Credit Corp

JUNE 3, 2020

A judgment is an order issued by a court of law. If they are successful, the court issues a judgment against you. What Happens After a Judgment Is Entered Against You? The court enters a judgment against you if your creditor wins their claim or you fail to show up to court. What Is a Judgment on Property?

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Account Recovery

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A District Court judge in Florida has chopped the amount of attorney’s fees to be awarded to the plaintiff’s counsel in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case by 75%, and called out the counsel for having a “vastly excessive” number of lawyers and paralegals work the case, which showed “a lack of judgment, poor … (..)

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Account Recovery

APRIL 15, 2024

Being accused of calling someone a “mother [expletive]” when attempting to collect on a debt and then not responding to a motion of summary judgment filed by the plaintiffs is a bold strategy, but it might have more to do with the defendant not having a lawyer who is representing it anymore, and that might […]

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Credit Corp

MAY 30, 2023

A judgment is an order issued by a judge or jury to settle a lawsuit. In this case, the judge may order you to pay the other party as part of the court’s final judgment. The order can be issued in one of two forms: A monetary judgment: A judgment that orders one party to pay the other party a specific amount of money.

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Collections Law

MAY 2, 2024

Do you have an out-of-state judgment? Our relentless and aggressive commercial collection lawyers at Law Offices of Alan M. In the case of foreign judgments states are required to honor and recognize judgments those judgments by virtue of the U.S. What is a foreign judgment? Constitution.

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Collections Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

You have a judgment in hand, yet your debtor seems unfazed, conducting transactions and collecting payments without a second thought to what they owe you. A reach and apply injunction can help you collect on an unpaid judgment by making sure that your debtor cannot continue to ignore their financial obligation to you.

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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

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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FFGN COLLECT NY

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The debt collection process in New York is different for lawyers than others. The rules are the same regardless if you are the lawyer or the client. For some, mandatory arbitration of fee disputes is included in the underlying engagement (retainer agreement) between lawyer and client.

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Collections Law

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Cohen & Associates LLC, our commercial collections lawyers have more than 50 years of combined experience. Using methods available under state and federal laws, our ethical debt collection lawyers fight to get you paid, and they do so relentlessly and aggressively. At Law Offices of Alan M.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sometimes the first spots are debt collection agencies and lawyers with savvy marketing skills or those who purchased keywords or ad space — none of which reflect a debt collector’s ability to collect within the state. The best way to find a debt collection lawyer often varies.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

AUGUST 26, 2024

How do you get paid when you’ve won your New York debt collection case and have a money judgment? Your debt collection lawyer may recommend involving the marshal to help collect. Read on to understand the mechanics of the sale and how to satisfy your judgment. Would a Marshal’s Sale Satisfy Your Judgment?

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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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FFGN COLLECT NY

JUNE 2, 2022

The court has refused to prevent non-lawyers from the New York-based nonprofit Upsolve from offering legal advice to help consumers defend debt collection lawsuits. This goes against well-settled rules relating to legal advice that only a lawyer can dispel legal advice. But to allow non-lawyers to offer legal advice?

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Public Citizen

JUNE 29, 2020

I have concluded that the Higbee firm deliberately, and cynically, preys on the high cost of copyright lawyers to extract undeserved payments for itself and its clients. We responded by seeking a declaratory judgments of non-infringement, as well as an award of attorney fees, both the Luong and the Seliger/Hirsch cases. 

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Collections Law

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The judge declared that the debt owed to you is legitimate and you have a judgment against your debtor. Anyone who has any experience with debt collection will tell you that getting a court judgment is only the first step. Once you win a judgment from the court, the next step is to get a writ of execution. But now what?

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Collections Law

APRIL 9, 2021

Very often your initial attorney who obviously excels at winning the case for you does not know the ins and outs of debt recovery or post-judgment collection. Cohen LLC have over 45 years of combined experience with post-judgment collection practices. Post-Judgment Discovery. Which do you think will get you paid faster?

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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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FFGN COLLECT NY

AUGUST 16, 2024

One year is considered the magic number when trying to vacate a default judgment. New York law states that a person who is not personally served with a summons and complaint has one year from learning about the judgment to defend the case and vacate the judgment. What Defines Knowledge of a Judgment?

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Collections Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our lawyers are well-versed in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Our lawyers also understand the intricacies and nuances afforded by the state of Massachusetts that protect a creditor’s right to collect on debts owed to them.

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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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FFGN COLLECT NY

JULY 23, 2020

In order to vacate, set aside, or remove a default judgment in New York, you must make a motion to the court in which the judgment was entered. The motion will contain a specific request for the court to vacate the judgment and return monies taken to satisfy the judgment. Two Methods for Vacating a Default Judgment.

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Collections Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Cohen LLC domesticate and enforce foreign judgments for clients outside Massachusetts. We’ve created this blog as a primer on how we handle foreign judgment cases, as well as examining the tools that we use to help business owners like you to collect their accounts receivables. Domesticating Your Judgment.

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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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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

And, lawyers: most of your clients, too, are working from home. No judgment here.) So, if you feel like your referral networking has fallen off, kick off your Adidas slides, and find a physical spot to hang with other lawyers. That’s awesome; and, that’s as it always should have been. They get it. Literally everyone gets it.

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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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Taurus Collect

JULY 19, 2022

However, if you have enormous amounts pending in debts, say over £8,369,880, it is recommended to source your debts by hiring a lawyer. They will help you obtain a court-ordered judgment against your debtor to pay the money along with the interest.

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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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Collections Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Real estate attachments are a type of pre-judgment attachment. That means you secure the asset before you receive the judgment against the debtor. The debtor cannot transfer that asset while the judgment case is underway. Once you receive your judgment, you have an asset set aside which may pay the debt.

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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.” In granting the defendants’ motion, the district court held that the plaintiff did not suffer any actual injuries and “neither confusion, lost sleep, nor hiring a lawyer are concrete harms.”

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Effective May 1, 2021, Florida adopted the federal summary judgment standard. The new summary judgment standard substantively changed the standards courts apply when evaluating a motion for summary judgment, substantially changed the procedural rules applicable to summary judgment. In re Amends. 1.510 , 317 So.

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Credit Corp

MARCH 12, 2025

Failing to respond can result in default judgment, allowing the creditor to take action by seizing your assets or withholding your wages. Consult a lawyer: If you are unsure how to draft your response or need help asserting defenses, consult a lawyer or a legal aid organization.

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 10, 2020

Michael Seabright, in the District of Hawaii, denied a Defendant debt collector’s motion for summary judgment. DNF moved for summary judgment, arguing that it never communicated with Viernes because DNF’s lawyers, not DNF, filed the debt collection lawsuit. On July 31, Judge J.

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Public Citizen

OCTOBER 14, 2021

  Last week, I sent a response to a demand letter sent on behalf of Trader Joe's from a BigLaw attorney lawyer who, considering his claim to be a "seasoned intellectual property litigator," really should have known better than to subject his client to the Streisand Effect.

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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 experienced and relentless debt recovery attorneys at the Law Offices of Alan M.

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