Biography
GEOFFREY H. BASKERVILLE is a 1982 graduate of Gettysburg College and a 1992 graduate of the Dickinson School of Law. During law school, Geoffrey published an article entitled Human Gene Therapy: Application, Ethics and Regulation in the Dickinson Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 4.
Since graduating from law school, Geoffrey has worked for both plaintiff and defense litigation firms practicing in the areas of medical malpractice, architect’s and engineer’s malpractice, the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, and trucking litigation. In 2007, Geoffrey joined Francis Mailman Soumilas P.C. and began to practice in the area of consumer protection litigation, including fair credit reporting and fair debt collection.
Since that time, Geoffrey has concentrated his practice on representing consumers in cases under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and other consumer statutes. He has represented clients in cases against background screening companies, credit reporting agencies, banks, credit card companies and other financial institutions. Geoffrey is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey, the Eastern District of Michigan, the District of Colorado, the Western District of Texas, the Central District of Illinois, and the District of New Mexico, as well as the state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Geoffrey is an avid amateur photographer.