Willard Ogburn
Willard Ogburn is a Senior Fellow at NCLC, previously serving as Executive Director. The National Consumer Law Center is a low income advocacy organization, publisher of the major treatises on consumer law, a support center for legal aid programs, and sponsor of the annual National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference. The Center is sometimes called ‘the nation’s consumer law experts.’ Mr. Ogburn has presented and written widely on consumer law. He has served as Deputy Commissioner of Banks in Massachusetts; in the Executive Office of the President; with Congress’ Legislative Reference Service; in the Law Reform Unit of Cleveland Legal Aid; as a member and Chair of the Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council; on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Judicial Screening Committee; on the transition team for Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey; as an Access Justice Fellow (Massachusetts); and on the Board of Directors of Americans for Fairness in Lending; the Consumer Federation of America (President); the National Association of Consumer Advocates (Executive Committee); the Center for Legal Aid Education (President); the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute; and Consumer Reports. He was awarded the National Association of Consumer Advocates’ Lifetime Achievement Award; the William J. Proxmire Lifetime Achievement Award by the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers; the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Massachusetts Bar Association; and the Consumer Federation of America’s Consumer Champions Award.