Practice Areas
We represent individuals and businesses in cases against credit reporting agencies, robo-callers, mortgage servicers, banks, insurance companies, debt collectors, and securities brokers and dealers. We never take cases against consumers. To learn more about our practice areas, you can dig deeper by clicking on the button below and reading about each one. We are here to help you.
Our Mission
Our mission is to protect and enforce the consumer rights of the citizens of South Carolina, statewide. The “big businesses” you deal with should take care of the money and information you entrust, tell the truth, keep promises, and follow the law. We believe that being “big” is not a justification or an excuse for ignoring your rights. We hate bullies. That’s why we’re on your side.
ABOUT US
Dave Maxfield has represented more than a thousand individual consumers in cases against banks, creditreporting agencies, and insurance companies. Dave is the three-time Chairman of the Consumer Law section of the South Carolina Bar and a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) and Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA).
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Consumer Protection ARTICLES
Are you a Data Breach Victim? ID Theft Victim? Both?? — When to Call the Cavalry. Happy Anniversary South Carolina Taxpayer! October 10, 2022 marked 10 years since the South Carolina Department of Revenue was hacked by cybercriminals, who made off with 3.6 million social security numbers and at least 387,000 credit and debit card numbers. There’s a (REALLY) good chance that at least your social security number, at the very least, was taken, since…
Read MoreThe inventiveness of criminals never ceases to amaze me. I remember back in the good old days when I just used to get emails from the imprisoned sons of Nigerian oil ministers, sending me heartrending pleas for aid that (invariably) started with the words “Dear Friend.” How quaint were the days when you could see scams coming from 4,000 miles away! Unfortunately, those days are gone. The crooks have upped their game. Substantially. Although the…
Read MoreWhat’s a security freeze? A security freeze, also known as a credit freeze, is when you instruct the credit reporting agencies not to release your credit report or score to anyone without your say so. This is the single most effective way to protect yourself from identity thieves. Why? because most identity theft – at least for anyone trying to open new credit in your name — starts with the identity thief making a credit…
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The Lean Law Firm
Run Your Firm Like the World's Most Profitable & Efficient Businesses.
With Larry Port, founder of Rocket Matter, Dave is the author of the first-ever graphic novel published by the American Bar Association (ABA). The Lean Law Firm, best-selling book at the 2018 ABA TechShow, shows lawyers how to apply the lean methodologies and systems thinking used by the world’s most efficient and profitable companies (Nike, Intel, and Toyota).
Far from a dry read, The Lean Law Firm follows the story of lawyer Carson Wright, who suddenly finds himself responsible for saving a small law firm, as his mentor Guy Chapman imparts the lean techniques that transformed his bicycle factory from the brink of bankruptcy to new heights of profitability.