Committee on Consumer Protection
Chair: Senator Chris Jacobs
Co-Sponsor: Senator Robert Ortt
Public Hearing: Lawsuit Lending
Place: Van Buren Hearing Room A, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New York
Time: 12:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Contact: Francis Palasieski (518) 455-3240
Media Contact: Paul Pfeiffer (716) 854-8705
ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY
List of Speakers:
Tom Stebbins, Executive Director & Adam Morey, Manager of Public Affairs, Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York
Kelly Gilroy, Executive Director, American Legal Finance Association
Maya Steinitz, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law and Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Anthony J. Sebok, Professor of Law Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Visiting Professor, Cornell Law School
Honorable Anthony L. Coehlo, Retired Member of U.S. House of Representatives; Member, Board of Directors, Epilepsy Foundation
Lev Ginsburg, Director of Government Affairs, The Business Council of New York State, Inc.
James R. Copland, Senior Fellow Director, Legal Policy, The Manhattan Institute
Written Testimonies:
Ellen Melchionni, President, New York Insurance Association, Inc. (NYIA)
Andrew Smiley, President, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Thurbert Baker, Former Attorney General for the State of Georgia; Partner, Dentons US LLP
New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA)
