Consumer attorney, Joseph McClelland, represents clients nationwide being mistakenly reported deceased, clients being mixed up with another person, and clients with other credit reporting errors using the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

About

Joseph P. McClelland, III is a consumer protection attorney with 25 years of legal experience and an unusual background — one that started with human rights work abroad and led to fighting credit bureaus and background check companies in federal court.

He has litigated 300+ federal court cases on behalf of consumers wronged by credit reporting agencies, background check companies, and debt collectors, recovering millions in damages on a contingency basis.

He has been featured on NBC News and quoted by Martha Stewart Living, Investopedia, Newsday, and others. He is also the author of Identity Theft: The Steps Before Litigation.

Admitted in New York and Georgia. Representing clients in all 50 states.

A CAREER BUILT ON FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE

Attorney McClelland's legal career began overseas, where he worked on human rights, prison reform, and judicial reform — taking on governments and institutions on behalf of people with no power. That foundation shaped everything that followed.

After returning to the United States, he joined King & Spalding, one of the world's leading international law firms, where he handled complex litigation before establishing his own practice.

He has spent the last two decades focused exclusively on consumer protection — representing individuals against Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, and the country's largest background check companies.

The cases are different. The posture is the same: fight the powerful on behalf of the people they've wronged.

WHAT WE HANDLE

• Wrongly reported deceased on your credit report
• Mixed credit files — another person's information on your report
• Background check errors — denied employment due to inaccurate reports from HireRight, Checkr, First Advantage, Sterling, and others
• Identity theft — fraudulent accounts and information on your credit file
• Credit report errors — wrong balances, accounts, payment history

CREDENTIALS 

Bar Admissions: New York · Georgia

Languages: Spanish · French · Russian

Education:

• J.D. — Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (2000)
• B.A. — Georgia Southern University (1997)
• International Studies: Institution Saint-Louis (France) · Wadham College, Oxford (England) · Academy of Economics and Law (Russia) · University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Specialized Certificates:

• Comparative Law — Loyola University
• Russian Law — University of San Diego School of Law
• European Law — Tulane School of Law
• Named Advocate — National Institute of Trial Advocacy

Professional Experience:

• Center for the Protection of Human Rights, Moscow
• King & Spalding, LP
• Jackson & Hardwick
• Fears, Turner & Lawrence, LP

CLOSING

Credit reporting errors aren't minor inconveniences. They cost people jobs, homes, and financial stability — sometimes for years. Attorney McClelland has spent his career making sure the agencies responsible for those errors are held accountable.

If you have a credit reporting problem, a background check error, or have been wrongly reported deceased or mixed with another person, reach out. The consultation is free, and you pay nothing unless we recover.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (855) 968-3330