Leonard A. Bennett (Founding Partner) has been a trial attorney and consumer advocate since 1994. He leads the Virginia-based law firm, Consumer Litigation Associates, P.C. He has served on the Board of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) and Public Justice, and on the Partners Council of the National Consumer Law Center. Bennett has been peer selected to the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, as a NACA Consumer Lawyer of the Year, and as a Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” in his field. Bennett has tried and won number individual and class FCRA cases and has litigated and favorably resolved thousands across the nation. He has been a speaker at numerous programs, including NACA and NCLC conferences, PLI, ABA and state bar CLE seminars, as well as NAVY and ARMY JAG instruction and law school courses. Mr. Bennett has been invited to testify before Congress, the FTC and the CFPB. He has appeared on 60 Minutes and been quoted by the New York Times, the USA Today, Kiplinger’s and the Washington Post, amongst other media sources. Education George Mason University School of Law and Economics, J.D., 1994 George Mason University, B.A., 1989.