Biography
Amanda Groves has successfully represented consumer product and technology companies, national retailers, and lending institutions in complex commercial litigation since 1996. She focuses her practice on consumer class actions, business to business contract and tort disputes, and other high-stakes litigation matters. She has a national practice with a particular emphasis on California and its unique legal landscape, including its consumer fraud statutes, arbitration procedures and enforcement issues, and commercial law.
Amanda’s financial services practice focuses on claims challenging banking practices and policies, particularly in the following areas:
- Credit and Mortgage Practices Challenges – Regularly defends credit card and mortgage companies in class actions challenging mortgage origination practices, add-on products, and collection policies and practices, including claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and California’s Rosenthal FDCPA.
- Privacy and Data Breach – Responding to government inquiries, conducting an internal investigation into a financial institution’s borrower data breach, and defense of privacy claims by consumers.
- Ponzi Scheme and Customer Fraud Cases – Regularly defends banks against damage claims by alleged victims of a bank customer’s fraud.
- Retail Fees and Banking Practices– Regularly defends consumer class actions alleging improper fee collection or improper/inadequate consumer policies at retail banking outlets.
In addition to successfully resolving class actions for financial institutions, Amanda also represents banks and other corporate clients in vendor litigation, business to business contract disputes, and successor liability suits.