Christopher Green, Esq., Biography

Law Offices of Christopher Green
PS 225 - 106th Avenue NE
Bellevue WA 98004

Tel.: (206) 686-4558
Fax: (206) 686-2558

Chris@MyFairCredit.com

Christopher Green practices credit litigation in Seattle Washington. He has represented consumers from all over Washington State including King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap, Whatcom, Thurston, Chelan and many other Washington Counties and has represented residents of Bellevue, Tacoma, Everett, Spokane, Kent, Auburn, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Oak Harbor etc. etc. He handles both individual and class actions. He does over 90% of his cases on a contingency fee basis and has represented hundreds of consumers against credit reporting agencies, banks, credit card companies and debt collectors regarding disputed credit errors. He is admitted to practice in Washington State and is also admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

He graduated from Washington State University with honors and attended the University of Puget Sound. He is a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Washington State Bar Association, National Association of Consumer Advocates (Original Member), King County Bar Association and Federal Bar Association.

After graduating from law school, Chris attended the Naval Justice School and worked as both a defense attorney and prosecutor until he was sent to Africa to work as the Officer in Charge, Legal Service Support Team Somalia.

Upon leaving active duty, he began a practice in Seattle emphasizing credit litigation in individual and class actions. He has taught many attorneys credit litigation and compliance in many regional and national courses including a few recent as follows:

Lorman and Associates. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: "What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Complying with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act, February 8, 2001; Northwest Justice Project, Credit Law, March 2001; Washington State Bar Association.Washington Law For Military Attorneys: Credit Law, March 28, 2001; National Association of Consumer Advocates "Putting the 'Fair' Back Into Fair Credit Reporting", Litigating under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, June 9 and 10 2001, Las Vegas Nevada; National Association of Consumer Advocates, Fair Credit Reporting Act: Credit Reporting Formating in METRO2, Albuquerque NM, Spring 2002; King County Bar Association Community Legal Service Programs Volunteer Training and CLE, Overview of Identity Fraud & The Civil, Criminal and Financial Implications August 23 2002; Whatcom County Bar Association, Rights You Never Knew Your Client Had, The Surprising Reach of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, September 4 2002; Continuing Legal Education for Judge Advocates: Identity Theft, How to Avoid It and What to Do, September 8 2003; National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Rights Litigation Conference: Furnisher Liability Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Oakland California October 2003; National Business Institute, How To Avoid Costly Mistakes: The Washington Attorney's Guide to Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, January 27 2004;Washington State Bar Association: Take A Closer Look: Advanced Collection Law Conference: Asserting Claims Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, March 12 2004; National Association of Consumer Advocates, Fair Credit Reporting Act: Litigating Accuracy Cases with Credit Reporting Bureaus, May 2004. Chicago Illinois; Washington State Bar Association, 11th Annual Washington Criminal Justice Institute, Preventing and Addressing Identity Theft, September 2004; Washington State Bar Association. Best of Continuing Legal Education: Identity Theft, December 2004; National Business Institute. Becoming Collection Savvy: Advanced Collection Principals in Washington,. Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, National Business Institute, March 2004; Role of Formatting in Credit Report Errors, National Association of Consumer Advocates - National Fair Credit Reporting Act Conference, New Orleans LA, June 2005; Northwest Justice Project, Guest Speaker on Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection, April 2006; Litigation Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act - National Fair Credit Reporting Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, May 2006;  Consumer Debt Collection: Resolving Debts Quickly and Easily, Compling with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, June 15 and 16 2006 National Business Institute; Seattle University School of Law, Consumer Law Guest Speaker on Fair Credit Reporting, June 2006.

Chris also teaches non-attorneys in his course "Correcting Your Credit", held four times a year at the University of Washington's Experimental University. Experimental College.

Chris Green has helped hundreds of Washington and Seattle consumers with credit report disputes, credit report errors and theft of identity issues through credit litigation using statutes including the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Chris warns consumers to be wary of any credit repair firm that claims it can effect credit repair or credit restoration with some magical process or form. Many credit repair firms are scams that do nothing to restore your credit.

Chris Green has also been a source of information for local media regarding credit reporting errors and credit litigation including KOMO Radio, Interview by Herb Weisbaum and Federal Trade Commission attorney Pat Leigh on December 27, 2000, Theft of Identity; KOMO TV 4 Seattle interview by Connie Thompson February 19, 2000, Credit card and privacy issues; Montel Williams Show, Identity Theft Nightmares, November, 2001; KING TV, Identity Theft, 2001, Policies Can Hurt Credit Scores, May 28, 2005, New York Times. He was selected as one of the Top 100 attorneys in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, 2003.

Click here for an article written by Chris Green on credit disputes.

Click here for an article written by Chris Green on disputing credit because of theft of identity.

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