Ex-CFPB Enforcement Officials Launch Consumer-Focused Law Firm

Three former senior enforcement leaders from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have launched a public interest law firm that will focus on consumer rights, tenant rights, workers’ rights and civil rights. Eric Halperin , Cara Petersen and Tara Mikkilineni led a CFPB team that secured orders for $9.5 billion in penalties and payments to consumers between 2021 and 2025, according to a Tuesday (July 14) press release . Now, as founding partners of the law firm Halperin Petersen & Mikk