On June 1, 2015,  Channel 2 News aired a news segment by Clark Howard on the importance of standing up for yourself when faced with a debt collection lawsuit. DeWoskin Law Firm’s Jill Sheridan was featured on the story as a consumer who once faced a debt collection lawsuit by a debt buyer in Gwinnett […]

U.S. Vows to Battle Abusive Debt Collectors – NYTimes.com. It’s about time for regulators to take more notice of these issues.  Many debt collectors, and first party lenders, have engaged in fraudulent and abusive practices with little to no oversight or accountability.  I am skeptical about what impact the Federal Trade Commission and other regulators […]

In the consumer work that I do, I repeatedly hear about abuses that people are subjected to by debt collectors without any respect for the rule of law and without any sense of common decency.  I am frequently asked by clients, friends, colleagues, and others what are some of the ways that people can protect […]