Even though they have tried multiple collection efforts, your clients still haven't been paid a debt they're owed. That's when they turn to you for help. However, debt collection today is nothing like it was in the past, and smart professionals know they tread a fine line. How can you get the money owed, while staying in compliance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? We know – and can show you how. Order today!

1. Pre-Suit Collection Strategies
2. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
3. Filing the Lawsuit - Developing Definitive Strategies
4. Collecting the Judgment
5. The Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections
6. Avoiding Ethical Tangles in Collections

1. PRE-SUIT COLLECTION STRATEGIES
   9:00 - 10:00, Gary Vangilder
1. How to Decide Whether to Pursue Collection
2. Preventative Collection - Collecting Without Filing a Lawsuit
3. Designing a Collections System
4. How to Discover Assets - Finding Property From Which to Collect
2. THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
   10:15 - 11:15, Gary Vangilder
1. Statutory Background and Preemption
2. Scope of the FDCPA
3. Understanding the Actions Permitted or Restricted by the Act
4. Liability and Defenses
3. FILING THE LAWSUIT - DEVELOPING DEFINITIVE STRATEGIES
   11:15 - 12:15, Steven R. Davis
1. Knowing the Debtor
2. How to Effectively Get the Debtor's Attention
3. Avoiding Counterclaims
4. Obtaining Judgment
4. COLLECTING THE JUDGMENT
   1:15 - 2:15, Perry Y. Young
1. Use of Judgment Liens on Real Property
2. Use of Judgment Liens on Personal Property
3. Self-Help Repossession
4. Writs of Execution, Seize and Sale by Sheriff, Creditor Priority
5. Wage Garnishment
6. Attachments
7. Exemptions by Debtor
8. Fraudulent Conveyances
5. THE IMPACT OF BANKRUPTCY ON COLLECTIONS
   2:30 - 3:30, Perry Y. Young
1. Steps to Take When a Debtor Files Bankruptcy
2. Chapter 7 – Liquidation, Automatic Stay, Dischargeability
3. Chapter 13 – Reorganization, Automatic Stay, Dischargeability
4. Means Testing and "Abusive Filing"
5. Exemption Planning
6. 707(a) and 707(b) Dismissal
6. AVOIDING ETHICAL TANGLES IN COLLECTIONS
   3:30 - 4:30, Steven R. Davis
1. Eliminating Ethical Problems From Your Practice
2. Zealous Representation or Vexatious Practices
3. Lawyer Liability
4. Attorneys' Fees

STEVEN R. DAVIS is a sole practitioner in North Little Rock, where his main areas of practice are commercial law, probate, collections, Social Security, criminal defense and general civil litigation. He has been practicing law for more than 25 years. Mr. Davis frequently speaks to attorneys and bankers on his areas of practice. He previously was an assistant public defender for the City of North Little Rock and a deputy public defender for Pulaski County, Arkansas. Mr. Davis is a member of the Pulaski County and Arkansas bar associations, as well as the Commercial Law League of America. He earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. degree from the University of Texas.

GARY VANGILDER is a sole practitioner in Conway, Arkansas, where he devotes the majority of his practice to collections. Mr. Vangilder received his B.S. and J.D. degrees from Louisiana State University. He is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and the American Collection Association. Mr. Vangilder's law firm also is a licensed collection agency.

PERRY Y. YOUNG is the sole shareholder of Perry Y. Young, P.A., and a partner in the Benton law firm of Jensen, Young & Houston. He practices principally in the areas of commercial litigation; business and corporate transactions and litigation; real estate transactions and litigation; and probate estates. Mr. Young earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Hamilton College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C. He was admitted to the New York State Bar and before the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern districts of New York in 1994. In 1997, he was admitted to the Arkansas Bar, and to the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western districts of Arkansas. Mr. Young spent four years practicing as a commercial litigation attorney in New York prior to moving to Arkansas, where he has practiced since 1997. He taught classes for the Law School Aptitude Test, and as a certified law enforcement instructor, taught Saline County Sheriff's Reserve Deputies prior to their commission. He has taught several continuing legal education classes, primarily in the areas of business entity selection and formation, and on debtor-creditor relations. Mr. Young is a member of the Saline County, Pulaski County and Arkansas bar associations. He is the former president of the Saline County Bar Association (1999-2000). In 2007, he accepted an invitation to join the William R. Overton Inns of Court. He has also served as board member and as president of the Saline County Homebuilders Association (2002-2003). He has been elected special judge in the Saline County Circuit and District Courts. Mr. Young is the representative member of the firm in the Saline County Executive Association and Benton Chamber of Commerce.

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