We Will Take Your Debt Collection Calls

Lee Legal Will Take Your Debt Collection Calls

You have enough to worry about. We will take your debt collection calls for you. Some debt collectors are pretty good at their jobs. The more adept debt collection companies will try to force you into making bad decisions. But you don’t have to let that happen. You have to take control of the situation. […]

Do You Get Shady Debt Collector Calls? I Get Them All the Time.

Do You Get Shady Debt Collector Calls? I Get Them All the Time.

As a bankruptcy lawyer, I get debt collector calls multiple times a day. When I file a bankruptcy for a client, my number becomes associated with all of that client’s collection accounts. So I get lots of calls verifying representation and validating debts and checking account numbers. Many times, creditors simply want to know our […]

D.C. Lawyer for Debt Defense

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Consider hiring a lawyer for debt defense if you are being pursued by a debt collector. Lee Legal serves the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and the D.C. suburbs of Maryland. To understand how the debt collection industry works, read the November 2019 State of Collections report from TransUnion. We did, and there are a […]

Debt in Collection on Your Credit Report

The debt collection industry makes several billion dollars annually. From Q4 2009 through Q2 2015, no fewer than 33 percent had a debt collection item on their credit reports. Today, 28 percent of Americans have negative collection debts weighing down their credit scores. If you have a debt in collection on your credit report, you’re […]

Debt Doesn’t Just Disappear

Debt collector phone calls and collection letters in the mail are never welcome yet must be dealt with all the same. For some, ignoring their debt is a direct result of not having the money to pay the debt. But know this: ignoring debt collectors will never remedy the situation. In fact, it could make it […]

DC Region Leads Nation in Complaints About Debt Collection

Washington, D.C. Region Outpaces Nation in Complaints About Debt Collection -- LEE LEGAL -- DC VA MD

The Washington, D.C. region again outpaces the nation in complaints about debt collection in 2018, according to the latest Complaint Snapshot report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB. Washington, D.C. ranks first in the nation in debt collection complaints per capita, while Maryland ranks third and Virginia ranks eighth. The D.C. area has […]

Call from a Debt Collector? Know Your Rights.

Call from a Debt Collector -- Know Your Rights

If you’re getting calls from debt collectors, you might have several issues going on in your life. You probably don’t have a lot of time to talk to a stranger trying to get you to pay them money. Or you might have all the time in the world but no money to give. If you […]

What Does It Mean When a Debt is Charged Off?

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Many people experience a feeling of relief when they see on their credit reports that an old debt has been marked as “Charged Off.” Some think that these debts have been forgiven because a creditor has charged off the debt. But what exactly does it mean when a debt is charged off? You Still Owe […]

The Debt Buying Industry

The Debt Buying Industry

Delinquent debt has given rise to an entire debt buying industry. When a debt becomes seriously delinquent, the bank holding the debt will write it off then sell it to a debt buyer, like Midland Funding, for a tiny fraction of the amount of the debt. In turn, that debt buyer might sell it to yet […]