Our Legal Liaison, David Greenberg, traveled to Berlin, Germany in September for the 2016 FENCA World Congress. More than 200 experts from the debt collection industry from Europe, North America, Asia, Arabia, Israel, India and North Africa gained valuable knowledge about the newest trends in the industry and gave a snapshot of the future, where […]
Selling a Debtor’s Property
A Dramatic and Effective Remedy – That Should Rarely Be Used Usually, as soon as a judgment is entered against an individual, the first question a creditor asks is, “Can I force her to sell her house?” If your judgment debtor owns property, it is by far the most tempting target for enforcement, especially if […]
Why John Oliver Is Wrong About Debt Collection
Debt Buyers and Bad Actors Should Not Define an Industry More and more Americans turn to comedy shows for news in addition to entertainment. These shows make plenty of jokes, but they also claim to present facts, presumably accurate, in a journalistic way. While not always a problem, Last Week Tonight’s recent episode on […]
Why Is a Qualified Interpreter or Translator Necessary
Let’s start with a couple of definitions – Interpretation is the process where a person converts spoken words from one language to another language. Therefore, an “interpreter” acts as an intermediary between individuals who are speaking different languages. Translation, on the other hand is the process of converting the written word from one language to […]
Collecting From The Spouse Of Your Judgment Debtor
You filed suit and obtained a Judgment against a debtor and afterwards you learn the Judgment debtor is married. Can you go after assets and income held in the name of the Judgment debtor’s spouse? Whether or not that is possible will largely depend upon the State in which the debtor and spouse reside. However, […]
Defalcation – It can happen to you!
Defalcation-misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary. You or your collection agency hired an attorney to collect a bad debt and the good news is that job was accomplished. However, the bad news is you didn’t know about it and, worse, you didn’t receive your share of the proceeds of the collection. First, I have to point out this is […]
8 Questions to Ask Your Debt Collection Lawyer
Over the past four decades, I’ve received hundreds of letters or emails from lawyers I’ve assigned to collection cases (after a few days or a week handling a case) to tell me, “The debtor isn’t responding to our demands for payment. Do you want to send us costs to begin a lawsuit?” However, precious little […]
Judicial Reference: An Enticing Alternative to Arbitration
This firm has long enthusiastically supported the use of arbitration clauses in contracts for the extension of credit, and arbitration clauses have been extensively utilized and litigated throughout the United States. However, many collection professionals are unaware of an alternative to arbitration available in California: Judicial reference. The Basics. California Code of Civil Procedure, Sections […]
Judgment Collection: Taking It All Back
The Challenge of Judgment Collection Debtors can avoid a creditor for a long time. Repeated, but failed, promises to pay, increasingly unbelievable excuses, and simply ignoring the creditor are all tactics debtors employ to delay collection. It can be remarkably frustrating. But, if a creditor is persistent, vindication will come in the form of a […]
As We Close 2015
This has been a sensational year for our law firm. We’ve had the privilege of gaining quite a few new clients, both from the United States and abroad. It truly is a humbling set of emotions to know we’re in a position to help those clients with their cases and just to answer questions about […]