Steph Carroll is the Directing Attorney of Public Counsel’s Consumer Rights and Economic Justice project. Steph has litigated individual and class consumer matters in state and federal court in California since 2011. Her civil litigation practice has encompassed predatory lending, wrongful foreclosure, quiet title, elder abuse, procedural due process, anti-trust cases and civil rights cases.
Steph oversees the provision of direct consumer and bankruptcy legal services to hundreds of clients each year in matters including debt collection, student loans, auto financing, foreclosure prevention and access to credit. Her team has also provided direct services and litigation assistance to hundreds of clients with predatory home improvement financing matters, and Steph has become a leading advocate on related policy issues both in California and nationally.
Steph is a founding member of the California Low Income Consumer Coalition and has worked extensively on legislative campaigns to rein in mortgage servicing abuses, debt buyer bad practices, and regulate predatory lending. Steph also served a term as a member of the Consumer Advisory Board for the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Prior to moving to the United States in 2008, Steph was a barrister in London. Before that, Steph had a career in international development for many years and worked in various countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Kosovo, Slovakia and Pakistan. She also has a Masters in Public Policy from The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
