Philip Ziperman

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Attorney General for the District of Columbia

Director of the Office of Consumer Protection

Philip Ziperman is the Director of DC Attorney General Karl Racine’s Office of Consumer Protection. As the Director, Philip oversees the legislative, community outreach and enforcement activities of the Office of Consumer Protection.  The Office investigates violations of District of Columbia consumer laws including, but not limited to, matters involving debt collection, credit counseling agencies, credit repair companies, debt settlement companies, foreclosure assistance providers, health product retailers, property management groups, the consumer credit industry, auto repair facilities, auto finance, Internet auctioneers, home builders, home improvement contractors, pharmaceutical companies, household goods movers and privacy.  Philip has led national efforts to reform the debt relief and debt collection industries. Formerly, Philip served as the Deputy Chief with the Maryland Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.  Philip also managed the Maryland Attorney General’s Privacy Unit, which monitored compliance with state and federal privacy and consumer protection laws, investigated businesses that fail to protect consumers’ personal information, and educated the public on privacy matters.  Prior to his public service, Philip practiced law in Maryland and the District of Columbia litigating medical malpractice and toxic tort cases.  Philip is a 1990 graduate of the Washington College of Law at the American University.  Philip is married with a son.