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Debt collector Judgment Lawyers 
Account Recovery
DECEMBER 30, 2024
A pro se consumer had managed to get a 3-judge panel of the Court of Appeals to reverse (in a 2-1 decision) lower court rulings finding that PRA had established its standing to sue and its ownership of the debtors account in the underlying collection action, and judgment in its favor on the debt.
Debt Free Colorado
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
In this article we will answer the question: What can debt collectors do to you? Does Colorado Law Protect Me From Debt Collectors? When collecting a debt from you, collection agencies must adhere to federal and state rules. Fortunately, the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) protects all states.
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Credit Corp
JUNE 3, 2020
A judgment is an order issued by a court of law. When you borrow money, you are legally required to repay the debt. If they are successful, the court issues a judgment against you. What Happens After a Judgment Is Entered Against You? You should receive a notice of the judgment entry in the mail. These laws vary.
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Credit Corp
MARCH 12, 2025
Dealing with credit card debt is challenging, let alone facing a debt lawsuit.If If you find yourself being sued by a debt collector, you may wonder how to get a credit card lawsuit dismissed. Unfortunately, as consumer debt rises, lawsuits are becoming more and more common. An estimated 2.5
Public Citizen
DECEMBER 16, 2021
From a Federal Trade Commission press release : A group of phantom debt collectors will be permanently banned from the debt collection industry and required to surrender the contents of numerous bank and investment accounts under the terms of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
Credit Corp
AUGUST 31, 2021
Getting calls from debt collectors can be frustrating and even confusing. That’s even truer when someone is contacting you about an old debt you forgot about, thought was long resolved, or didn’t know about in the first place. Can a debt collector collect after 10 years, for example? In This Piece.
Credit Corp
MAY 30, 2023
A judgment is an order issued by a judge or jury to settle a lawsuit. For example, if you fail to pay a debt, the lender can take you to court. In this case, the judge may order you to pay the other party as part of the court’s final judgment. These terms are laid out in the final judgment. What Is a Judgment on Property?
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Better Credit Blog
MAY 12, 2022
In my recent experience, it’s not hard to remove judgments from your credit report as long as you follow the proper steps. Many readers assume it’s impossible to have the credit bureaus remove civil judgments because they involve the court system. It’s still possible you could see a judgment pulling down your credit score.
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Collections Law
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Cohen & Associates LLC, our commercial collections lawyers have more than 50 years of combined experience. They have dedicated their practice to collecting commercial debts in Massachusetts. At Law Offices of Alan M.
Troutman Sanders
AUGUST 10, 2020
Michael Seabright, in the District of Hawaii, denied a Defendant debt collector’s motion for summary judgment. Previously, DNF Associates, LLC (“DNF”) had filed a lawsuit against Plaintiff Ronald Viernes seeking to collect a debt. On July 31, Judge J. Thus, DNF proceeded without registering at its own risk.
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Collections Law
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Trying to collect on your foreign judgment can sometimes appear a futile effort with unfamiliar road blocks seeming to protect the judgment debtors. Cohen LLC apart from other collections lawyers is how we work with our clients. The Law Offices of Alan M. Cohen LLC does just that. What sets The Law Offices of Alan M.
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Collection Industry News
MAY 30, 2022
New Yorkers facing debt-collection lawsuits are poised to get a little extra help in the wake of a federal court’s ruling — and some observers say it could translate to a win for consumers across the country who have basic legal questions but can’t afford a lawyer. The office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Collections Law
JULY 25, 2024
With a thorough understanding of the idiosyncrasies of Massachusetts collections laws, they can lend their extensive knowledge to your company’s outstanding debts with post-judgment collection strategies, like bank attachments. A bank attachment is a powerful post-judgment collection tool. What is a bank attachment?
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Collections Law
MAY 7, 2021
Winning your case in court is often the easy part of the legal debt collection process; it’s collecting your payment post-judgment where things get challenging and require a bit of strategy. One is through post-judgment discovery, where we work to follow your debtor’s money trail to find any assets that they may be attempting to hide.
