He joined the office in 1998 and, since 1999, has been the sole litigation attorney in the Consumer Credit Unit of the Consumer Protection Section. He prosecutes cases under Colorado’s Uniform Consumer Credit Code, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Consumer Protection Act. He is the author of Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul: A Statistical Analysis of Colorado’s Deferred Deposit Loan Act, 83 Denv. U. L. Rev. 387 (2005). Before joining the AG’s office, Mr. Chessin clerked for a Colorado appellate judge, took a 6-year hiatus from the practice of law and worked as a professional ski patroller for a major Colorado ski resort, and, from 1979 to 1991, practiced corporate/commercial litigation in the private sector in several law firms in New York and Colorado. A 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School, Mr. Chessin is admitted to practice in New York and Colorado. He also is a volunteer firefighter.