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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael J. Kurzman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Alex Barthet' <Alex@barthet.com>; Arnold Tritt <arnold.tritt@atritt.com>; Willis, David <dwillis@rumberger.com>; clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Texas Collection Agencies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Perhaps a letter to the Florida Attorney General’s office to see if they are interested in looking into the matter?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">It seems to me that if you can show they are using false and misleading information, the Attorney General may be interested…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#1F497D">Michael J Kurzman, Esq.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Barthet<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arnold Tritt; Willis, David; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Texas Collection Agencies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose">Arnie – I can’t argue with your logic about Grade A clients. Grade B clients help pay the bills and may be susceptible. Grade C clients, good riddance.
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<p class="MsoNormal">That said, as officers of the court knowing that they are fraudulently inducing those in the construction industry to hire them with false promises, if there is something we can do, we probably should.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Arnold Tritt [<a href="mailto:arnold.tritt@atritt.com">mailto:arnold.tritt@atritt.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alex Barthet <<a href="mailto:Alex@barthet.com">Alex@barthet.com</a>>; Willis, David <<a href="mailto:dwillis@rumberger.com">dwillis@rumberger.com</a>>;
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<b>Subject:</b> RE: Texas Collection Agencies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">MUCH TO DO ABOUT NOTHING. Grade A business / construction clients don’t forsake their relationship with their legal counsel and engage an out-of-state collection agency to collect on a Claim of Lien based on
a phone solicitation any more than Grade A business / construction clients engage an attorney in response to a radio spot. The Texas boys have been at it for years and your Grade A clients will always call you when they are contacted by such folks. If your
client was ever to be duped by such tactics it was not Grade A and should be dropped and referred to your competition. Just my thoughts. Arnie.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Barthet<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Willis, David <<a href="mailto:dwillis@rumberger.com">dwillis@rumberger.com</a>>;
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Texas Collection Agencies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">David - I have tried to call on numerous occasions after they call my clients and they never call me back. Once they know a lawyer is involved, they seem to duck back into the shadows.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Willis, David [<a href="mailto:dwillis@rumberger.com">mailto:dwillis@rumberger.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:36 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> RE: Texas Collection Agencies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning all. I am writing about an issue that I am seeing with increasing frequency. The purpose of this email is to (i) alert the community of this practice, (ii) learn if others are hearing the same thing from their clients and
(iii) see if folks smarter than me have any ideas how to deal with, or ideally, stop them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many of our clients that record liens are receiving unsolicited calls from collection agencies out of Texas, the two most common we are seeing are Tucker Albin and Assoc. (<a href="http://tuckeralbin.net/">http://tuckeralbin.net/</a>) and
Milton Myers and Assoc. (<a href="http://www.mmatx.net/">http://www.mmatx.net/</a>). Obviously, they are getting the clients’ information by pulling the liens from the public records.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The problem is that they are making blatantly false statements such as they are working with others on the project and can guaranty payment if the client signs up, or they are representing several other lienors on the same project that
are about the get paid and if the client signs up, he can get them paid now. The reason I know these statements are false is because in the last two occasions that my clients received these calls, they were the only lienors on the projects and on both, I
was already in contact with counsel for both the contractor and owner negotiating settlements.<o:p></o:p></p>
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