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Collections Law
MAY 7, 2020
When we win your case, collecting the judgment may be made easier if monies were previously frozen by way of an ex parte bank or trustee attachment. The ex parte bank attachment is also a powerful tool our collections lawyers use to collect post judgment. The second is through what is called a special attachment motion.
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Troutman Sanders
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The bank sold the debt to the defendant creditor. The law firm filed suit against the plaintiff in state court seeking judgment in the amount of the debt as well as “statutory attorney fees.” As we have consistently explained, confusion leading one to hire a lawyer is insufficient to establish standing.”
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Collections Law
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
The experienced and effective debt collection attorneys at the Law Offices of Alan M. Cohen LLC domesticate and enforce foreign judgments for clients outside Massachusetts. Domesticating Your Judgment. After the Commonwealth of Massachusetts finally did so nearly two years ago, domesticating a foreign judgment now has two paths.
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Collections Law
AUGUST 11, 2020
Whether you operate in or outside Massachusetts, if your customer to whom you had provided goods or rendered services on credit is located in Massachusetts and is not paying off your debt, then get in touch with our experienced and aggressive debt collection lawyer, Alan M. We Domesticate Foreign Judgments in Massachusetts.
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Collections Law
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Like nearly every other state as of 2020, Massachusetts finally adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, allowing out-of-state judgments to be domesticated by Massachusetts attorneys. How We Can File Foreign Judgments for Domestication By Registration. Cohen LLC has experience with. Registration vs. Litigation.
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Indiana Consumer Law Group
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, Ryan Dillon and the Dillon Legal Group agreed to have a judgment entered against them in the case for more than the maximum statutory damages to which the plaintiff could have recovered in the lawsuit. If so, contact us here. Continue reading.
Collections Law
JULY 6, 2021
Cohen LLC, you will find that the process of domesticating and enforcing foreign judgments against your debtors is a much more straightforward process than one would typically expect. Filing of Judgments. For out-of-state creditors, the commercial litigation collections lawyers at Law Offices of Alan M.
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Collections Law
APRIL 1, 2020
Collecting debts from debtors having assets in Massachusetts while you are in another state or a different country used to be difficult, even if you had a judgment against them. Massachusetts was among the few states that had not adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act. Not Just Domestication — Enforcement, Too.
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Collections Law
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
You would think that winning a judgment in your debt collection case would be the end of your legal ordeal. If you already have a judgment in your favor, and you learn that your debtor has money owed to them, you can go back to the court and ask for a reach and apply injunction. Winning a judgment doesn’t always equal payment.
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Collection Industry News
DECEMBER 21, 2020
November 9, 2020) for instance a Defendant was just denied summary judgment— i.e. the case is headed to a jury—in a case where the Defendant debt collector claimed it sent the texts at issue manually. Without the evidence, the motion for summary judgment falls flat. Cadillac Accounts Receivable Mgmt., LEXIS 234221 (E.D.
Collection Industry News
APRIL 25, 2023
A debt doesn’t generally expire or disappear until its paid, but in many states, there may be a time limit on how long creditors or debt collectors can use legal action to collect a debt. Some debts, though, such as federal student loans don’t have a statute of limitations.
FDCPA Defense
AUGUST 19, 2013
291 (1995), lawyers have known that if they seek to collect consumer debts for clients – even when doing so through litigation – they might qualify as a "debt collector" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Click here for more information on what constitutes a "debt" under the FDCPA.
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Collections Law
OCTOBER 5, 2020
After going through the appropriate channels to try to collect outstanding debt — to no avail, as methods such as letter writing and phone calls prove to be fruitless — the next step is turning to the debt collection lawyers at the Law Offices of Alan M. The How’s and Why’s of Garnishments.
Collection Industry News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Debt collection means requiring debtors to pay creditors outstanding due or overdue amount or property as obligated by a contract or by a decision of a competent State’s authority. In addition to debt collectors operating under Decree No. Creditors must have a legal basis and a set of evidence debt payment demand.
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UK debt collections
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Debt collection in France: breaking down the different procedures and judicial measures made available to creditors in France. Step 1: Your lawyer will send a formal demand letter to your debtor (‘la mise en demeure’). Step 2: Your lawyer will pursue an amicable, but emotionally detached, settlement between debtor and creditor .
