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The Client’s Role in Settlement Negotiations

Debtors today have become extremely savvy. Many of them have dealt with enough creditors and creditor’s attorneys to know exactly how to turn the situation around to their advantage. The following scenario is a typical example of this: A credit manager has an account that goes delinquent. After unsuccessfully attempting to collect the debt, he turns the matter over to

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Attacking a Debtor’s Trust

In our collection practice we have found that many debtors try to hide their assets from creditors by putting their money into a trust. The debtors believe that as long as this money is not in their name individually, they are protected from levy by their creditors. This is absolutely incorrect. If a creditor knows what he is doing, he

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The Courts Give Creditors a Powerful New Weapon to Fight Debtors

One of the most frustrating aspects of collections that creditors face, is dealing with a debtor who unquestionably knows that the debt is due and owing, but who spitefully forces the creditor to proceed with costly litigation to collect their money. This type of debtor usually has no remorse for his debt and will even go so far as to

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How a Limited Liability Company Affects Creditors

Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about debt collection and creditor’s rights, along comes the Limited Liability Company with its own set of rules. On October 1, 1994, Governor Pete Wilson signed the Beverly-Kilea Limited Liability Company Act into law, thereby giving birth to the Limited Liability Company commonly referred to as the “LLP”. The

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