The DC CONSUMER RIGHTS COALITION — Who We are
The DC Consumer Rights Coalition is a group of consumer rights advocates who wish to serve D.C.’s consumers and the D.C.consumer advocate community. We focus on issues of concern to local consumers.
Our mission: The DC Consumer Rights Coalition (DCCRC) advances economic rights and financial inclusion of DC residents through research, education, advocacy, direct service, and community organizing.
DCCRC works with individual consumer advocates, poverty and consumer organizations, and grassroots members to press for policies that protect vulnerable residents. We also educate individuals on consumer issues and consumer rights, advocate for consumer interests, study critical consumer issues, and work to build the consumer movement.
Our Current Developments page puts an emphasis on information likely to be important to local consumers.
We include local news and news of important developments from around the country with local consequences. We focus on developments that suggest the power of our local Attorney General and other local officials and not-for-profit groups to successfully assert consumer interests.
Webmaster: Don Resnikoff, donresnikoff@donresnikofflaw.com
Board of Directors:
Don Resnikoff is the founder of DC Consumer Rights Coalition. He is editor, webmaster, and principal
contributor for the DCCRC website, which provides information useful to consumers and consumer
advocates. He is also editor and principal contributor for the DCCRC’s weekly newsletter, which is
distributed by email and through social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Don has led programs
and position paper projects for DCCRC. He currently the principal of Don Resnikoff Law, a firm based in
the District of Columbia. His previous professional work includes Senior Assistant Attorney General in
the District of Columbia, and twenty years as a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division, US Department
of Justice. Don is currently a member of the Steering Committee for the DC Bar’s Consumer and
Antitrust Section, and a past Chair of that Section. His various publications include articles in the
American Bar Association Antitrust Source Magazine, the Loyola Consumer Law Review, and the DC
Bar’s Magazine. He is a member of the District of Columbia and the State of New York Bars.
Tracy Rezvani is an active and well known participant in the DC consumer advocacy community. She is
the DC Consumer Rights Coalition’s liaison with that community, and has played an important role by
vetting and recommending policy positions for the DCCRC based on her contacts with other local
consumer groups. She is currently a member at The Rezvani Law Firm LLC and an Administrator at the
Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection. Since obtaining her J.D. at George Washington University,
Tracy has represented individuals, businesses, and non-profits in litigation throughout the country. Tracy
has been published in an assortment of journals and continues to give presentations on growing consumer
threats and privacy. She is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland.
Naomi Claxton is a consumer protection advocate, litigator, and public speaker. Previously she served as a trial attorney in the Public Advocacy Division of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Additional previous experience includes civil enforcement litigation, commercial litigation, personal injury, bad faith, torts, and trusts and estates. In the private sector, Ms. Claxton was an in-house counsel for a software start-up, responsible for drafting employee, non-compete, non-disclosure, pre-formation, and formation agreements, as well as reviewing contracts for and advising on employment, copyright, and other matters.
Ms. Claxton is also a founder and coach at the How2Chick, where she specializes in life and career transitions and helping organizations create systems to attract and maintain employees who are empowered and invested in the company's vision.
Katherine Mason Jones brings considerable academic achievement and ability to the DCCRC. She has
been instrumental in making our corporate filings with the District of Columbia and the IRS. She is co-
author with Don Resnikoff of a position paper filed with the FTC. She earned her J.D. at the University of
Michigan and her LL.M. at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has worked as a
trial attorney for the antitrust division of the Department of Justice and an Attorney in the Office of the
General Counsel of the US International Trade Commission. She continues to work within the areas of
antitrust, international trade and international business.
Mark Steinbach is not a member of the Board, but he is a valued advisor with emeritus status.
Mark began his legal career as a Staff Attorney at the Center for Auto Safety, a non-profit consumer and safety advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. There, he successfully sued the federal government to improve highway work-zone safety and used the Federal Advisory Committee Act to open previously closed government meetings to public scrutiny.
Mark's practice has included representing many individual consumers as well as consumer groups such as the Fiero Fire Fighters (organized to help Pontiac Fiero owners whose cars caught on fire) and the Disgruntled Diesel Owners Group (organized to assist many thousands of residents in Maryland and elsewhere who experienced expensive engine and/or transmission problems in the diesel-powered vehicles General Motors produced beginning in 1979 in response to an earlier oil embargo). Representing the Audi Victims Network, Mr. Steinbach lodged a successful challenge to a proposed class action settlement that would have required Audi 5000 owners to purchase expensive new Audi vehicles to obtain any benefits from the settlement.
Mr. Steinbach has been active in promoting consumer education and advocacy through 12 years of service on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, serving two terms as President. He also served for 6 years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
Corporate information:
Company Name: DC CONSUMER RIGHTS COALITION, INC.
Entity Type: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
Filing State: District of Columbia (DC)
Filing Status: Active
Filing Date: January 4, 2016
DC File # N00005316257
Company Age: 7 Years
Registered Agent: Don Allen Resnikoff
5335 Wisconsin Ave Nw
Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015
Principal Address:
5335 Wisconsin Avenue Nw
Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015
Company Contacts
RESNIKOFF, DON ALLEN
Governor
5335 Wisconsin Ave Nw
Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015
Tax Exempt status:
See IRS approval letter copied below
The DC Consumer Rights Coalition is a group of consumer rights advocates who wish to serve D.C.’s consumers and the D.C.consumer advocate community. We focus on issues of concern to local consumers.
