With over fifteen years of creditors’ rights experience, Dan Bengston represents national and regional banks, credit unions, finance companies and others needing to enforce consumer and commercial promises made through the tools of litigation, arbitration, negotiation and settlement. Dan makes it his mission to help clients navigate through the ever-changing seas of case law and government oversight and regulation, providing personalized service to those clients and their customers who owe obligations to them.

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Charles “Gus” Euripides has practiced law in North Carolina and Virginia for over 30 years. He is a charter member of the North Carolina Creditors Bar Association and has worked with members of the U.S. Congress and North Carolina Legislature to draft legislation relative to creditors’ rights issues, and to further monitor such legislation as it progresses towards passage.

As a litigation attorney and manager with Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C., Gus is responsible for managing all facets of the firm’s North Carolina operations, including management of all commercial and consumer collections and business transactions. Gus is further responsible for advising national banking associations, state credit unions and other lenders on creditors’ rights issues and business transactions, including matters pertaining to compliance with state and federal law.

Gus has spoken to numerous conferences and groups throughout the country on a variety of topics including the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and North Carolina state law.

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Jeri Lynn Ganz joined Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C. in 2015 after practicing collections and creditors’ rights law for 20 years.  Jeri represents clients in courts throughout the State of Maryland. Throughout her years representing creditors, Jeri has cultivated contacts with attorneys, judges, clients and others within the collections industry. She also represents creditors as the Vice President of the Maryland-D.C. Creditors Bar Association, which tracks Maryland rules, regulations and statutes affecting creditors’ rights and builds relationships with judges and other elected officials.

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Mark Groves is a Member and Managing Attorney of the Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C. Collections Department, which practices statewide in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and Washington, D.C. He has over 25 years of experience primarily focused on debt collection, financial services regulation, and consumer protection issues. He is engaged for the Firm and in numerous trade organizations at the federal and state levels, particularly on issues related to legal collections, compliance management, and governmental relations.

Mark is a Past President of the National Creditors Bar Association. Mark has also served as a member of the Virginia Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee for Electronic Filing and as a panelist at the Federal Trade Commission’s roundtable on Legal Debt Collection in Washington, D.C. He is a frequent presenter on a variety of topics related to fair and professional debt collection.

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A native of Tennessee, Alicia moved to the Hampton Roads area from Georgia where she attended law school and practiced in Contract Law. She joined Glasser and Glasser P.L.C. as a Collections attorney in 2012 after obtaining her Virginia license. In her time at the firm, Alicia has continued to grow as a Collections Attorney by receiving her Maryland law license and assists in overseeing the Maryland practice within the firm’s Collections Department.

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Iyanna is an associate in Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C.’s Creditors’ Rights practice. Iyanna grew up in Albany, New York, and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Studies and Journalism, cum laude, from Cazenovia College. She went on to earn her Master of Science in Higher Education Administration from SUNY at Albany and her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law.

Following graduate school, Iyanna worked for the College Counsel at Siena College and helped develop numerous college policies relating to intellectual property, conflicts of interest, wage/hour compliance, bullying, and student discipline, among others.  While in law school, Iyanna served as the founder/CEO of the I AM (Identity, Achievement, Matriculation Program), a program of the North Carolina Chapter of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation designed to promote the self-esteem and self-confidence of young minority boys in higher education and specifically law school.

Prior to joining Glasser and Glasser, Iyanna worked as a Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney with the Portsmouth Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and focused on Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. 

Iyanna actively participates in several community organizations, including but not limited to, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Luter YMCA Board, Isle of Wight County Board of Elections. Iyanna enjoys spending quality time with her active-duty Navy husband, energetic toddler son, supportive mom, as well as her dogs, cats, and chickens. 

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Maegan is local to Virginia Beach. After graduating from Regent Law, she began working as a collections attorney for a range of debt buyer clients. She is continuing in the collections realm at Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C., working now primarily with original creditors.

