Mr. Scherer serves as leader of the firm’s Business and Commercial Litigation Practice Team, concentrating his practice primarily in state and federal business litigation where he advises a diverse client base covering a broad variety of industry sectors. His business litigation practice involves defending and prosecuting matters in New York State Court and in federal courts across the country. Mr. Scherer’s broad business litigation experience includes matters involving earn-out disputes, shareholder oppression claims, shareholder derivative actions, and contractual indemnity claims. In addition to extensive experience prosecuting and defending claims in court and arbitration, Mr. Scherer offers pragmatic business advice to help clients navigate the broad array of business issues they face.

As a member of the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice Team, Mr. Scherer concentrates a significant portion of his practice defending creditors, loan services, and debt collectors subject to claims brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Mr. Scherer also has experience in representing clients in investigations commenced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and state regulators. 

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