Nicholas J. Bontrager (Nick) has been a consumer advocate for his entire career of nearly 20 years.  Nick studied at UC Santa Barbara, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Law & Society, and a Minor Degree in Global Peace and Security in 2004.  It was during this time that he found his passion for the law and helping individuals overcome conflicts with big corporations. Nick then went on to obtain his law degree from the University of LaVerne  in 2007, where he was a multiple recipient of Dean’s List honors as well as being selected to the university Moot Court Honors program.  Nick has been admitted to the State Bar of California since 2007, and is admitted to practice in all Federal District Courts in California, the District Court of Colorado, the District Court for Northern Florida, the District Court for Western Wisconsin, the District Courts for Northern and Southern Illinois as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Nick got his start in law at only 25 years old. Spending 4 years as Department Head of a leading national consumer law firm where he managed the firm’s nationwide FDCPA practice. This practice started with only 30 cases and only Nick working on them and ended up handling nearly 2,000 cases a year with a team of 30 employees when Nick exited. From there he went on to manage the consumer finance department of another of the nation’s leading consumer law firms for nearly three years.  This is where he added several years of lead class action counsel experience to his resume, including acting as counsel in national TCPA class actions brought against the Los Angeles Clippers, T-Mobile, Comenity Bank, Credit One Bank, and dozens of other large national corporations.   Prior to founding Bontrager Law, APC, Nick co-founded a thriving boutique consumer law practice with a friend and colleague which handled thousands of cases in its nearly 12 years of existence.   Read More