Mr. Bartholow represents consumers in individual and class action litigation against mortgage servicers, debt collectors, and other creditors, primarily in matters related to his clients’ consumer bankruptcy cases, as well as in connection with violations of applicable debt collection laws and other consumer-protection statutes.
Mr. Bartholow has obtained numerous favorable published opinions on behalf of his clients, his written work has been published in the American Bankruptcy Institute’s monthly Journal, among other publications, and he has represented the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys at a “Mortgage Mini-Conference” held by the Rules Committee of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in 2012. Mr. Bartholow also lectures widely on all aspects of consumer litigation and consumer bankruptcy at local, regional and national seminars, including his work over the last several years as a regular co-teacher, along with O. Max Gardner, III, at Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Boot Camps and other litigation skills training for consumer litigators.
In 2016, Mr. Bartholow received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA).