The biggest issue most debtors
think about when accounts are sent to
collections is the harassing, aggressive tactics often used by
debt agencies who want their money.
However, if your
thinking about consolidating your
debt because of delinquency on your accounts and you're receiving
collection calls, although possible, different strategies are needed.
Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I
think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information
about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I
think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should
think through the implications of their particular situation, but I
think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I
think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your
debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.