by John Skiba, Esq. | Oct 14, 2014 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Newsletter
“A gamut of players including publicly traded companies, hedge fund operators, professional debt collectors, street hustlers, ex-cons, and lawyers all work together, and against one another, to recoup every penny on every dollar. In this often-lawless market...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Oct 14, 2014 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Debt Settlement, Newsletter
I recently had a trial against Midland Funding. It was your typical Midland Funding junk debt buyer trial – long on assumptions, short on admissible evidence. This particular case was particularly bad as to the complete lack of evidence. The alleged debt had...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Oct 13, 2014 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits
Long before debt buyers like Midland Funding file a lawsuit they start the whole debt collection process by showing up on your credit report. Soon after you will receive a letter or two entitled the “Pre-Legal Notification” from a company known as Midland...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Oct 8, 2014 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Newsletter
Most of the Midland Funding lawsuits I defend on behalf of my clients end up in trial. It is my experience that Midland Funding often doesn’t give decent settlements offers prior to trial and the odds of winning your lawsuit are high enough that I am of the...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Oct 7, 2014 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits
Judges are people too. And often, particularly in the Arizona Justice Court System, the judge assigned to your case can greatly impact the outcome of your debt collection lawsuit. Judges each come to the bench with their own experiences and biases, and though I...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Oct 3, 2014 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits
I fully understand that in many debt collection lawsuits it doesn’t make a lot of sense for people to hire a lawyer. If you are being sued by a debt buyer like Midland Funding for $1,000 it doesn’t make a lot of sense to hire a lawyer to represent you...
