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, Mary E. Lopinot
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 - 11:00, Mary E. Lopinot
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
   11:00 - 12:00, Mary E. Lopinot
1. Knowing the Debtor
2. How to Effectively Get the Debtor's Attention
3. Avoiding Counterclaims
4. Obtaining Judgment
4. COLLECTING THE JUDGMENT
   1:00 - 2:00, William W. Asa
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
   2:15 - 3:30, Mary E. Lopinot
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, William W. Asa
1. Eliminating Ethical Problems From Your Practice
2. Zealous Representation or Vexatious Practices
3. Lawyer Liability
4. Attorneys' Fees

WILLIAM W. ASA is an attorney with Taliana, Buckley & Asa, where his main areas of practice are commercial law, real estate and litigation. Mr. Asa is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Illinois State and Illinois Creditor bar associations. Mr. Asa earned his J.D. degree from Southern Illinois University.

MARY E. LOPINOT is a shareholder at Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd., where she focuses her practice on bankruptcy, creditors' rights, tax litigation, general tax law and criminal tax defense. As a debtor's attorney, Ms. Lopinot has represented consumer debtors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, the St. Clair County Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois. Ms. Lopinot earned her B.S. degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Saint Louis University School of Law.

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