The Thomson Reuters 2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market begins by using the “Maginot Line,” a faulty defense built by France in the 1930s to deter a German invasion, as an example of “The Lure of Failing… Read More ›
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The Risks of Collecting Debt in the Medical Marijuana Industry
Today’s blog was written based on the interview NL Editor Marti Lythgoe had with Lorna Walker, Managing Attorney with Sweet & Walker, P.C., San Francisco, CA. Her emphasis is commercial collection litigation and creditors rights. She is also one of… Read More ›
Why a Law Firm Needs a Website
Today’s guest blog was contributed by Sommer Jacob, founder of Studio North. She is a designer and a marketing and brand consultant with 20 years of experience that includes designing websites for attorneys and law firms.* A website is often the… Read More ›
Payday Loan Debt and Who Can Collect It
Payday loans, sometimes called “cash advances,” “check loans” or “title loans,” provide consumers with quick, short-term access to cash in emergencies, but they are among the riskiest loans with some of the highest interest rates. Consequently, many payday loans end… Read More ›
Post-Judgment Recoveries Available to a Judgment Creditor
PART 4 of the series What to Expect when Retaining a Collection Attorney to Assist in Recovery of Delinquent Accounts. Today’s guest blog was contributed by Lisa H. Haster, Esq., Of Counsel/Marketing Director for Gurstel Law Firm P.A. Over a… Read More ›
IACC Conference Recap
As a first-time attendee at the 2017 International Association of Commercial Collections (IACC) conference held at the Eden Roc in Miami Beach, FL, last week (Jan 11-13th), I was very impressed with both the accommodations and the conference atmosphere. The IACC… Read More ›
Is Your Credit Application Sufficient?
Today we’re posting a guest blog written by Dean Kaplan, President of The Kaplan Group, a commercial collection agency and consulting firm, and a National List client. One of the most common mistakes business owners make is failing to properly… Read More ›
Let NL Take the Guesswork out of Finding a Collections Law Firm
If you are using only The National List’s online or printed directory to find an attorney, or if you are placing claims with one of our member attorneys without registering and insuring those claims through us, you aren’t getting the… Read More ›
2013 – 2016: Ideas for Promoting Growth in Your Collection Practice
In January of 2013, we posed this question to several of our law firm members: “What changes are you making in your collection practice in order to grow in 2013?” Today we’re taking a look back at some of those… Read More ›
Spotlight on Greene & Cooper, LLP
“Greene & Cooper, LLP has been friends with National List for thirty years. During this time it has been a mutually profitable and beneficial relationship,” writes Allison Elkins Cooper, Associate Attorney. “My father, Kyle A. Cooper, founded Greene & Cooper… Read More ›