Collection Litigation: Representing the Debtor 2026 Edition (COMING SOON)

PRE-ORDER

Practitioners defending debtors in collection litigation can put their best foot forward with the tools in this essential practice guide. This handbook prepares the judicious lawyer to identify the party suing to collect a debt, sniff out defects in collection pleadings, verify a debt’s veracity outside normal discovery procedures, and navigate the deadlines, definitions, and technicalities of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Uniform Commercial Code, Illinois Supreme Court Rule 222, and other rules and regulations in state, federal, and common law. This handbook also unpacks the latest updates to Illinois’ Collection Agency Act, including a new statutory subsection and definition for “coerced debt.”

Daniel A. Edelman, Julie Clark & Heather A. Kolbus, Edelman Combs Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Chicago

Chapter 1 — Who Is Bringing the Case: Creditor or Debt Buyer?

Chapter 2 — Court Procedures, Deadlines, and Proper Plaintiff

Chapter 3 — Defective Collection Pleadings

Chapter 4 — Right to Obtain Verification of Debt Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Uniform Commercial Code, and Supreme Court Rule 222

Chapter 5 — Collection Plaintiffs and Debt Buyers: Proving That Anything Is Due

Chapter 6 — Substantive Defenses

Chapter 7 — Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Issues