Mann Bracken: Is it difficult to deal with them?

This is just a letter "Notice of Intent To Sue" from Mann Bracken LLP advising my husband that they have made the decision to initiate litigation against him. No dates involved other than date of actual letter which was November 17, 2009, which means it was written before they filed for bankruptcy. The letter is supposedly from an attorney but appears to be a "stamped" signature. The letter states that we can contact their office if we want to avoid the time and expense of litigation.
We do not have an attorney. I was going to contact the attorney who wrote the Mann Bracken "Notice of Intent to Sue" to see if we could settle.
However now that I've heard Mann Bracken LLP has filed bankruptcy, I'm wondering if I should proceed with this course.
Or should I just send a debt validation letter? TX

What a crock of sh*t!

You have to pay/settle/make arrangements for your debts. But you are not required to bend over for these cretins. In your place I'd sue the shorts off them for violating a cease-and-desist, harassment, and making threats, among other things.

Still got the envelope it came in? What's the postmark date?

Five bucks says the file has never been checked over by a real attorney. Go ahead, contact their office. Just reach right out and slap 'em one.

Fire off two DV letters. One to the attorney, and one to Mann Bracken. The logic is that one is to short-stop the attorney. He can still file, but if he sees a serious DV letter, he'll figure he's gonna have to cough up in discovery if he does. The other letter is to keep MB from assigning it somewhere else.

I did keep the envelope but it is presorted first class mail so no postmark. There is bar coding across bottom so I thought maybe the date might be part of the bar coding. In any event, I'm keeping it just in case it could be helpful.

I sent the DV letter to attorney today, CMRRR. I will send DV letter to Mann Bracken tomorrow.

Thanks, all, for your help.

No date, IIRC. Although you could maybe find out a mailing date by backtracking it through the Post Office records. Honestly, it's not worth the time or expense. In any event, your 30 days to request validation begin when you receive the letter. Not when it's dated or postmarked.

"a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the debt collector" 15 USC 1692g(a)(3)


Good job. FWIW, be advised that the attorney can still sue, even after he gats a DV. I don't think he will, but time is te only real test of that. He'll still have to cough up validation in discovery if he does sue, because you'll make a point of asking him for it, through the court.


You're very welcome.

I can say that I have recently been receiving calls from them stating that they are collecting a debt. I looked up my credit report to see that they are not even listed as an agency collecting a debt on my report...

Is Mann braken going out of business... http://caveatemptorblog.com/is-mann-...t-of-business/ and this article
http://www.netdocketsblog.com/2009/1...ffiliated.html
on line. I tried calling no answer.

Mann Bracken is CLOSED have a debt to be paid off today all numbers are disconected...

I live in Maryland. I owe a little over $1400.00 a former J C Penny Debt. Received a notice of Marland Court with a date for a judgement of January 19th. The collector is Mann Bracken, LLC inRockville, Maryland. How can I find out if they are licensed here and what is the best way to pay the least and I can not even afford court costs. Should I appear in court? I also received a letter from an attorney's office wanting to Represent me for as little as $75.00 or more. Someone help me out on what to do here. We are in a major financial bind and may even loose our home. It all started or got worse when I lost a lot of my wages be off a total of 17 weeks during last year having my knees both replaced. Can someone help me out here? Thanks!!

That's because it's Mann Bracken LLP. And they are trying to sue me. They filed legal papers and everything.

I have been making payments to mann bracken by phone every month, until last month.The phones are disconnected and I heard they are bankrupt. What do I do, just stop with payments until i hear something ?

Check your states laws on who is required to be licensed. In my state, attorneys do not have to be licensed.

Check the state bar, for their status, and then also check YOUR states bar to see if they jurisdiction to sue you.

I have been fighting W&A/MB for almost 3 years. I did not default, however a claim was filed in the now DEFUNCT NAF. You all know who was granted the inflated award. LISA M. MICHAELS is the collection-lier on my case. MB has filed false affidavits among other things and violated over 2 dozen consumer statutes but that does not bother them. They have, will and do lie to win their cases. NO SURPRISE. They are still trying to collect on a fradulent claim. Now that there doors have closed makes no diff...they are still trying. I have been told my case has valid claims but would cost more than the alleged debt. I hate loosing on their lies. I would like to add my name to a class action against them, are there any??? thanks for the wealth of wisdom available to common folks like me.

You will be happy to know that Mann Bracken has filed for bankruptcy

Mann Bracken people are Rude.. I have a debt with a home improvement Co. .they sent me a threathing letter .Icalled and the man onthe line was so rude..he strong armed me in to paying $200.00 amonth the first month was to be auto deducted from my checking account then every month there after I was to send a check which I did.I was checking my bank account and they were getting my checks and cashing them and going into my account .The first time they left me with 6.25 IN MY ACCOUNT THE NEXT MONTH THEY DONE IT AGAIN AND LEFT ME WITH 7.50. i CALLED AND THEY JUST KEPT GIVING THE RUN AROUND AND AGRUGING WITH ME finally i hung up and my wife and i went to the bank and stopped them from being able to get into our account and that afternoon they put one payment back in my checking.I sent a check last month to date they never cashed it. and my wife tried to call them and the number has been disconnected.so i am trying to fiqure out what to do next.I sent a cetified letter when all of this took place but got no response what so ever.