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  Chet Michael Wilson: The Oregon TCPA Plaintiff Behind the "9999 Number" Cases Few plaintiffs have become as closely associated with modern Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation as Chet Michael Wilson. The Oregon resident has emerged as one of the most active repeat litigants operating in the TCPA arena, with lawsuits spanning industries ranging from mortgage…

Gina Henry: The TCPA Plaintiff Whose Lawsuit Backfired, Chase Allowed to Collect Debt   Gina Marie Henry, a 65-year-old resident of Hayward, California, became the unlikely center of a landmark defense precedent in 2025 when her TCPA lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase Bank backfired. Unlike the high-volume serial litigators profiled elsewhere such as Dobronski, Callier, Salaiz,…

Joseph Mantha: The Extraordinary Class Representative Who Rejected $100,000 to Protect the Class   Joseph M. Mantha, a 47-year-old resident of Rutland, Massachusetts, became one of the most respected TCPA class representatives in recent memory. Unlike the serial litigators profiled elsewhere in this series such as Dobronski, Callier, Ewing, Sheldon, and Hastings, Mantha is not a…

Alan Grochowski, Sr.: The TCPA Plaintiff Continuing the Fight Against QuoteWizard's Lead-Gen Machine   Alan Grochowski, Sr. is a TCPA class action plaintiff who took legal action against QuoteWizard.com, LLC, the same company that paid $5 million to settle the Mantha case and later agreed to pay $19 million to resolve related claims. Unlike the serial…

Ken Johansen: The Serial TCPA Litigator Whose Career Died by His Own Deception   Ken Bak Johansen, also known as Kenneth B. Johansen, is a documented serial litigator and one of the most notorious professional plaintiffs in the history of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Operating primarily out of the Southern District of Florida while…

Yazmin Gonzalez: The Serial TCPA Litigator Who Forced a Federal Court to Change Its Rules   Yazmin Fuentes Gonzalez, also known as Yazmen Gonzalez, Yazmin Fuentes, and Jasmine Fuentes, is a documented serial litigator and one of the most prolific professional plaintiffs operating out of Texas. Based in Spring and Houston, Texas, Gonzalez operates as a…

Anton Ewing: The Serial TCPA Litigator with a Criminal Record and a Warning from the Court   Anton Ewing, a former Certified Public Accountant turned professional plaintiff, is one of the most controversial and aggressive serial litigators in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) history. Operating primarily out of the Southern District of California, Ewing has filed…

Cynthia Johnson: The Consumer Plaintiff Who Took on DoorDash and Changed Gig Economy TCPA Law   Cynthia Johnson, a Grand Rapids, Michigan resident, became an unlikely but significant figure in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation when she filed a class action lawsuit against DoorDash in September 2024. Unlike the serial litigators profiled elsewhere in this…

James Sheldon: The Serial TCPA Litigator Caught on Tape Saying Pillaging Them, That's the Point   James Everett Sheldon, an 88-year-old resident of New Holland, Pennsylvania, is one of the most notorious and well-documented serial litigators in the history of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Unlike the high-volume Texas filers such as Callier, Salaiz, and…

Andrew Perrong: The Robocall Avenger Who Grew from Teenage Pro Se Litigator to TCPA Attorney   Andrew Roman Perrong has one of the most unique trajectories in TCPA litigation history. He started filing lawsuits against telemarketers as a high school student in 2015, before he had a driver's license, before he could vote, before he could…

Stanley Hastings: The Serial TCPA Litigator Who Got Caught Using a Fake Name   Stanley Stan Hastings Jr. is a documented serial litigator and professional plaintiff whose TCPA lawsuits have backfired spectacularly. Unlike the high-volume Texas filers or the pillaging octogenarian James Sheldon, Hastings was caught using a fake name called Marvin Taeese to induce telemarketing…

Cindy Carroll: The TCPA Plaintiff Taking on Sunflora's CBD Robocall Machine   Cindy Carroll, also known as Cynthia Carroll, is a Florida consumer who became the named plaintiff in a significant TCPA class action against Sunflora, Inc., the parent company of Your CBD Store. Unlike the high-volume serial litigators profiled elsewhere in this series such as…