HALPERIN
PETERSEN &
MIKKILINENI
Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni (HPM) is a litigation firm built by former CFPB Enforcement leaders to hold the powerful accountable for exploiting workers, consumers, and small businesses.
HPM brings cutting-edge legal firepower to strategic litigation against predatory corporate practices and abuses of power that burden people with debt, partnering with state attorneys general, advocacy organizations, and private co-counsel to deliver immediate relief and drive systemic change across the economy.
Economic justice is the foundation of a fair society.
HPM was founded to build the kind of aggressive, independent enforcement operation that working people need, and that the moment demands.
Our practice areas are united by a single conviction: that economic justice is foundational to a fair society. Whether we are challenging illegal junk fees, debt traps, discriminatory housing and lending practices, or algorithmic exploitation of data, we see these struggles as deeply interconnected, all part of an economy systematically rigged against working people.
Our litigation is designed to attack those systems at their roots, pursuing accountability not only for our clients but as a means of dismantling the structures that make this exploitation possible.
Practice Areas
Our work focuses on challenging systems that exploit workers, consumers, and communities.
CONSUMER RIGHTS
We challenge unlawful practices by banks, lenders, debt collectors, and fintechs that strip wealth from working families through predatory lending, illegal junk fees, and deceptive schemes.
TENANT RIGHTS
We fight for tenants facing illegal junk fees, unlawful evictions, and discriminatory housing practices at the hands of predatory landlords and corporate investors driving the affordable housing crisis.
WORKERS' RIGHTS
We represent workers subjected to wage theft, illegal misclassification, invasive monitoring programs, and algorithmic wage-setting. Our litigation targets employers and industries that profit from exploitation, pursuing recovery for workers while challenging the systemic practices that keep wages low and working conditions unsafe.
CIVIL RIGHTS
We litigate on behalf of individuals and communities whose civil rights have been violated by powerful institutions — from discriminatory lending to the criminalization of poverty and the unlawful use of fines and fees. Our work challenges the legal and financial systems that perpetuate inequality across race, class, and geography.
Practice Areas
Our work focuses on challenging systems that exploit workers, consumers, and communities.
CONSUMER RIGHTS
We challenge unlawful practices by banks, lenders, debt collectors, and fintechs that strip wealth from working families through predatory lending, illegal junk fees, and deceptive schemes.
TENANT RIGHTS
We fight for tenants facing illegal junk fees, unlawful evictions, and discriminatory housing practices at the hands of predatory landlords and corporate investors driving the affordable housing crisis.
WORKERS' RIGHTS
We represent workers subjected to wage theft, illegal misclassification, invasive monitoring programs, and algorithmic wage-setting. Our litigation targets employers and industries that profit from exploitation, pursuing recovery for workers while challenging the systemic practices that keep wages low and working conditions unsafe.
CIVIL RIGHTS
We litigate on behalf of individuals and communities whose civil rights have been violated by powerful institutions — from discriminatory lending to the criminalization of poverty and the unlawful use of fines and fees. Our work challenges the legal and financial systems that perpetuate inequality across race, class, and geography.
Practice Areas
Our work focuses on challenging systems that exploit workers, consumers, and communities.
CONSUMER RIGHTS
We challenge unlawful practices by banks, lenders, debt collectors, and fintechs that strip wealth from working families through predatory lending, illegal junk fees, and deceptive schemes.
TENANT RIGHTS
We fight for tenants facing illegal junk fees, unlawful evictions, and discriminatory housing practices at the hands of predatory landlords and corporate investors driving the affordable housing crisis.
WORKERS' RIGHTS
We represent workers subjected to wage theft, illegal misclassification, invasive monitoring programs, and algorithmic wage-setting. Our litigation targets employers and industries that profit from exploitation, pursuing recovery for workers while challenging the systemic practices that keep wages low and working conditions unsafe.
CIVIL RIGHTS
We litigate on behalf of individuals and communities whose civil rights have been violated by powerful institutions — from discriminatory lending to the criminalization of poverty and the unlawful use of fines and fees. Our work challenges the legal and financial systems that perpetuate inequality across race, class, and geography.