This podcast features attorney Ron Burdge.  I always think of Ron as a “lawyer’s lawyer.”  He is one of the preeminent experts in our country on consumer lemon law and auto fraud.  Ron’s law firm, Burdge Law Office Co., LPA, is based in Dayton, Ohio but Ron handles these cases nationwide.  He also has a unique sub-specialty in the area of RV lemon law.   Ron is a great teacher and devotes a good portion of his professional life teaching and mentoring other consumer lawyers nationwide.  There is not a consumer law auto fraud conference put on by NCLC or NACA that doesn’t have Ron as a featured presenter.  He has a way of teaching that is both interesting and understandable and allows a student to figure out how to create a path forward with this type of law.  Highly respected by his peers, Ron was named as the 2004 Consumer Trial Lawyer of the Year by NACA.  On top of his work and mentorship, Ron has also devoted a substantial amount of his time to helping consumer lawyers in another important way, namely getting paid what they are worth!  Ron is the author and publisher of the  United States Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Report  and the  United States Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Report.  He has done this important work for the past twenty three years or so.  Ron has graciously agreed to allow listeners of the Next Lawyer Up podcast to download a free copy of the 279 page United States Consumer Bankruptcy Law Attorney Fee Survey Report and the 598 page United States Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Report from the download link at this website www.AttorneyFeeStudy.com   Consumers in our country, along with their consumer lawyers, are fortunate to have Ron Burdge as an invaluable resource and advocate.  As you’ll hear, all of this almost didn’t happen if Ron had followed through with his radio disc jockey dreams from early on in his life!     

Brett Weiss practices bankruptcy law in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and various bankruptcy courts throughout the country.  He serves as the managing member of the Weiss Law Group.  Brett is a nationally known bankruptcy lawyer and he handles individual and small business cases under Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13.  Brett is the co-author with his friend and colleague, Dan Press, of a bankruptcy treatise titled “Chapter 11 for Individual Debtors” published by Lexis-Nexis. While not practicing law, Brett enjoys singing and all things Disney.  I have known of Brett by his reputation but I have never had a chance to talk to him prior to this podcast.  I enjoyed getting to know him and I think you will as well on this episode of the Next Lawyer Up podcast.