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Eric Stephenson, is an American consumer protection and criminal defense attorney.

Education
Stephenson graduated from the University of Utah in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. In 2003, he received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Idaho College of Law and was admitted to the Utah Bar.

During law school Stephenson completed an internship at the Idaho Governor's Office and represented clients for the law school's Legal Aid Clinic. He also worked with the Idaho Innocence Project assisting persons who were wrongfully convicted.

Software and Web Development
Stephenson is the founder of a privately held software development company and has developed several different business automation software programs and web ventures.

Writings
Stephenson currently writes for the blog 12FootPole, a blog "for everything he would not touch with a ten foot pole." During law school, Stephenson drafted a manual on the identification of wrongful convictions and compiled a reference manual of Idaho's weapons and hunting laws. He has also written on various consumer protection issues such as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and discriminatory lending practices in the mortgage industry. In response to the Anthrax scare that occurred just after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks he wrote an article for the Idaho Statesman entitled "Anthrax: Bring It On".

Reported Cases
Carvana v. MFG Financial, 2008 WL 919524

Present Day
Stephenson is currently the Founder and Managing Attorney of Stephenson Law Firm, a prominent consumer protection law firm in Salt Lake City, Utah. His practice focuses on representing consumers in disputes with unscrupulous businesses and credit and identity theft recovery.

In 2008, Stephenson was appointed as a judge pro tempore for the Utah Third District Court. He is currently licensed to practice law in Utah, Idaho, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Arizona.

In addition to practicing law and serving as a judge pro tempore, Stephenson also continues to develop and consult on various software and web-based ventures.