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Biography

Lance A. Raphael founded the Consumer Advocacy Center, P.C. after commencing his law practice in 1997 and becoming a supporting member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA). Devoting his practice entirely to consumer rights litigation, Mr. Raphael has brought cases in Illinois and across the United States.

Mr. Raphael has also sought to give back to the legal community. He became an Adjunct Law Professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, selected by the full-time faculty and the Dean of the law school to teach on a part-time, non-permanent basis. He has lectured on consumer law topics for the National Consumer Law Center, Lorman Education Services, the National Association of Consumer Advocates and the Chicago Bar Association, and has been invited to speak on panels about debt collection, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

He has appeared on WGN News and local radio shows to discuss consumer issues. See In The News.

Court Admissions

Mr. Raphael has been sworn in before:

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

He has also been admitted on cases before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Northern District of California and the Southern District of Florida, the Harris County State Court in Houston, Texas, and the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, J.D. of Stamford.

Education

• Juris Doctor, John Marshall School of Law, 1993
• B.S. in Psychology, University of Iowa

Biography from the firm’s Meet Our Lawyers profile.