Auto Advisory Services

Specialties

Auto Advisory Services (AAS) has been providing assistance to automobile dealers since 1975. We are dedicated to providing the most comprehensive compliance services and products available. Our business has grown and expanded largely by referral of one dealer to another. Our client base consists of nearly 500 dealerships, including dealers from the largest dealer groups in the country.

Our services and products include:

* Compliance Hotline

* On-​site Sales, F&I, Advertising and DMV Compliance Audits

* Advertising Review

* Monthly Compliance Newsletter

* Safeguards Rule Implementation

* On-​site Vehicle Registration Service

* Educational Seminars

* California Vehicle Finance and Compliance Documents Guide

* Automotive Dealership Privacy, Information Safeguards & Identity Theft Red Flags Manual

* Automotive Dealership Do Not Call & Telemarketing Guide

* Litigation Support (Expert Witness, Auditing and Consulting)

History

Established in 1975.

AAS was established by Bill Lowrey. As a former special investigator for the DMV, Bill discovered many dealers were simply unaware of the legal complexities involved with doing business in California. Bill then joined forces with attorney Mike Michaelis. Together Mike and Bill set out to build a company with one purpose: to prevent small compliance problems from becoming large litigation or administrative headaches by helping dealers understand the compliance issues they face.

Today, AAS is the leader in dealership compliance issues. Our compliance consultants typically performed over 100 audits each month. Our Hotline receives, on average, approximately 20 to 35 calls every business day.

Meet the Business Owner

Rob C.

Business Owner

Rob Cohen started with Auto Advisory Services in 1994 and he became President in 2006. Prior to devoting his full time effort to Auto Advisory Services, Rob represented dealers in litigation for four years. Rob specialized in the defense of consumer claims and represented licensees before DMV administrative hearings. He developed a strong background inside dealerships by working as a car salesman and doing F&I during law school. Rob received his B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine and then went on to earn his J.D. from Whittier College, School of Law. Rob is a founding director and past-​president of the National Association of Dealer Counsel (NADC). He is editor of Transmission (Auto Advisory Services’ monthly newsletter), a past editor of The Defender (the NADC newsletter), and has been published in Ward’s Dealer Business, Orange County Business Journal and F&I Management and Technology. Rob co-​authored the top-​selling Automotive Dealership Information Safeguard