David N Anthony

Career

With an extensive national litigation practice and more than 30 years serving as lead counsel in more than 125 class action lawsuits and more than 1,750 individual lawsuits, David N. Anthony focuses his practice on defending consumer financial institutions. His highly regulated clients include, but are not limited to, regional and local banks, lenders, consumer reporting agencies, credit furnishers, background screeners, data providers, debt collectors and buyers, and mortgage lenders and servicers. His litigation experience is significant when defending cases, often involving cutting-edge claims, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and numerous other federal and state consumer protection statutes. His extensive experience includes matters involving issues of first impression; bet-the-company litigation; the unique challenges of class actions lawsuits and mass litigation; Tribal law in the Native American online lending context; and the overlap between class action lawsuits and regulatory litigation by federal and state regulators. He is especially seasoned in handling cases in the Eastern District of Virginia (known as the Rocket Docket), which has its own unique rules, risks, and pitfalls for defendants.