Lamer, Bryant T.
Lamer, Bryant T.
Bryant Lamer is a trial attorney for financial services and banking class actions, consumer class actions, business disputes, consumer fraud litigation, consumer fraud receiverships, and government and corporate investigations, including embezzlement and company asset recovery. Bryant also counsels clients regarding local, state, and federal regulatory compliance in a variety of industries including, but not limited to, shipping and logistics, manufacturing, mining, automobile leasing and sales, and cannabis.
With clients ranging from midsize businesses to Fortune 100 companies, Bryant serves as outside counsel for his corporate clients. He has a reputation for providing certain and practical legal advice and appreciates that developing a strong relationship with his clients and investing time in understanding their businesses is the first step in providing this service. Bryant’s clients know they can contact him directly, at any time, for any legal issues they may face. He collaborates with his Spencer Fane colleagues across the country to ensure the firm’s deep bench of experience and specialized knowledge is always seamlessly available to his clients.
As a client from one of the world’s largest international automobile rental companies wrote, “Bryant has been a great asset to our company and represented us as if he were our own in-house lawyer. He takes personal interest in our challenges and issues, helping us understand all our options. I also trust Bryant to be honest, his character is one of his many strengths.”
Unlike typical class action attorneys within large law firms, Bryant’s class action experience includes both representing defendants and plaintiffs. He defends and pursues claims seeking remedies under state consumer protection acts as well as federal consumer protection acts. In addition, Bryant’s class action experience includes defending over a dozen overdraft fee class actions for financial services and banking clients. He has recovered millions for class members and defended his clients from class members seeking millions.
Alternative fee arrangements are an integral function of Bryant’s practice. While he typically provides services on a billable hour basis, he also regularly counsels and litigates matters through alternative fee arrangements including flat fee (a specific amount for a specific project or matter), fixed fee (set amount for larger projects involving multiple matters), risk sharing and performance-based fee (outcome-based reduction or increase in fee), or capped fees (limitations placed on the total amount of a project, but billed on an hourly basis). In addition, Bryant litigates contingency fee matters for businesses, individuals and class members.
Bryant is admitted to practice in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas. Bryant is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. In 2001, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois accepted Bryant as a member of its Trial Bar.
