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# F. Paul Bland

F. Paul Bland is Of Counsel with *Chavez and Gertler*, and also a Senior Attorney at *Public Justice*. He has argued and won more than 30 cases that led to reported decisions for consumers and employees, in five of the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the high courts of nine different states. He was the 2006 recipient of the National Consumer Law Center’s Vern Countryman Award, which “honors the accomplishments of an exceptional consumer attorney who, through the practice of consumer law, has contributed significantly to the well being of vulnerable consumers.”

### Articles written by this author:

## [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considering important rule on arbitration agreements](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-february/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-considering-important-rule-on-arbitration-agreements "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considering important rule on arbitration agreements")

Agency plans to propose a rule to prevent arbitration clauses in consumer-financial contracts from blocking class-action litigation

[F. Paul Bland](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/f-paul-bland "F. Paul Bland")
[Gabriel Hopkins](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gabriel-hopkins "Gabriel Hopkins")

[2016 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-february)