John Soumilas

JOHN SOUMILAS is a partner of the firm. His primary office is located in Philadelphia. A seasoned litigator, John has represented thousands of consumers in individual cases and class actions, with career settlements and verdicts valued at more than $180M. He currently represents persons defamed and otherwise harmed by credit reporting, employment background and tenant screening errors, victims of identity theft, students and student loan borrowers, individuals harassed and deceived by collectors and other businesses, as well as consumers who are subjected to unwelcome invasions of their privacy, overcharging, and other deceptive trade practices.

John has been repeatedly recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as a “SuperLawyer,” a recognition received by only 5% of attorneys in Pennsylvania. He has been nationally recognized for his work in protecting consumer rights under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Throughout his career, John has obtained some of the highest consumer jury verdicts, including the highest known FCRA verdicts in Pennsylvania, California, and Michigan, and has been appointed by federal judges as class counsel in some of the largest FCRA class cases and settlements.

John lives in Philadelphia with his wife and has four adult children. John is a 1994 cum laude graduate of Rutgers University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a master’s degree in American history from Stony Brook University, obtained in 1996. John received his law degree cum laude from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1999, where he was a member of the Temple Law Review. He began his legal career by clerking for Justice Russell M. Nigro of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

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