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E22: Consumer Rights Talk: Mike Landis Consumer Rights Talk - Northeast Law Group, LLC
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On the show today is Mike Landis, the litigation director of U.S. PIRG the Public Interest Research Group. What makes Mike particularly special is the diversity of his experience and depth of his resume at such a young age. Considering the fact that Mike is in his mid 30’s the list is impressive and includes two years volunteering in Honduras with the Peace Corps, a dual JD and Masters degree in international political economy and development, a state appellate court clerkship, a federal district court clerkship, two and a half years as a litigation associate at a large New Jersey law firm, and then of course, his current role as litigation director of PIRG.
At PIRG, Mike’s job involves taking a macro view of issues facing the general public, most often from a consumer perspective. While most consumer rights attorneys are focusing individual client cases and relationships, Mike is looking for broad patterns where impact litigation can be achieved. PIRG pursues its own cases, but also provides a lot of support to a network of non-profit organizations across the country that are pursuing consumer protection cases.
The story shows that anyone can move between the non-profit and private law sectors and that doing so can make you a more impactful and valuable asset to the consumer rights world.
On the show today is Mike Landis, the litigation director of U.S. PIRG the Public Interest Research Group. What makes Mike particularly special is the diversity of his experience and depth of his resume at such a young age. Considering the fact that Mike is in his mid 30’s the list is impressive and includes two years volunteering in Honduras with the Peace Corps, a dual JD and Masters degree in international political economy and development, a state appellate court clerkship, a federal district court clerkship, two and a half years as a litigation associate at a large New Jersey law firm, and then of course, his current role as litigation director of PIRG.
At PIRG, Mike’s job involves taking a macro view of issues facing the general public, most often from a consumer perspective. While most consumer rights attorneys are focusing individual client cases and relationships, Mike is looking for broad patterns where impact litigation can be achieved. PIRG pursues its own cases, but also provides a lot of support to a network of non-profit organizations across the country that are pursuing consumer protection cases.
The story shows that anyone can move between the non-profit and private law sectors and that doing so can make you a more impactful and valuable asset to the consumer rights world.
54 min