Admitted to Practice: California, Maryland, District of Columbia, United States District Court for the District of Maryland; United States Tax Court; United States Circuit Courts for the First, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.

Experience: General Counsel to Independent Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Company; Law Clerk to the Hon. Lester A. Reynolds, Chief Judge, Oklahoma Court of Appeals.

Areas of Practice: Consumer Finance

Memberships: National Association of Consumer Advocates; Former Member Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission for the State of Maryland.

Other Information: Served as Class Counsel in state and federal class actions. Consumer Lawyer of the Year by the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Speaker/Faculty Member for Consumer Finance Issues, Class Action Issues and Bankruptcy Issues locally and nationally.

Yongmoon “Elijah” Kim is the managing attorney of a small firm in New Jersey, litigating various consumer class actions throughout the country. He sometimes takes personal injury cases if what happened is particularly egregious. He currently serves as a member of the Consumer Protection Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, advocating on behalf of consumers on pending legislation in the State of New Jersey, and as a member of the Class Actions Committee of the NJSBA. He also serves as the chair of the Consumer Law Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association.

Mr. Kim also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Consumers League of New Jersey—a nonprofit, membership organization founded in 1900 which educates and advocates on behalf of consumers. He also represents the CLNJ on the Special Civil Part Practice Committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court, participating in the proposal and amendments of the New Jersey Court Rules governing the Special Civil Part. He has also been recognized for his pro bono contributions and has been awarded Equal Justice Medals from the Legal Services of New Jersey, as well as the Champions of Justice Award from the Northeast New Jersey Legal Services.

Mr. Kim can be reached at (201) 273-7117 and ykim@kimlf.com.

Phillip Robinson is a solo litigator from Silver Spring, Maryland. He is an active member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (“NACA”) for more than 17 years and recognized
consumer litigator in the areas of mortgage servicing, foreclosure defense, and debt collection practices. Currently in private practice at the Consumer Law Center LLC, Phillip's state and
nationwide practice concentrates in the areas of aiding homeowners with sustainable solutions who have fallen victim to unfair, deceptive or otherwise illegal consumer practices by mortgage services, lenders, and debt buyers.

Phillip served as co-trial counsel in a $38,630,344.00 jury verdict against LVNV on behalf of a class of 1,589 Maryland consumers; this case was affirmed as to liability on appeal and a new trial will consider damages.  Previously, Phillip served as Executive Director for the award-winning Civil Justice Inc. Phillip is recognized for his innovative, creative approach to case management and systemic creditor practices. Building on the work of NACA members who
uncovered the mortgage robo-signing practices, Phillip pressed the certification of classes of defendants facing foreclosure and asking Maryland courts to dismiss hundreds of pending foreclosure cases. Also while at Civil Justice Phillip served as a lead training for Maryland& Foreclosure Prevention Pro Bono Project where he trained over 2,000 Maryland attorneys volunteering to aid homeowners.

Phillip has been appointed to numerous boards and advisory committees and in 2008 was recognized as the Maryland Consumer Advocate of the Year by the Maryland Consumer Rights
Coalition. In 2016 he was also recognized as NACA’s Consumer Advocate of the Year.