F. Paul Bland

F. Paul Bland

Berger Montague

F. Paul Bland is a shareholder with Berger Montague, where he co-chairs the firm's Appeals and Complex Briefing Department. He has argued and won more than 40 cases that have led to reported decisions for consumers, workers, or other aggrieved claimants, including one win in the U.S. Supreme Court, and at least one victory in the state supreme courts of ten different states and six of the U.S. Courts of Appeal. Mr. Bland has handled numerous successful challenges to forced arbitration clauses and has also successfully defeated federal preemption defenses in a number of cases, among other substantive appeals he has handled. For ten years, he served as the executive director at Public Justice, a national legal advocacy nonprofit organization, overseeing the organization's litigation and advocacy, as well as operations, communications, and finance. For 17 years before that, Mr. Bland was a senior attorney at Public Justice, overseeing appellate and other litigation at the organization. He has testified in both houses of Congress several times, as well as before half a dozen state legislatures and various federal and state regulatory agencies. Mr. Bland is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Georgetown University.

F. Paul Bland's Courses

  • Demystifying Disney's Legal Shield: Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

    Litigation & Appeals

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    Credits Available
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    Alaska CLE Approved 1 Total
    Arizona CLE Approved 1 Total
    California CLE Approved 1 Total
    Colorado CLE Approved 1 Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 1 Total
    Delaware CLE Approved 1 Total
    Hawaii CLE Approved 1 Total
    Idaho CLE Approved 1 Total
    Illinois CLE Approved 1 Total
    Kentucky CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Maine CLE Approved 1 Total
    Minnesota CLE Approved 1 Total
    Missouri CLE Approved 1.2 Total
    Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1 Total
    Montana CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Nebraska CLE Approved 1 Total
    New Hampshire CLE Approved 1 Total
    New Mexico CLE Approved 1 Total
    Nevada CLE Approved 1 Total
    New York CLE Approved 1 Total
    Oklahoma CLE Approved 1 Total
    Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1 Total
    Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Tennessee CLE Approved 1 Total
    Vermont CLE Approved 1 Total
    Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
    West Virginia CLE Approved 1.2 Total
    OnDemand
    1 North Dakota CLE