Our mission: The DC Consumer Rights Coalition (DCCRC) advances economic rights and financial inclusion of DC residents through research, education, advocacy, direct service, and community organizing.
DCCRC works with individual consumer advocates, poverty and consumer organizations, and grassroots members to press for policies that protect vulnerable residents. We also educate individuals on consumer issues and consumer rights, advocate for consumer interests, study critical consumer issues, and work to build the consumer movement.
Our Current Developments page puts an emphasis on information likely to be important to local consumers.
We include local news and news of important developments from around the country with local consequences. We focus on developments that suggest the power of our local Attorney General and other local officials and not-for-profit groups to successfully assert consumer interests.
Webmaster: Don Resnikoff, donresnikoff@donresnikofflaw.com
Board of Directors:
Don Resnikoff is the founder of DC Consumer Rights Coalition. He is editor, webmaster, and principal
contributor for the DCCRC website, which provides information useful to consumers and consumer
advocates. He is also editor and principal contributor for the DCCRC’s weekly newsletter, which is
distributed by email and through social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Don has led programs
and position paper projects for DCCRC. He currently the principal of Don Resnikoff Law, a firm based in
the District of Columbia. His previous professional work includes Senior Assistant Attorney General in
the District of Columbia, and twenty years as a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division, US Department
of Justice. Don is currently a member of the Steering Committee for the DC Bar’s Consumer and
Antitrust Section, and a past Chair of that Section. His various publications include articles in the
American Bar Association Antitrust Source Magazine, the Loyola Consumer Law Review, and the DC
Bar’s Magazine. He is a member of the District of Columbia and the State of New York Bars.
Tracy Rezvani is an active and well known participant in the DC consumer advocacy community. She is
the DC Consumer Rights Coalition’s liaison with that community, and has played an important role by
vetting and recommending policy positions for the DCCRC based on her contacts with other local
consumer groups. She is currently a member at The Rezvani Law Firm LLC and an Administrator at the
Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection. Since obtaining her J.D. at George Washington University,
Tracy has represented individuals, businesses, and non-profits in litigation throughout the country. Tracy
has been published in an assortment of journals and continues to give presentations on growing consumer
threats and privacy. She is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland.
Naomi Claxton is a consumer protection advocate, litigator, and public speaker. Previously she served as a trial attorney in the Public Advocacy Division of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Additional previous experience includes civil enforcement litigation, commercial litigation, personal injury, bad faith, torts, and trusts and estates. In the private sector, Ms. Claxton was an in-house counsel for a software start-up, responsible for drafting employee, non-compete, non-disclosure, pre-formation, and formation agreements, as well as reviewing contracts for and advising on employment, copyright, and other matters.
Ms. Claxton is also a founder and coach at the How2Chick, where she specializes in life and career transitions and helping organizations create systems to attract and maintain employees who are empowered and invested in the company's vision.
Katherine Mason Jones brings considerable academic achievement and ability to the DCCRC. She has
been instrumental in making our corporate filings with the District of Columbia and the IRS. She is co-
author with Don Resnikoff of a position paper filed with the FTC. She earned her J.D. at the University of
Michigan and her LL.M. at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has worked as a
trial attorney for the antitrust division of the Department of Justice and an Attorney in the Office of the
General Counsel of the US International Trade Commission. She continues to work within the areas of
antitrust, international trade and international business.
Mark Steinbach is not a member of the Board, but he is a valued advisor with emeritus status.
Mark began his legal career as a Staff Attorney at the Center for Auto Safety, a non-profit consumer and safety advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. There, he successfully sued the federal government to improve highway work-zone safety and used the Federal Advisory Committee Act to open previously closed government meetings to public scrutiny.
Mark's practice has included representing many individual consumers as well as consumer groups such as the Fiero Fire Fighters (organized to help Pontiac Fiero owners whose cars caught on fire) and the Disgruntled Diesel Owners Group (organized to assist many thousands of residents in Maryland and elsewhere who experienced expensive engine and/or transmission problems in the diesel-powered vehicles General Motors produced beginning in 1979 in response to an earlier oil embargo). Representing the Audi Victims Network, Mr. Steinbach lodged a successful challenge to a proposed class action settlement that would have required Audi 5000 owners to purchase expensive new Audi vehicles to obtain any benefits from the settlement.
Mr. Steinbach has been active in promoting consumer education and advocacy through 12 years of service on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, serving two terms as President. He also served for 6 years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
Corporate information:
Company Name: DC CONSUMER RIGHTS COALITION, INC.
Entity Type: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
Filing State: District of Columbia (DC)
Filing Status: Active
Filing Date: January 4, 2016
DC File # N00005316257
Company Age: 7 Years
Registered Agent: Don Allen Resnikoff
5335 Wisconsin Ave Nw
Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015
Principal Address:
5335 Wisconsin Avenue Nw
Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015
Company Contacts
RESNIKOFF, DON ALLEN
Governor
5335 Wisconsin Ave Nw
Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015
Tax Exempt status:
See IRS approval letter copied below
Disclaimer: The information we provide is just that — it is not legal advice or legal representation, and cannot substitute for advice or representation from a lawyer in response to a consumer’s particular situation. This site is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship between you and DC Consumer Rights Coalition and you should not act or rely on any information in this site without seeking the advice of an attorney. The members of the Board of Directors participate in an individual capacity, not on behalf of law firms or other entities.