Blog Posts in June, 2013

Frozen In Time (And Money)....

Credit card judgments can sneak up on you at any time and place. However it is a common tactic for debt collectors to freeze your bank account because of the judgments on a Friday afternoon, thus stranding you for the weekend. Such is the case of a recent client of the Law Office of Abel L. Pierre, Attorney at Law, P.C.. In this particular case the client never knew that he was being sued because ...

I Can't Get No Satisfaction!

Imagine that like many Americans you have a credit card judgment issued against you in civil court. You scrape up the money and finally pay off the judgment. A few years later you check your credit and realize that the judgment is being reported as not satisfied. You figure it is just an honest oversight and you send the credit reporting agency a letter stating that the judgment was in fact ...

Harassed by a Debt Collector? How Does the FDCPA Protect Me?

Being faced with mounting debt can be a extremely stressful experience, not only for you but for your family as well. Add to that the harassment and abusive tactics employed by many creditors and debt collectors and it may seem like there is no way out from under your financial burden. It is for that reason the federal government added the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to the ...

A Closer Look at Our Firm

For almost a decade the Law Office of Abel L. Pierre, Attorney at Law, P.C. has been helping residents in and around the New York City area to resolve their financial woes. Our primary purpose has always been to help consumers defend their rights by providing them with the aggressive representation they need when facing harassing creditors, abusive debt collectors, and financial burdens that have ...