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Kelly Guzzo Launches Website to Help Consumers Navigate COVID-19 Financial Difficulties

  As consumers across the country face financial distress during the COVID-19 crisis, frontline consumer advocates have launched the COVID-19 Consumer Resource Center, www.consumer.law, a one-stop source of information to help individuals and families protect themselves from financial devastation. The tool comprehensively covers the major consumer problems Americans are facing.  It uniquely and comprehensively collects COVID-19 hardship details

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Kristi Kelly Named one of Virginia’s Influential Women of Law

Kelly Guzzo partner Kristi Kelly was recently honored as one of 34 “Influential Women of Law” for 2020 in Virginia.  The award was presented by the publication Virginia Lawyers Weekly in conjunction with four of Virginia’s statewide bar associations.  The award recognizes female attorneys and judges “who have improved the

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Guzzo Receives Rising Star Award

Kelly Guzzo partner Andrew Guzzo, who spearheads the firm’s predatory lending practice, was recently honored with the 2019 Rising Star Award by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). This prestigious award is presented annually to attorneys who have made major contributions to the field of consumer law early in their

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Pew Study Exposes Risks Faced by Virginia Borrowers

  The Pew Charitable Trusts recently released an alarming new study on payday and title lending practices in Virginia and the associated harm caused to consumers.  The study finds that hundreds of thousands of Virginia borrowers, who typically use these small loans to cover normal expenses like rent, mortgage payments,

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Kelly Guzzo Honored for Pro Bono Efforts

Kelly Guzzo, PLC was recently recognized for its long-standing commitment to representing Virginia’s most vulnerable consumers.  The Virginia State Bar Association named the firm co-recipient of the 2019 Frankie Muse Freeman Organizational Pro Bono Award (Freeman Award).  The Freeman Award honors law firms or other organizations that make outstanding contributions

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Kristi Kelly Quote on Credit Report Mix-Ups Reported by NerdWallet

In a recent article, NerdWallet covers how outdated information or information about someone else in your LexisNexis credit file can adversely affect your financial situation. Kristi Kelly of Kelly Guzzo, PLC was quoted on the wide range of consumer information stored by LexisNexis, including information that doesn’t match the consumer.

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