Lance Raphael

Tips for consumers on buying a car with Lance A. Raphael

Lance Raphael

Lance A. Raphael, the Founder of the Consumer Advocacy Center, P.C., a private law firm with offices in Chicago joins Enterprise Radio working in conjunction with EPN’s Legal Corner. Mr. Raphael will be offering tips for consumers on buying a car.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Lance A. Raphael discuss the following:

  • What can you expect at trade-in when you owe more on your car than it’s worth?
  • How can you determine whether special promotions featured in car ads offer genuine value — or are simply smoke and mirrors?
  • What’s the difference between a service contract and a warranty?
  • What should the consumer be prepared for as they are looking to get the financing squared away & should we take 0% financing or the rebate?

Duration: 18:09

Lance A. Raphael is the founder of the Consumer Advocacy Center, P.C., a private law firm with offices in Chicago.  The Consumer Advocacy Center handles many forms of private actions designed to advocate for consumers and facilitate overall industry growth by eliminating unfair business practices.  Mr. Raphael works on both individual and class actions in Illinois and across the country.

Over the years, Mr. Raphael has handled hundreds of deceptive advertising and unfair practices actions; the results have aided consumers and fostered economic growth by making it easier for honorable businesses to avoid competing at a market disadvantage.

By striving to eliminate isolated unfair business practices, while championing honest competition between companies in the free-market, industry stability and growth is encouraged.  Moreover, eliminating unfair or dishonest business practices increases consumer confidence in those industries, a crucial element to any economic recovery.

Mr. Raphael is dedicated to helping clients with deceptive advertising claims, oppressive foreclosure actions, unfair repossession tactics, and unlawful debt collection practices.  He is also committed to educating consumers on their rights, whether through guest spot appearances on the local news or at community meetings.

Mr. Raphael is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the National Association of Consumer Advocates, as well as the federal trial bar for the Northern District of Illinois.  He is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois as well as the Second and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, the Northern District of Indiana, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the Eastern District of Michigan.

Consumer Advocacy Center

Web Site: www.caclawyers.com
Facebook: facebook.com/ConsumerAdvocacyCenterPC
Twitter:  Sister Company – Consumer Bankruptcy Center – @CBankruptcy

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