In the first three months of 2012 our little firm has obtained vacation (reversal) of nine default judgments based on lack of notice. Many of these nine clients had been suffering from wage garnishments and bank levies, which were stopped due to our efforts. I spoke to four more victims of this practice yesterday. We…
Continue reading…Cavalry agrees to settle $49,800 Bank of America debt for $4,000 (8%).
Tags: Cavalry Portfolio, Bank of America Not much more to say here. We were able to convince Cavalry that if it did not agree to a low settlement, the client would file for bankruptcy protection, which was the truth (contrary to popular belief, good lawyers do not have to tell lies to get the job…
Continue reading…Creditor Illegally Obtains Judgment After Discharge In Bankruptcy: Fullman Firm Swings Into Action.
Tags: judgment, bankruptcy, contempt, vacate judgment Creditors may not sue you on a debt that has been previously discharged in bankruptcy. If they do, they are in violation of the Bankruptcy Code and they are in contempt of the Bankruptcy Court’s orders. However, sometimes a consumer does not want a big legal battle. Usually our clients…
Continue reading…Capital One and Hunt & Henriques Agree To Settle For Payments Totalling 44% Even Though Client Waited Until One Week Before Trial To Contact Us.
Tags: Capital One, Hunt & Henriques, Settlement Our client contacted us one week before her scheduled trial in a debt collection action. This of course limited our options. Nevertheless, we immediately completed what trial preparation we could and began settlement negotiations. After seeing that this was not going to be an easy win for them, Hunt…
Continue reading…Fullman Firm Client Wins $29,892.50 Lawsuit After Asset Acceptance And Attorney D. Scott Carruthers No-Show At Trial.
Asset Acceptance LLC is a purchaser of debt. It claimed to have purchased an old Citibank debt allegedly owed by R.A. R.A. defended himself and hired The Fullman Firm to help him prepare for trial, including preparation of a subpoena for Asset Acceptance’s witness who signed the Declaration In Lieu of Testimony (debt collectors really…
Continue reading…Midland and Brachfeld Agree to 26% Settlement, Even Though Client Waited Until Two Weeks Before Trial To Come To Us
B.S came to us asking if we could help with a debt collection trial coming up in two weeks. We agreed to help and quickly did as much preparation for trial as allowed for with so little time, including a subpoena for the Midland employee who signed the Declaration in Lieu of Testimony for use…
Continue reading…Debt Collector Threatening You With Jail? That’s Good News!
Got a call today from a consumer who had received a call from a person claiming to be debt collector. This “collector” had told the consumer that not paying a debt was fraud, and that he could go to jail for that. Really? Oh no! And will lightning strike him as well? How about alien…
Continue reading…Household Finance and Bishop White Drop $9,400 Lawsuit Against Fullman Client
Household Finance used Bishop White to sue M.B. for $9,400. M.B. retained us through our DIY service. Result? Case dismissed one week before trial. Total Fees charged to M.B.? $350.
Continue reading…Fullman Firm Client Beats FIA Card Services and Zwicker & Associates in $21,737 Lawsuit!
Tags: FIA Card Services, Zwicker FIA Card Services used Zwicker & Associates to sue our client, E.O. We walked through the process as trial approached. We suspected Zwicker was not preparing the case for trial due to their failure to file and serve pre-trial documents. E.O. hired us for a flat fee to substitute in…
Continue reading…Patenaude and Felix and National Collegiate Student Loan Trust Drop $27,827 Lawsuit
Tags: Patenaude and Felix, National Collegiate Student Loan Trust One of our DIY clients, L.B., just beat Patenaude & Felix and their client National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2003-1. L.B. defended the case with our help up to the last two weeks before trial, then and the other side just gave up and dismissed the…
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