Stephanie McAlister

Associate

smcalister@wargofrench.com

305-777-6040

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First Name:

Stephanie

Last Name:

McAlister

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Overview

Practice Areas:

Complex Commercial Litigation

Financial Services Litigation

Lender Liability

Office:

Miami

Education and Background:

University of Miami School of Law

J.D., summa cum laude, 2010

Order of the Coif

Top 2% of Graduating Class

University of Miami Law Review, Articles and Comments Editor

Children and Youth Law Clinic, legal intern

Federal Appellate Clinic, legal intern

University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

B.S., International Business, 2007

Academic Honors

Professional Activities:

Law Clerk to the Honorable James Lawrence King, United States District for the Southern District of Florida, 2010-2011
Judicial intern to the Honorable Peggy A. Quince, Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee Florida
American Bar Association

Bar and Court Admissions:

State Bar of Florida
Admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Publications

Publications:

Stephanie L. McAlister, Between South Beach and a Hard Place: The Underfunding of the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office and the Resulting Ethical Double Standard, 64 U. Miami L. Rev. 1317 (2010).

Representative Matters

Representative Matters:

Defended banks and national financial services organizations in state and federal court actions by customers asserting violations of the Truth-In-Lending Act (“TILA”), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (“FDCPA”), and various other federal and state consumer protection statutes.
Defended lenders and national financial services organizations in actions by borrowers asserting mortgage-related claims, including allegations of wrongful foreclosure and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) violations, slander of title and state mortgage statute violations.

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