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Collections Law
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Cohen LLC can create and implement a plan for debt recovery to enhance your bad debt recovery and enforce judgments that you have previously obtained or that they win on your behalf. They don’t dabble in bad debt collection and debt recovery—it is what they do. The Law Offices of Alan M. Attorneys vs. Agencies.
Collections Law
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Like nearly every other state as of 2020, Massachusetts finally adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, allowing out-of-state judgments to be domesticated by Massachusetts attorneys. We file your judgment with the court clerk, who will then give notice to your debtor. Cohen LLC has experience with.
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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. Our firm’s lawyers explore every avenue available to you under state and federal laws to pursue and collect unpaid debts.
Collections Law
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Cohen LLC can create and implement a plan for debt recovery to enhance your bad debt recovery and enforce judgments that you have previously obtained or that they win on your behalf. They don’t dabble in bad debt collection and debt recovery—it is what they do. The Law Offices of Alan M.
Collections Law
APRIL 2, 2024
Securing an ex parte attachment to obtain pre-judgment security as part of a collections lawsuit can help to alleviate these concerns. Cohen & Associates LLC, our experienced, relentless and innovative commercial debt collection attorneys have over 50 years of collective experience. After all a judgment is just a judgment.
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FDCPA Defense
APRIL 17, 2019
Few things are more fundamental in the law than the principle that a lawyer owes a duty of loyalty to the client, a duty to be vigorous advocate within the bounds of the law, and a duty to maintain the client’s confidences and preserve the attorney-client privilege. Clients expect this of their attorneys, as they should.
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Collections Law
MARCH 19, 2024
Securing an ex parte attachment to obtain pre-judgment security as part of a collections lawsuit can help to alleviate these concerns. Cohen & Associates LLC, our experienced, relentless and innovative commercial debt collection attorneys have over 50 years of collective experience. After all a judgment is just a judgment.
52 Collections Law
OCTOBER 5, 2020
After going through the appropriate channels to try to collect outstanding debt — to no avail, as methods such as letter writing and phone calls prove to be fruitless — the next step is turning to the debt collection lawyers at the Law Offices of Alan M. They explore all avenues to get you paid.
Debt Guru
APRIL 12, 2020
At the same time, payday lenders will start calling you and sending letters from their lawyers. As the fees pile up and the interest compounds, you might face a debt collector or even a civil lawsuit. They may even call your personal references.
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Debt Free Colorado
APRIL 1, 2021
Also, it’s a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for a third party debt collector to disclose information about your debts to others. You can’t garnish wages because you don’t have a judgment. You don’t have a judgment because you haven’t filed a lawsuit.
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Indiana Consumer Law Group
NOVEMBER 26, 2016
The lawsuit, which has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, alleges that Blatt, Hasenmiller, Liebsker & Moore filed a debt collection lawsuit against the Indiana consumer in the wrong county and thereby violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).
Collection Industry News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
. • Debt collection cases have claimed an increasing share of the civil docket, making up about 30% of the civil court caseload in the one state where comprehensive data was available. • The dollar value of claims filed annually by debt buyers increased from $6 billion in 1993 to $98 billion in 2013. Finding flaws in the claim.
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Collections Law
APRIL 25, 2023
Only a lawyer can do what is necessary to force payment. We do aggressive business-to-business collections for everyone from banks and debt buyers to building contractors and other attorneys. We collect on Massachusetts debts and also on judgments from other states when the debtor or their property is in Massachusetts.
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Collections Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
We work to attempt to shut down games and trickery At our firm, our collections lawyers do not tolerate delays or excuses. When we get involved in a debt collection matter, we do not waste your time or ours on efforts we don’t believe will work. Obtaining a judgment whether procedurally or at trial.
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Collections Law
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
If you are seeking out an attorney for judgment collection , turn to the debt collections lawyers with over 45 years of combined experience. For more information on how our effective and relentless debt collection methods can help you, contact the Law Offices of Alan M. Lun Fat Produce, Inc.
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