A debt lawyer will help you prepare
a lawsuit against a debt collector who has broken laws that range from illegal contact to false or threatening statements.
Rosenthal Federal Fair Debt Collections Act «RFDCPA» — As a consumer, you're entitled to file
a lawsuit against any debt collector who violates your rights under the State of California's Rosenthal Federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
Not exact matches
The FDCPA also provides protections to consumers, including allowing you to require
debt collectors to valid any
debt against you or have your attorneys» fees paid for by the debtor in a
lawsuit in you are successful.
If bankruptcy or debtor's court is not an option, or you are interested in correcting your credit report, defending a collection
lawsuit, fighting back
against abusive
debt collectors, or challenging mortgage company abuses, you will have the information you need to decide what to do next.
A
debt collector can file a
lawsuit against you to collect an alleged
debt.
Consumers who may have defaulted on payday loans often have rogue
debt collectors who pretend they are in the process of filing or have already filed a
lawsuit against you.
In fact, the FDCPA says
debt collectors can not even threaten to file a
lawsuit against you if they don't actually plan on carrying out the action.
According to the Consumer Federation of America, the Federal Trade Commission brought four
lawsuits in 2012
against fraudulent
collectors who collected millions of dollars in «phantom»
debt that did not exist or was not owed to them.
While this may stop the phone calls and letters, you still owe the
debt and the creditor or
debt collector can still file a
lawsuit against you.
A contingency fee arrangement is only available for specific types of cases, such as consumer rights
lawsuits against third - party
debt collectors or other similar companies for violations of specific laws.
Debt collectors are counting on you not filing an answer to a
lawsuit and getting a default judgment
against you.
You fall behind and at some point, Discover (or a
debt collector) brings a
lawsuit against you.
A student loan lawyer can help determine whether you have a reason to file a
lawsuit against a
collector for violation of federal or state
debt collection laws.
I have a niche within a niche practice: I practice consumer law but I only represent consumers
against abusive
debt collectors and I defend consumers in
debt collection
lawsuits.
Randall Ryder represents consumers
against debt collectors and defends consumers in
debt collection
lawsuits.
Rob sues
debt collectors and defends people
against debt collection
lawsuits.
When defending
against collection
lawsuits, Rob looks for FDCPA violations to turn the tables on the
debt collector.
These can include notices from the company or agency owed the
debt, such as a credit card company, followed by delinquency notices from
debt collectors, a
lawsuit filed
against you and possibly a court judgment issued
against you.