OUR TEAM
ERIC HALPERIN
Co-Founder & Partner
CARA PETERSEN
Co-Founder & Partner
TARA MIKKILINENI
Co-Founder & Partner
ADRIENNE WARRELL
Counsel
NICOLE MAURI
Counsel
Eric Halperin is a co-founding partner at Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni. For nearly 30 years, he has fought on behalf of people who are being harmed by corporations and institutions that put profit over people. He has dedicated his career to advancing consumer financial protection and civil rights at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the U.S. Department of Justice, and in the non-profit sector...
Cara Petersen is a co-founding partner at Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni and a leading consumer financial protection attorney with nearly 25 years of experience across private practice, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Throughout her government service, she fought for people harmed by abuses by those with power over consumers’ financial lives...
Tara Mikkilineni is a co-founding partner at Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni and a dedicated consumer financial protection and civil rights attorney with more than 15 years of experience at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the non-profit sector, and in public defense. Throughout her career, she has fought to hold powerful institutions accountable — from the corporations that exploit consumers to the legal systems that criminalize poverty...
ERIC HALPERIN
Co-Founder & Partner
Eric Halperin is a co-founding partner at Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni. For nearly 30 years, he has fought on behalf of people who are being harmed by corporations and institutions that put profit over people. He has dedicated his career to advancing consumer financial protection and civil rights at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the U.S. Department of Justice, and in the non-profit sector...
CARA PETERSEN
Co-Founder & Partner
Cara Petersen is a co-founding partner at Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni and a leading consumer financial protection attorney with nearly 25 years of experience across private practice, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Throughout her government service, she fought for people harmed by abuses by those with power over consumers’ financial lives...
TARA MIKKILINENI
Co-Founder & Partner
Tara Mikkilineni is a co-founding partner at Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni and a dedicated consumer financial protection and civil rights attorney with more than 15 years of experience at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the non-profit sector, and in public defense. Throughout her career, she has fought to hold powerful institutions accountable — from the corporations that exploit consumers to the legal systems that criminalize poverty...
ADRIENNE WARRELL
Counsel
Adrienne Warrell is a litigator with nearly a decade of experience holding financial institutions accountable through roles in government and legal aid...
