Manuel H Newburger

Manny Newburger leads the Consumer Financial Services Law Practice Group at Barron & Newburger, P.C. A frequent author and speaker on the FDCPA and other consumer protection laws, Mr. Newburger is known internationally for his expertise in consumer and commercial law, consulting on FDCPA, FCRA, and TCPA compliance across the globe and defending of individual and class consumer litigation and regulatory matters across the United States. His practice focuses on litigation, litigation management and strategy, regulatory defense, and compliance, and he serves as a settlement negotiator in complex cases. Mr. Newburger has consulted to collection industry members throughout the U.S., India, the Philippines, and Canada, and his clients include financial institutions, debt buyers, law firms, and collection agencies.

A Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, Mr. Newburger taught consumer protection law at the University of Texas School of Law from 1999 to 2022. He has appeared as amicus curiae counsel in a number of high-profile cases affecting the collection industry, and he was recognized by Collections & Credit Risk magazine in 2009 as an “Industry Champion.” From 2005 to the present he has been designated as a Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, and he is board-certified as a specialist in consumer and commercial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Newburger is a member of the National Creditors’ Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is a past Chair of the Commercial Law League of America’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Committee, a past Chair of the State Bar of Texas’ Consumer and Commercial Law Section, and a past Chair of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s Exam and advisory commissions on board certification in consumer and commercial law.