Catherine Tillman is a consumer protection attorney at Consumer Justice Law Firm.
Catherine Tillman (“Katie”) hails from Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She earned a B.A. in English and History from Washington and Jefferson College, in 1999, and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, in 2003.
Katie began her legal career working for eight years with Kelley & Ferraro, LLP, in Cleveland, OH, one of the largest plaintiff’s asbestos litigation law firms in the U.S. As an associate of Kelley & Ferraro, she was part of a team that handled several multimillion dollar cases.
Katie went on to work for the Honorable Charles Sniffen, Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judge, as an associate at the Law Office of Charles Sniffen in Bradenton, FL, where she practiced civil litigation.
Prior to joining Consumer Justice Law Firm, Katie worked with Gulfcoast Legal Services, a non-profit legal aid organization serving Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties in FL. At Gulfcoast, Katie was an attorney in the Financial Stability department, representing clients with a wide range of consumer issues, including medical bill disputes, social security disputes, contract disputes, debt collection defense, credit harassment, garnishment, credit report review, car repossession and unfair and deceptive trade practices. She also drafted lifetime planning documents and Wills.
Katie is a member of the Manatee American Inn of Court, Manatee County Bar Association, the Manatee County Florida Association for Women Lawyers, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA).
Catherine Tillman’s practice includes credit reporting errors, mixed credit reports, bankruptcy credit report errors, background check errors, identity theft recovery, debt collection harassment, and being mistakenly reported as deceased.