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William Moore’s practice focuses on financial services litigation matters. During his service as President of the Virginia Creditors Bar Association and as a member of the State Creditors Bar taskforce within NARCA (the National Creditors Bar Association), William regularly responded to legislative issues concerning national banks, credit unions and other creditors. William has worked with Congressional leaders, elected state officials, judges and consumer counsel to implement tangible and common-sense modifications to federal, state and local statutes that affect both lenders and consumers.

An experienced trial attorney, William oversees Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C.’s DC area office and has presented Continuing Legal Education courses to the Virginia community of judges and fellow practitioners.

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Ramah ‘Mo’ Omer is an associate in Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C.’s Creditors’ Rights practice. He handles a variety of matters related to legal debt collection, consumer protection, and financial services. Prior to joining the firm, Mo worked for a lender as in-house counsel covering areas related to the Truth in Lending Act [Regulation Z], the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act [Regulation X], the Equal Credit Opportunity Act [Regulation B], and other Mortgage and Realty related matters. He served as a Judicial Extern in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama under Hon. Judge L. Scott Coogler.

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Cindy is an associate attorney in Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C.’s Collections Department and Creditor’s Rights Practice. She handles a variety of matters related to legal debt collection, consumer protection, and financial services. Prior to joining the firm, Cindy worked as an Attorney Advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Corporate Finance covering areas related to securities, corporate, capital markets, intellectual property, technology, and life sciences. Following law school, Cindy clerked for the Honorable Melanie M. Shaw of the Appellate Court of Maryland.

Cindy grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies, cum laude, from Stevenson University. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law with a focus on Business Law and transactional principles in the evening division. She is also a Maryland Public Notary, providing notarial services in conjunction with her legal practice. Cindy enjoys spending time with her dogs, reading, golfing, and cooking.

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Leanna Richardson joined the Collections Department of Glasser and Glasser P.L.C. as an Associate in 2019. Leanna grew up on a farm in Maryland and maintains those deep roots to the state. Prior to joining Glasser and Glasser P.L.C., Leanna assisted self-represented litigants with a variety of civil issues. Leanna’s experiences in the legal services field drive her compassion and her desire to not only resolve matters in a way that benefits her clients but also respects the debtors and the court.

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As a lifelong resident of Hampton Roads, Hunter has made a career protecting the rights and interests of creditors in our local community. Since his admission to the Virginia Bar in 2012, Hunter has passionately advocated for a wide range of creditors, from individuals, landlords, and small business owners to large credit lenders and nationwide financial institutions.

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Lexus Sanders-Njie hails from Raleigh, NC. Majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology, Lexus graduated magna cum laude from East Carolina University. Lexus’ desire to pursue social justice led her to Campbell Law School, where she had the opportunity to participate in a study abroad aimed at promoting human rights advocacy and development. After graduating law school, Lexus continued her advocacy work as an attorney at Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC). At LANC, Lexus advocated and enforced her clients’ habitability rights and rights against unfair debt collections. Taking her litigation skills to another level, Lexus worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the North Carolina Department of Justice (NC DOJ). As an Assistant Attorney General, Lexus represented a plethora of North Carolina state agencies against tort claims, specifically negligence actions. Now, as a Glasser attorney, Lexus is excited to continue to pursue her passion for trial advocacy and advocate for the rights of creditors.

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Nickolas Stockton’s current area of practice is Collection law for the State of North Carolina.  Prior to joining Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C., Nickolas honed his research abilities in the North Central University Law Library. Nickolas continues to apply this proficiency in the field of creditors’ rights.

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Rachel VanHorn is an accomplished trial lawyer with experience representing clients throughout Virginia. Specializing in legal collections, Rachel understands the importance of staying ahead of the ever-changing rules and regulations, and making sure her clients do too. During her time with Glasser and Glasser, Rachel has helped develop a vigorous compliance program ensuring the best in compliant legal collections.

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