Collections Law

JULY 31, 2020

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts affords creditors the ability to seek reach and apply injunctions against their debtors. The reach and apply provision grants the creditor a right to demand payment directly from the third party without the monies passing through the debtor. Reach and Apply Injunctions. Equitable Injunctions.

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Collections Law

JULY 25, 2024

A bank attachment is a powerful post-judgment collection tool. Once a creditor has a judgment against a debtor, under Massachusetts law, they can ask the court to seize funds directly from a debtor’s bank account. Once the attachment is executed, the bank freezes the funds and eventually transfers them to the creditor.

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Collections Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Under this act, we now have two different methods of domesticating your judgment in Massachusetts: domestication by registration or domestication through litigation. Our experienced judgment enforcement attorneys can prepare the applicable paperwork. The case proceeds almost like any other litigation in Massachusetts.

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Collections Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As with any litigation, aggressive attorneys often seek pre-judgment security so that when the foreign judgment has been domesticated through the entry of judgment, the creditor may have a pot from which to get paid. Cohen we do not stop trying to collect the bad debt until we have gotten you paid or no one else could.

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Collections Law

APRIL 1, 2020

However, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided to adopt this Act as of April 1st, 2019, making the process of domesticating a foreign judgment easier. Not Just Domestication — Enforcement, Too. We Use All Appropriate Pre-Judgment Collection Tools to Collect Post Judgment.

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Collections Law

AUGUST 11, 2020

Our debt collection firm works relentlessly and aggressively to help clients get their hard-earned monies back into their bank accounts from tricky debtors who want to delay payments or have zero intentions of paying back. We Domesticate Foreign Judgments in Massachusetts. And this is what we can help you with.

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FDCPA Defense

MARCH 23, 2015

Section 1692f(8) of the FDCPA prohibits a collector from using “any language or symbol, other than the debt collector's address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by use of the mails or by telegram, except that a debt collector may use his business name if such name does not indicate that he is in the debt collection business.”

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Collections Law

JUNE 20, 2024

Cohen & Associates LLC, our commercial collections attorneys have more than 50 years of experience helping Massachusetts and out-of-state creditors seek judgments from their debtors and collect on unpaid debts. Let us tackle the debts your company has given up on Navigating debt collection laws can be complex.

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Collections Law

JULY 1, 2020

Instead, they will help you collect on the debt by filing a lawsuit against the debtor, seeking and obtaining attachments on the debtor’s assets, and even garnishing their wages post-judgment so that you can get paid for your judgment debt. Call us at (508) 620-6900 or email info@collections-law.com.

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Collections Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

What About Out-of-State Creditors? The United States Constitution requires states to honor judgments of other states as decided by their courts. Pre-judgment security could include seeking ex parte attachments to attempt to seize the debtor’s bank accounts, real estate, and/or other assets.

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Collections Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

What About Out-of-State Creditors? The United States Constitution requires states to honor judgments of other states as decided by their courts. Pre-judgment security could include seeking ex parte attachments to attempt to seize the debtor’s bank accounts, real estate, and/or other assets.

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