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Beverly Unrath Celebrates 14 Years with The National List of Attorneys

February 23, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

Dear Friends, Today (2/23/12) is my 14th anniversary with The National List of Attorneys. They have been 14 wonderful years. Randy Nicola, Vice President, hired me as a part time employee during my first year in college. My job was to recruit law firms to be NL members. I worked just two hours a day, [...]

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Collecting Medical Debt — How Aggressive Should You Be?

February 23, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

A recent NYT article (2/13/12, pp. 1 & 17) points out that many states have wrestled with aggressive debt collection by hospitals in recent years. Like New York, several passed laws curbing hospitals’ pursuit of unpaid bills, including IL, CA, & MN. Hospitals are not legally barred from seeking judgments or liens, but must first [...]

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Do You Know Where Your Assets Are?

February 9, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

In today’s environment of regulation, financial instability and security risk, many in the debt collection industry consider it mandatory to have an audit and compliance process in place to protect their financial assets. Asset buyers and other forwarders want to ensure their vendors do quality, honest and safe work. ACA Fall Forum Session Promotes Audits [...]

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Unexpected Benefit of Attending DBA!

February 16, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

You’ll want to click on “read more,” especially if you didn’t attend DBA, but I just can’t resist sharing the unexpected benefit and early “Valentine” that two of my National List colleagues received from being there. Both Beverly Unrath and Kacey Rask told me almost the same thing, but in Kacey’s own words:  “With two [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day! Today love is in the air. I sent the kids to school with their Valentine boxes and Valentines for their friends and teachers. Alli’s box looks like a monkey and Ethan’s box looks like a turtle. Our office is decorated with flowers, balloons, cupcakes—even a 6 foot teddy bear!—all delivered by loved [...]

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Don’t Miss DBA Conf. Featured Presentation on Documentation Requirements for Litigation of Purchased Debts

February 2, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

Attorney Ronald S. Canter, a recognized authority on creditor rights, who has substantial experience in representing debt buyers in Federal and state litigation and compliance matters, will be speaking at the DBA Conference on February 7th at 1:30 PM. His topic is “Putting Together the Documentation for a Lawsuit.” This presentation focuses on the fast [...]

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Rising # of FDCPA Lawsuits Creates Urgent Need for Creditors’ Rights Attorneys

January 26, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

The rising number of FDCPA and FCRA lawsuits being filed has made the need for experienced and qualified attorneys who focus their practices on creditors’ rights more urgent than ever. This need inspired The National List to create CreditorsRightsLawFirms.com (CRLF), a   premier, online, nationwide directory of experienced creditor’s rights attorneys. As an extension of The [...]

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Cure Clock Watching in 2012

January 19, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

I am easily bored. I like to have something to do almost every minute of the day. Sitting around doing nothing quickly makes me bored and just a bit irritable. When my To-Do List is done, I’m not entirely sure what to do with the extra 10 minutes. Same thing happens at work. When things [...]

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Are You or Your firm at Risk?

January 12, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

Are you or your firm adequately covered for job-related risk? When was the last time you reviewed your insurance coverage? Clients are becoming more adamant that attorneys carry specific types of insurance policies. Do you know what they are? Do you have them? Do you know what they do or don’t cover? The National List’s quarterly [...]

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And the Winners Are……..!

January 11, 2012 by nationallist 28 Comments

During the month of January, The National List encouraged all of our followers to enter a drawing for free registration to the 16th Annual National Collections & Credit Risk Conference, to be held March 14-16, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, LA. The value of the registration is $2695! Today we are pleased [...]

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The Conundrum of Collector Compensation

January 5, 2012 by nationallist 0 Comments

How to compensate collectors has been an issue during all of my 20 plus years in the Collection Industry. The addition of automated dialing and other technology has caused some agencies and firms to change compensation policies in order to get the most benefit out of their new collection tools. Some are concerned with employee [...]

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Should Small Businesses Have a Sick Leave Program?

December 14, 2011 by nationallist 0 Comments

Should Small Businesses Have a Sick Leave Program? Beverly Unrath confided in me that recently she and some friends were discussing whether or not they should have a sick leave program for their small business (5-10 employees). She thought this would be an interesting blog topic, and asked me to research sick leave programs, the [...]

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Travel Apps I Have Used and Love!

December 8, 2011 by nationallist 0 Comments

As I was traveling this past weekend, I learned about a few travel apps that I’m excited about and want to share with you, in case you don’t already know about them: Flight View, GateGuru, AirportLife, GasBuddy, Free Wi-Fi Finder and links to others. Flight View   Product Features: Flight tracking by flight number or [...]

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