HARRISLOFTUS - Key Persons


Connell A. Loftus

Connell A. Loftus has practiced creditors' rights, collection, landlord tenant and bankruptcy law since 1994. His experience includes management, operations, litigation and enterprise consulting. He is a contributor to industry publications, such as Inside ARM and Collector Mentor. He is an active member of the Virginia, District of Columbia and Georgia bar and practices in the state courts of those jurisdictions. Mr. Loftus is a native of Fairfax City, Virginia and a graduate of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), the Fairfax High School and the Saint Leo the Great Catholic Elementary School. Currently, Mr. Loftus is engaged as a creditors' lawyer, specializing in asset recovery, creditors' bankruptcy, landlord tenant litigation and defending consumer financial services litigation. His practice also includes consulting projects as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for creditors and third-party collection operations, including governmental collection efforts. Previously, he served as the managing partner of the largest creditors' rights and collection law firm in the country, Mann Bracken LLP, the Successor by Merger to Wolpoff & Abramson LLP and Eskanos & Adler (MB). In that role, Mr. Loftus focused primarily on managing the operation and managing risk in a high-volume legal practice.

Elisa D. Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Virginia Creditors Bar Association
Ms. Morgan is a member of the Virginia Creditors Bar Association, Maryland-DC Creditors Bar Association, and National Creditors Bar Association. She joined the firm in 2018, focusing on creditors' rights, landlord-tenant law, and collections.

Robert A. Harris II

Robert A. Harris, II (Rob) was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia in 1982 and proudly served on active duty in the United States Navy from 1984-1990. He graduated from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California in 1992 and practiced law in San Diego and Los Angeles for two years before relocating back to Virginia in 1994. He was admitted to practice law in Virginia and Georgia in 1994. In 2000, he became a member of the Maryland Bar. He currently limits his practice to residential and commercial landlord-tenant (eviction) cases; collections, fair housing and discrimination claims for landlords and occasionally on behalf of tenants. Rob is often appointed by the local Court to serve as a Guardian ad litem for members of the military and incarcerated individuals in civil cases. He is an active member of the Virginia and Maryland State Bars as well as the Prince William County Bar Association and enjoys handling matters throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Rob is also a member of both the Virginia Creditors Bar and the National Creditors Bar Associations. He enjoys putting on seminars and lectures for property managers regarding landlord and tenant law and never turns down an invitation to speak.

Sarah E. Lewis

Sarah E. Lewis was born in Arlington, Virginia. She graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2017 and West Virginia University College of Law in 2020. During law school, she worked with the West Virginia Uniform Law Commission and clerked at the Law Office of J. Douglas Lewis. Ms. Lewis is admitted to practice in all Virginia state courts (2020), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2021), and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2021). Currently, Ms. Lewis focuses her practice on creditors' rights, landlord-tenant law, and collections. She is licensed in Georgia and DC.

William P. Anglin

William P. Anglin (Bill) was born in Texas and joined the military after high school, eventually retiring after serving over 20 years. He graduated from the University of Houston in 1993 and earned his MBA from Norwich University in 2006. He attended law school at the Catholic University of America (Columbus School of Law). Bill is licensed to practice law in the Virginia and Maryland state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is also a member of the Virginia Creditors Bar Association and the Frederick/Winchester and Prince William County Bar Associations. He spent his first year of law practice as a criminal defense attorney, but has subsequently focused his attention on representing individuals, landlords, small business owners, and nationwide companies in their efforts to recover debts and accounts receivables owed to them.