Claims filing process made easy
Founded in 1996.
Founded by Brad Heffler in 1996, after serving as the largest U.S. class action claim settlement administrator for nearly 15 years, Claims Compensation Bureau, LLC (CCB) is a pioneer of class action claim filing. CCB has assisted many institutional and Fortune 500 company claimants in recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in class action claims, oftentimes in cases where its clients would have forfeited substantial recoveries without CCB’s services.
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Security Clients
• Hedge Funds and Proprietary Trading Firms
• Market Makers and Specialists
• Mutual Funds, Endowment Funds, Trust Companies, Custodians, Investment Managers and Pension Funds
Heather joined Claims Compensation Bureau in 2016, overseeing operations of client services, case and claim management, process development and internal controls. Heather brings more than 15 years of experience in management and business development. Prior to joining CCB, she served as Director of New Initiatives with Liberty Tax, Inc., where she established supply chain partners for 4,000 offices and launched a new brand that opened 50 franchise locations in its first year. Previously, Heather served a four-year term on the Board of Directors for the California Tax Education Council as Executive Secretary and Chair of the Public Awareness Committee. Heather currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore.
Dan Viar is Vice President of Information Systems and Analytics at CCB. He joined CCB in 2021 but has been part of the PRA family since 2006. He held various positions within PRA, including VP of Global Enterprise Architecture and AVP of Bankruptcy Analytics. Prior to joining PRA, Dan served as IT manager, senior operations analyst and actuarial associate for Allstate Financial Services. After earning a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Viar began a Ph.D. program in mathematics at Purdue University, while also serving as a teaching associate. His research in mathematics and physics has been published in the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, Physical Review B and Applied Physics Communications.