Patrick Newman is a commercial litigator and trial attorney with Bassford Remele in Minneapolis. A lawyer of 13 years, with more than two decades’ experience in collections, he works at the intersection of consumer protection law and financial services. Newman defends lenders, credit and collection professionals, repossession agents, background screeners, and fintech companies in consumer protection matters nationwide. In March, Newman obtained a complete defense verdict in a wrongful repossession case in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey involving alleged Fair Debt Collection Practice Act violations, breach of the peace, and conversion. The jury returned a unanimous defense verdict in about an hour of deliberation.