Collections

Debt Collections

Jeffrey G. Lerman, P.C. is licensed and/or bonded in Consumer Debt Collection in the States of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida.

For nearly 40 years, our law firm has successfully recovered large sums of monies due our healthcare, retail and commercial clientele. We achieve excellent results by pursuing our clients’ unpaid accounts in a lawful, professional, and diligent manner. Our fees are contingent upon recovery of monies due you. In other words; “If there is no collection, there is no fee.” Moreover, our contingency fee rates are most competitive and reasonable.

The owner and president of Jeffrey G. Lerman, P.C. is Jeffrey G. Lerman, Esq., an attorney admitted to practice in the Courts of the State of New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the U.S. Court of Claims.

In addition, Jeffrey G. Lerman, Esq. is a member of the New York State Bar Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Nassau County Bar Association; National Creditor’s Bar Association; and New York State Creditor’s Bar Association.  These memberships, along with associated conferences, lectures and literature, keep the firm apprised of changes in the law, including new legislation and amendments as well as strategies that enhance successful outcomes.  The law firm, through Jeffrey G. Lerman, Esq., has presented lectures to several Bar Associations on various topics, including the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the federal law that governs consumer collections throughout the U.S.) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Among other associations, our firm is affiliated with Lexis-Nexis,  Experian and Accurint.  These memberships provide databases containing current and previous residential address information for individuals throughout the United States.  They also permit access to information regarding month and year of birth.

Rest assured that we devote our best efforts to recover the full amount of accounts placed with us for collection with persistent and diligent activity.  At all times, our efforts will be legal, ethical and in full compliance with applicable governmental (Federal, State and Local) rules and regulations.

For our medical/hospital clientele, accounts submitted for collection can be transferred electronically via secure e-mail. We work with many formats, including Excel, Text, XML, DAT, etc.  Access to our SFTP server may be granted for enhanced security when transferring accounts.   The Firm, through Marks Paneth, LLP, of 685 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017, has successfully conducted an SOC II audit and has been certified as being in full compliance with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, including but not limited to the documented protocols in handling PHI and sensitive data.

For our commercial and retail clientele, accounts submitted for collection can also be transferred electronically or by mail.

All payments received by our office on behalf of our clients are deposited into our attorney escrow account.  We maintain complete and separate records showing all collection and litigation activity with respect to each account referred to our office.

Please contact us today to discuss how we may assist with your collections and legal issues.

Note:  For consumers visiting our website who have received communication from our office concerning a claim for a past due account, please be informed that communications from or with our office are from a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

For New York City residents, who have received communication from our office concerning a claim for a past due account, per the requirements of New York City Department of Consumer Affairs relating to language access services, we inform consumer debtors on this website that our office offers Spanish translation services, as well as providing notification that translation and description of commonly used debt collection terms are available in multiple languages in the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs website, www.nyc.gov/dca.