Ever heard of "FREDERICK J hANNA AND ASSOCIATES ?

Is it legal & sufficient service of summons if it just gets left on the porch?

Absolutely not. Complaints must be personally served on the defendant or a competent adult at the residence.

some tips to use against frederick j hanna...
never admit anything to them...
insist on affirmation of "alleged" debt...the original contract with your signature and the credit card co's signature (they never have it)
they fasley claim the credit card company contacted them as their client, a flat out lie...
and finally insist on seeing anything with your signature on it...they have nothing....
I went to the courthouse to challenge them in front of a judge, and it took only 60 seconds to get their dweeb of a laywer wanna be to didmiss the case before we ever got to see the judge.
these sack of shhtz prey upon people who are too afraid to challenge, and hope everybody will settle even for a small percentage of the alleged debt total.
Stand up to these jerks and make them prove everything they are accusing you of!!
Good luck!

How on my credit report can I see whether or not Hanna is working for the CC company or not?

You can only see that Hanna has pulled your credit. You can't see whethere Hanna is working for the CC company. That is the point. They need to provie it to you.

I'm glad I found this. I was served today by these people, a lot of good, useful info on here. Thanks to everyone, I will let you know how it turns out.

Thank you thank you for your posts. I recently got a letter from hanna, and I am trying to figure out if they actually represent the credit card company. My gut told me know. I have not been served a summons yet, but I too am building a case against them. for a week straight, this twerp tried to verbally harass me on the phone, which I have on tape, (and he knows it)

I plan on going to court, and I am very prepared. These people are idiots.

I suspected they hacked into my credit report when they made up this story of how they got my name, via a debt consolidation company, which was a total lie. It was then that I knew that they did not have a third party relationship with my creditor and now I am going for the jugular.

I am the process of researching all the back grounds of the attornies

I went to the state bar

listed on the letter

Frederick J. Hanna
Dennis E. Henry
James T Freaney
Louis R. Feingold
Michael S. Peskin
Robert A. Winter
Joseph C. Cooling
Scot D. Groghan
Clayton D. Mosely
S. Louis Schiappa

Frederick J. Hanna - registered in GA
Dennis E. Henry
James T Freaney
Louis R. Feingold
Michael S. Peskin
Robert A. Winter
Joseph C. Cooling
Scot D. Groghan - Registered in Ga
Clayton D. Mosely
S. Louis Schiappa - Salvadore - Registered in GA

none of the other people showed up on the bar, so either they are licensed in other states, or not licensed at all.

Guess what!! The whole law firm is not even licensed in my state!

the stupidity of this firm, OMG! They got my cease and desist, and now they are masking their calls using a Bank of america number on their caller id.

so now, they are violating federal and state, telephonic law, as well, federal and state consumer protection laws.

Since I do not have a pre existing relationship with this business. stupid stupid stupid..

I am so taking them to court.

BTW, I got it all on tape. I called the number back and it was a Bank of america rep telling me it was Frederick J hanna, just using their number to get me to answer the phone. Hmmm.... federal telephonic law, is $500 per violation.. Cha ching! I am so suing.. I am also getting them for misrepresenting themselves, they do not even have the power to sue in my state.

We were served back in December by Hanna and promptly answered the lawsuit. Hanna attached some stock credit card agreement to the complaint and, despite numerous demands ever since, to validate the debt our requests have gone unanswered. Interestingly, Hanna's goons continue to contact us in an effort to set up payment arrangements to avoid "further inconvenience." I have some bad news for Hanna - we will be in court tomorrow with a little surprise with us.

Although we are scared, we will not be ruled by fear from scum like Hanna. If they are going to garnish anything from us, it will not happen without a fight. Hanna will need to prove his case to get anything.

Thank you for all the advice here. I too was served 1-16 with a summons from Hanna & Co. There seems to be a pattern -- after I sent the DV letter, I get this reply from a "legal assistant" who just re-states the amount. About 1-1/2 month later, I get hit with a lawsuit.

Can anyone help me with a template or some ideas for answering such a lawsuit? This was filed in Superior Court, in GA. Do I file a Motion to dismiss? Intent to defend? I have no idea.

That definitely doesn't constitute validation. A letter from an employee is heresay. I am going to forward this post to skydvr, he is well versed in this type of situation. Meanwhile, keep checking back for more replies.

I am please to report the case Hanna filed against us was dismissed this morning. The attorney for Hanna's office said he read our answer and wanted to know what our position was on the alleged amounts due, attorneys fees etc. I told him we would not confirm or deny anything absent some admissible evidence to support their claims. He then pulled out a voluntary dismissal and said it would "take a couple days to get that kind of evidence". I chuckled to myself and though 'you've had 2 months since filing this bogus lawsuit to gather your evidence - you and your client have none.'

It was nerve-wracking, but we stuck to our guns and you should too. As much as we hate Hanna, I must admit the lawyer that appeared on behalf of Hanna (Daniel Greene) was very professional and calm. He was a young lawyer and I hope he finds employment somewhere other Than hann's office.