Archive for December, 2006

What in hell is wrong with collection agencies these days??

Gary Nitzkin December 22nd, 2006 Comments Off on What in hell is wrong with collection agencies these days??

I am a collection attorney. I represent collection agencies…most of the time. Last month, I filed three lawsuits against three different collection agencies for blatently ignoring the FDCPA. I don’t file frivolous lawsuits. These collection agencies egregiously violated the FDCPA. For example, one agency’s collector threatened ME with legal action that she could not take. […]

What are you carrying in your wallet?..an FDCPA Claim?

Gary Nitzkin December 9th, 2006 Comments Off on What are you carrying in your wallet?..an FDCPA Claim?

Just last month (November 2006), the 600 pound gorilla of debt collection, Muller Muller Richard Harms Myers and Sgroi, P.C., lost an important round in an FDCPA action entitled Stolicker v Muller Muller. Get this….Ms. Stolicker had a Capital One credit card. The agreement she signed with Capital One says that if they have to […]