Mark D. Lonergan

Mark Lonergan is an experienced commercial litigator and trial lawyer, emphasizing consumer class actions, financial institution litigation, and complex business disputes.

Mr. Lonergan has defended nationwide and state-wide class actions brought under a variety of state and federal consumer protection statutes, including the Truth-In-Lending Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (both California and federal), the Fair Credit Reporting Act, California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Unruh Act and “Unfair Competition Law,” federal and state leasing acts, and various state-specific consumer finance statutes. He has also defended well over 100 lawsuits alleging violation of California’s “Unfair Competition Law,” sections 17200 and 17500 of California’s Business & Professions Code, which prohibit unfair business practices and false advertising. Mr. Lonergan has defended claims brought under similar state statutes in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio and Tennessee.

Mr. Lonergan also has extensive experience in the areas of forced-placed insurance, dealer reserve litigation, lender liability, bankruptcy code violations, shareholders’ rights, automobile finance litigation, real estate finance litigation, and insurance coverage disputes.

Mr. Lonergan is a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

Recent Professional Activity

Speaker, “State Litigation Issues" at the Lenders One 2008 Summer Conference (Chicago, Illinois, August 2008).

Speaker, "12th Annual Consumer Financial Services Litigation Institute" (Chicago, Illinois, April 2007).

Speaker, "Patners in Excellence" conference, sponsored by Assurant (Kiawah Island, South Carolina, March 2007).